introduction of hrm

HRM is concerned with the “people” dimension in management. Since every organization is made up of people, acquiring their services, developing their skills, motivating them to high levels of performance, and ensuring that they continue to maintain their commitment to the organization are essential to achieving organizational objectives.

“Human resource or manpower management effectively describes the process of planning and directing the application, development and utilization of human resources in employment” – Dale Yoder

“HRM is that part of management process which is primarily concerned with the human constituents of an organization” – E.F.L. Breach

Acquisition, Development, Motivation and Maintenance Acquisition- The acquisition function

begins with planning. Relative to human resource requirements, we need to know where we are going and how we are going to get there. This includes the Estimating of demands and supplies of labor. Acquisition also includes the recruitment, selection, and socialization of employees.

Development - The first is employee training, which emphasizes skill development and changing of attitudes among workers. The second is management development, which concerns itself primarily with knowledge acquisition and enhancement of an executives’s conceptual abilities. The third is career development, which is the continual effort to match long-term individual and organizational needs

Motivation – The motivation function begins with the recognition that individuals are unique and that motivation techniques must reflect the needs of each individual. Within the motivation function, alienation, job satisfaction, performance appraisal, behavioural and structural techniques for stimulating worker performance, the importance of linking rewards to performance, compensation and benefits administration, and how to handle problem employees are reviewed.

Maintenance – It is concerned with providing those working conditions that employees believe are necessary in order to maintain their commitment to the organization.

Universally relevant Goal oriented Pervasive in nature On going activity Dynamic field of activity Focuses on the development of man

power resources Science as well as art Interdisciplinary Relatively new

• It helps the organization to identify correctly its manpower needs.

• It ensures that the organization does not suffer from either surplus or shortage of manpower

• It facilitates the selection of right man for the right job• It focuses attention on the development of the skill of

every individual in order to make him up-to-date.• It recognizes the need for the appraisal of the employees’

Performance.• It considers the need to provide incentives to the

employees performing well.• It gives utmost importance to securing a favourable

employee attitude• It emphasizes the need for good human relations in every

work place• It provides scope for collective bargaining.

Importance of Human Resource Management:

To provide counseling To act as a link between the different

individuals in the organization To ensure that the employees get what is

due to them To act as the spokesmen of the

organization To introduce any change without facing

resistance from any side. To advise the line managers

• To make an optimum utilization of the human resource of the organization

• To ensure that the organization has the required number staff

• To establish and maintain a sound organization structure

• To reconcile personal and organizational goals

• To provide scope for the development of personnel

• To ensure that the employees have higher job satisfaction

• To provide scope for participation in decision-making

Vision Penetration Internal Environment Change in industrial relation Building Organisational capabilities Job design and organizational structure Increasing size of workforce Changing psycho-social system Satisfaction of higher level needs Equalitarian social system Technological advances Computerized information system Changes in legal environment Management of Human relations