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Personnel Management
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Introduction
1. Personnel management concerns with obtaining, organizing, utilising and
motivating the human resources required by an organization. It develops requisite
organization climate and management styles to promote effective effort of cooperation
and trust among all employees. This also helps the organisation to meet its
legal obligations and social responsibilities. To sum up, the personnel management
aims at getting effective results by organizing and directing the co-operative efforts of
human beings.
The Objectives
2. Important objectives of the personnel management are following:
(i) To make an effective contribution to the achievements of the organization and to
the fulfillment of its social responsibilities.
(ii) To design and develop en effective organization which will respond appropriately
to change.
(iii) To ensure that the activities required to achieve objectives are properly catered
for.
(iv) To group the activities logically together
(v) To achieve effective integration of the activities
(vi) To ensure that the people in the organization understand and accept their
responsibilities
(vii) To ensure that the organization climate and management style is conductive to
enthusiasm, cooperation and trust.
(viii) To obtain and develop the human resources required by the organization and to
use and motivate them effectively
(ix) To ensure that the quality and quantity of manpower is available to meet short
and long term needs.
(x) To train and develop manpower to achieve maximum effectiveness
(xi) To make the best use of the skills and capacities of employees
2(xii) To provide the optimum amount of responsibility, challenge and opportunity in
work
(xiii) To design and implement effective reward and incentive systems
(xiv) To integrate and balance individual needs with those of the organization
(xv) To create and maintain a co-operative climate of relationships within the
organization
(xvi) To develop systems and procedures which will ensure that employees are treated
fairly and equitably.
(xvii) To encourage more active and productive participation at all levels
(xviii) To enable better two-way communications.
(xix) To meet the organization's social and legal responsibilities
(xx) To provide ample scope for self-development and job satisfaction
(xxi) To provide good, healthy and safe working conditions
(xxii) To provide equal opportunity for employment and promotion
(xxiii) To provide a reasonable degree of security and continuity of employment
(xxiv) To reward employees in accordance with their contribution
(xxv) To meet the spirit as well as the letter of the legal obligations of the
organization.
The Purpose
3. As a result of various activities of the personal management :
(a) the organization develops and maintains its effective.
(b) the organization obtains, develops and retains the quantity and quality of staff for
its present and future needs;
© the best use is made of staff and the maximum degree of effective effort is
obtained from them;
(d) constructive and harmonious relationships are established and maintained with the
staff which will encourage the highest degree of cooperation from them;
(e) staff are provided with the maximum scope to use their capacities to the full and to
develop within the organisation;
(f) equal opportunities are provided to potential or existing employees for
employment or promotion;
(g) conditions of employment, employee benefits and working conditions are
established which will help to achieve the objectives set out above and will also
3mean that the organization meets its social and legal responsibilities towards its
employees.
Role of the Personnel Management
4. Main role of the personnel management is to provide advice, services and
functional guidance which will enable management to deal effectively with all matters
concerning the employment of people and the relationships between the management
of the organization, the people and the employees. Its overall aim is to make an
effective contribution to the achievement of the objectives of the organization and to
the fulfillment of its social and legal responsibilities. The particular aim is to ensure
that the personnel objectives of the organization are achieved and the performance of
the personnel functions is judged on the extent to which these objectives are met.