INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
GOKULRAJ K
22RPCO06
INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT :

INTRODUCTION – CONCEPT – FEATURES – OBJECTIVES – SIGNIFICANCES OF

HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT .
INTRODUCTION

 Human resource are the most significant and the only active factor of production.
 Human resource development will involve upgrading the skills, extending the
knowledge and competencies of human resources.
 The concept of human resource development is comparatively of recent origin,
although, the development of human beings in form or the other has been in existence
even since the beginning of civilisation.
CONCEPT AND DEFINITIONS OF HRD

 The main aim of HRD is to bring about an all round development of the people in the
organisation.
 So, that they can contribute their best to the organisation, society and nation.
 In simple words HRD plays the role of the match maker.
 It maintains the organisational need for the human resources with the individual needs
for career growth and development.
FEATURES OF HRD
 PLANNED AND SYSTEMTATIC APPROACH
 CONTINUOUS PROCESS
 INTER DISCIPLINARY APPROACH
 BOTH MICRO AND MACRO ASPECTS
 FEATURES OF HRD

1. PLANNED AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH:

 HRD is a planned and systematic approach to the development of people.
 HRD is a system consisting of several interdependent and interrelated subsystem
2. CONTINUOUS PROCESS:
 HRD is a continuous process and dynamic process which believes in the need for continuous
development of personnel to face the innumerable challenges in the functioning of an organisation.
 It is based on the belief that there is no end to the development of an individual and the learning
process can continue throughout the life.
 FEATURES OF HRD

3. INTER DISCIPLINARY APPROACH:

 HRD is an inter disciplinary approach. It involves collection of ideas for many
ideas for many sciences.
 It makes use of principles and concepts of behavioural sciences for the
development of people.

4. BOTH MICRO AND MACRO ASPECTS:

 HRD has both micro and macro aspects. At the macro level, HRD is described
as the core of all development activities in the sense of improvement of
quality of life of people of a nation.
 At the micro level, HRD involves the improvement in the quality of managers
and workers so as to achieve greater quality and higher levels of productivity.
OBJECTIVES OF HRD

THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF HRD ARE AS FOLLOWS:

 To provide a comprehensive framework for the overall development of people in the

organisation.
 To develop the constructive mind and overall personality of each and every person in
the organisation.
 To develop and maintain high levels of motivation of employees.
 To develop dyadic relationship between each employee and his supervisor.
 To develop the sense of team spirit, team work and inter team collaboration in the
organisation.
SIGNIFICANCES OF HRD