Contemporary Human Resource Management, as a part and parcel of management function, underscores strategic approach to management in areas of acquisition, motivation, and management of people at work. Human Resource Management derives its origin from the practices of the earlier personnel management, which assisted in the management of people in an organisation setup. Human Resource Management leverages setting up the systems and procedures for ensuring efficiency, controlling and providing equality of opportunities for all working for the organisation. Human Resource Management (HRM) differs from Personnel Management (PM) both in scope and orientation. HRM views people as an important source or asset to be used for the benefit of organisations, employees and society. It is emerging as a distinct philosophy of management aiming at policies that promote mutuality-mutual goals, mutual respect, mutual rewards and mutual responsibilities. The belief...