According to Scott, Clothier and Spriegal, ―The objectives of Human Resource Management, in an organisation, is to obtain maximum individual development, desirable working relationships between employers and employees and employees and employees, and to affect the moulding of human resources as contrasted with physical resources.
The basic objective of human resource
management is to contribute to the realisation of the organisational goals.
However, the specific objectives of human resource management are as follows :
(1)To ensure
effective utilisation of human resources, all other organisational resources
will be efficiently utilised by the human resources.
(2)To
establish and maintain an adequate organisational structure of relationship
among all the members of an organisation by dividing of organisation tasks into
functions, positions and jobs, and by defining clearly the responsibility,
accountability, authority for each job and its relation with other jobs in the
organisation.
(3)To
generate maximum development of human resources within the organisation by
offering opportunities for advancement to employees through training and
education.
(4)To ensure
respect for human beings by providing various services and welfare facilities
to the personnel.
(5) To
ensure reconciliation of individual/group goals with those of the organisation
in such a manner that the personnel feel a sense of commitment and loyalty
towards it.
(6) To
identify and satisfy the needs of individuals by offering various monetary and
non-monetary rewards.
In order to
achieve the above objectives, human resource management undertakes the following
activities :
(1) Human
Resource Planning, i.e., determining the number and kinds of personnel required
to fill various positions in the organisation.
(2) Recruitment,
selection and placement of personnel, i.e., employment function.
(3) Training
and development of employees for their efficient performance and growth.
(4) Appraisal
of performance of employees and taking corrective steps such as transfer from
one job to another.
(5) Motivation
of workforce by providing financial incentives and avenues of promotion.
(6) Remuneration
of employees. The employees must be given sufficient wages and fringe benefits
to achieve higher standard of living and to motivate them to show higher
productivity.
(7) Social
security and welfare of employees.
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