Friday, October 16, 2009

Personnel Management and Human Resource Management

PostSubject: Assignment#10: definitions of personnel management and human resource management Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:39 am
Personnel Management and Human Resource Management



TASK: Look for various definitions of personnel management and human resource management and their authors and sources.


1. Sometimes overlooked in the course of personnel management is the emotional welfare of the employees. Increasingly, more personnel managers understand that a well-adjusted employee is an asset to the company. To this end, many people in charge of personnel management try to provide opportunities for employees who are in need of counseling to receive support from the company.
The function of a personnel manager usually begins with the staffing process. The manager may be focused on screening and interviewing applicants, with an eye to placing individuals with the right skill sets in the right position within the company.

Reference: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-personnel-management.htm

Critiques:
As I understand in this definition, the personnel management is in-charge of emotional welfare of the employees. I think that the personnel manager should have a good heart to accommodate and understand the employees. It is true stated above that the well-adjusted employee is the asset of the company.

2. Personnel management is more administrative in nature, dealing with payroll, complying with employment law, and handling related tasks. Human resources management, on the other hand, is responsible for managing a workforce as one of the primary resources that contributes to the success of an organization. HRM is said to incorporate and develop personnel management tasks, while seeking to create and develop teams of workers for the benefit of the organization.

Reference:
http://www.wisegeek.com/is-there-a-difference-between-human-resources-and-personnel-management.htm
Written by N. Madison

Critiques:
In this article, The Personnel Management uses such things as compensation, bonuses, rewards, and the simplification of work responsibilities and other legal terms to motivate employees while Human Resource Management uses the human resources itself, work groups, effective strategies for meeting challenges and job creativity as the primary motivators that gives benefits to the organization.

3. The Human Resources Management (HRM) function includes a variety of activities, and key among them is deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to use independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations.

Reference:
http://www.managementhelp.org/hr_mgmnt/hr_mgmnt.htm
Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD

Critique:
This may be broad definition of Human Resources Management. This states that HRM also covers the technical aspects of the company regarding its staffing and employee relations.

4. ) Human Resource Management is based on ideas and techniques developed to enhance worker motivation, productivity and performance. The HRM emphasizes:
Exclamation the need to search for new ways of working
Exclamation the central role of managers in promoting change
Exclamation the treatment of workers as individuals rather than part of a collective workforce
Exclamation the encouragement of workers to consider management as 'partners' rather than as opponents - 'us and us', rather than 'us and them'

Reference:
http://www.humanresourcemanagement.co.uk/resourcemanagement.htm

Critiques:
I agree that the HRM should consider the workers as individuals..but they should also consider them as part (not just part) of the workforce! I also agree about the idea of encouragement of workers to consider management as 'partners' rather than as opponents.

5. Human resources are the people that staff and operate an organization. Human resource management can therefore be defined as the management of an organization’s human capital. Effective human resource management enhances organizational performance by improving employee's opportunities to be effective and productive. It involves the productive use of people in achieving the organization’s objectives as well as satisfying individual employee needs.

Reference:
http://www.familiesandcommunities.sa.gov.au/Default.aspx?tabid=2358

Critiques:
I agree on this definition, it is really fits my understanding of what HRM is all about- involve of people.

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