Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Personnel Mgt and Human Resource Mgt

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Wink Definition 1. In all organizations, there should be someone concerned with the welfare and performance of persons who are a part of the operation. When an individual or a team of individuals takes on this task of seeing to programs and setting policies that impact everyone associated with the company, they are engaged in the process of personnel management, sometimes referred to as human resources (HR).

Source. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-personnel-management.htm

Critique. In this definition, the term personnel management is synonymous to human resource management. It implies that both have the same meaning, the management of the persons involved in the operations of all the organizations. They are the ones who are concern with the programs and activities for their company's persons.

Wink Definition 2. Administrative discipline of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization. It includes (1) conducting job analyses, (2) planning personnel needs, and recruitment, (3) selecting the right people for the job, (4) orienting and training, (5) determining and managing wages and salaries, (6) providing benefits and incentives, (7) appraising performance, (8) resolving disputes, (9) communicating with all employees at all levels.

Source. http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/personnel-management.html

Critique.It is stated that the term means an administrative discipline in the company which provides the specific needs of the people ware so as their benefits and incentives and other programs. Additionally, this discipline is merely concerned on the processes with regards to the "EMPLOYEES" in the company.

Wink Definition 3. Personnel Management is responsible for the provision of specialist personnel and human resource management advisory services to departments, and the development and implementation of a relevant, coherent and modern framework of employment policies and practices throughout the University.

Each member of Personnel Management is responsible for the provision of these services to a number of departments. This distribution is known as the Personnel Management Portfolio.

Personnel Management is also responsible for the delivery of the Human Resource Strategy and associated programmes of work.

Source. Staffordshire University
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/uniservices/personnel/management/index.php

Critique. This term is specifically meant in the university, particularly, the Staffordshire University. But the relevance of the meaning is just the same with the other definitions, only it is specific. Personnel Management is responsible for the implementation and distribution of the human resource management services throughout the university and its individual departments.

Wink Definition 4. Personnel management is concerned with the effective use of the skills of people. They may be salespeople in a store, clerks in an office, operators in a factory, or technicians in a research laboratory. In a business, personnel management starts with the recruiting and hiring of qualified people and continues with directing and encouraging their growth as they encounter problems and tensions that arise in working toward established goals.

Source. http://www.zeromillion.com/business/personnel/personnel-mangement.html#ixzz0QfaMPmTf


Critique. This definition is generally meant for all the people, their skills, and its development in their respective organizations. Personnel management is the discipline which manages all of the processes concerned in the people of the organization. These processes start in the hiring of the employees to their development or growth and also to the level of managing tensions that arises among the employees.

Wink Definition 5. the part of management that is concerned with people and their relationships at work. Personnel management is the responsibility of all those who manage people, as well as a description of the work of specialists. Personnel managers advise on, formulate, and implement personnel policies such as recruitment, conditions of employment, performance appraisal, training, industrial relations, and health and safety. There are various models of personnel management, of which human resource management is the most recent.

Source. http://dictionary.bnet.com/definition/personnel+management.html

Critique.5. In this definition, the personnel management is distinguished to human resource management. The former means a part of management that is concerned with the people and their relationships at work. The latter is the most recent model of the personnel management. To sum it up, the personnel management is part of the general management which has various models in which human resource management is the most recent.


HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Wink Definition 1. Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business.[1] The terms "human resource management" and "human resources" (HR) have largely replaced the term "personnel management" as a description of the processes involved in managing people in organizations.[1] In simple sense, HRM means employing people, developing their resources, utilizing, maintaining and compensating their services in tune with the job and organizational requirement.

Source. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_resource_management

Critique. Here, it is clearly stated that the term human resource management replaces the term personnel management because of their significant distinction from each other. One means the strategic and coherent approach to the management of the organization's most prized assets- people. The other merely means the description of the processes involved in managing the people of the organization.

Wink Definition 2. The Human Resources Management (HRM) function includes a variety of activities, and key among them is deciding what staffing needs you have and whether to use independent contractors or hire employees to fill these needs, recruiting and training the best employees, ensuring they are high performers, dealing with performance issues, and ensuring your personnel and management practices conform to various regulations. Activities also include managing your approach to employee benefits and compensation, employee records and personnel policies.

Source. Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD
http://managementhelp.org/hr_mgmnt/hr_mgmnt.htm

Critique. In this definition, the term HRM has the functions which is concerned in the staffing of the company., the processes involved in it and the various decisions and activities which conform to the regulations.

Wink Definition 3. Administrative activities associated with human resources planning, recruitment, selection, orientation, training, appraisal, motivation, remuneration, etc. HRM aims at developing people through work.

Source.http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/human-resource-management-HRM.html

Critique. At this point, the term HRM implies the administrative activities associate within the human resources of the company. HRM aims at developing the people of the organization through work.

Wink Definition 4. Human Resource Management (HRM) is the function within an organization that focuses on recruitment of, management of, and providing direction for the people who work in the organization. Human Resource Management can also be performed by line managers.

Source. Susan M. Heathfield
http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryh/f/hr_management.htm

Critique. in this definition, the term implies the function in the organization that is focused on the management of the people of the organization.

Wink Definition 5. Term that is replacing personnel management and implying that personnel managers should not merely handle recruitment, pay, and discharging, but should maximize the use of an organization's human resources.

Source. http://www.answers.com/topic/human-resource-management

Critique. Here, the term HRM replaces personnel management. It implies that personnel management should not be concerned with the processes including recruitment, pay, discharging, etc... but should maximize the use of human resources. Then, it only means that the human resource management is the one who is concerned in the aspects which is beyond the scope of the personnel management.





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