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LECTURE NOTE
AN OVERVIEW OF HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Organization and HR
Organizations are human associations for
achieving goals.
Organizational effectiveness largely
depends on the performance of people
working in organizations.
What is HRM?
Let us understand it by dividing the term into
its sub parts.
o Human: people, us
o Resource: assets for organizations
o Management: coordination and control of
resources/activities to achieve set goals.
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Human Resources
Refer to the knowledge, skills, creative abilities, talents,
and aptitudes obtained in the population.
For example, it is possible to say that the human resource
of this country is poor as long as the knowledge and skills
that are relevant and critical are lacking.
It is the sum total of the inherent abilities, acquired
knowledge and skills as represented in the talents and
aptitudes of its employees.
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What is Human Resource Management?
Definition
HRM is the process of achieving organizational objectives
by acquiring, developing, motivating, retaining, separation
and properly using the HRs in an organization.
This definition recognizes a process consisting of four
functions. These are:
A) Acquisition/Getting employees/
B) Development/Preparing employees/
C) Motivation
D) Maintenance/Keeping?
o Selecting
o Socialization/ joining in any new organization
o Placing
C)Motivation/Activating/stimulating employees
o Linking rewards to performance
o Performance evaluation
o Compensation and benefits
o Job satisfaction
o Reward systems
D)Maintenance/Keeping/retaining employees
o Working conditions
o Employee relations, laws, rules, regulations,
agreements, awards
1. Comprehensive Function
Human Resource management is concerned with
managing people at work.
It covers all type of people in the organization.
It applies to workers, supervisors, officers,
managers and other type of personnel.
2. People- oriented
It is the process of achieving the best fit
between individuals, jobs, organizations and
the environment.
It is the process of brining people and
organizations together so that the goal of each
are met.
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3. Action oriented
Human Resource Management focuses on action
4. Development Oriented
Human Resource Management is concerned with
developing potential of employees so that they got
maximum satisfaction from their best effort to the
organizations.
5. Future Oriented
Human resource management is concerned with helping
organizations to achieve its objectives in the future by
providing competent and well motivated employees.
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6. Challenging Function
Managing of Human Resource is a challenging job due to
dynamic nature of people.
People have sentiments and emotions so they can not be
treated like machines. It is, therefore, necessary to handle
them tactfully.
7. Continuous Function
Management of human resource is an on going or never
ending exercise rather than a ‘one shot’ function.
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8. Pervasive Function
HRM is inherent in all organizations and at all levels.
3. Social significance
Provide suitable employment that provides social and
psychological satisfaction to people.
Maintaining a balance between the jobs available and
the jobseekers in terms of numbers, qualifications,
needs and aptitudes.
Eliminating wastage of human resources through
conservation of physical and mental health.
4. National significance
Human resources and their management play a vital role
in the development of a nation.
The effective exploitation and utilization of a nation’s
natural, physical and financial resources require an
efficient and committed man power.
Countries are underdeveloped because of their peoples
are backward.
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Importance of HRM, Cont…nd
Social objectives
The society provides challenges to HRM.
They require the HRM to contribute quality
product of a high value by promoting fair
Promotion and healthy environment, etc.
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