Human Resource Management (HRM) is a relatively new approach to
managing people in any organisation. People are considered the key resource in
this approach. it is concerned with the people dimension in management of an
organisation. Since an organisation is a body of people, their acquisition,
development of skills, motivation for higher levels of attainments, as well as
ensuring maintenance of their level of commitment are all significant
activities. These activities fall in the domain of HRM.
Human Resource Management is a
process, which consists of four main activities, namely, acquisition,
development, motivation, as well as maintenance of human resources.
Scott, Clothier and Spriegel
have defined Human Resource Management as that branch of management which is
responsible on a staff basis for concentrating on those aspects of operations
which are primarily concerned with the relationship of management to employees
and employees to employees and with the development of the individual and the
group.
Human Resource Management is
responsible for maintaining good human relations in the organisation. It is
also concerned with development of individuals and achieving integration of
goals of the organisation and those of the individuals.
Northcott considers human
resource management as an extension of general management, that of prompting
and stimulating every employee to make his fullest contribution to the purpose
of a business. Human resource management is not something that could be
separated from the basic managerial function. It is a major component of the
broader managerial function.
French Wendell, defines ―"Human resource
management as the recruitment, selection, development, utilisation,
compensation and motivation of human resources by the organization".
According to Edwin B. Flippo, ―"Human
resource management is the planning, organising, directing and controlling of
the procurement, development, resources to the end that individual and societal
objectives are accomplished". This definition reveals that human resource
(HR) management is that aspect of management, which deals with the planning,
organising, directing and controlling the personnel functions of the
enterprise.
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