PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT vs. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

• 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


Critic

In this definition, the personnel management has a broad responsibility .It is concerned to the people in their work. It points out that there are various types of models of personnel management and one of which is the human resource management which is the most recent.

• 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, ( resolving disputes, (9) communicating with all employees at all levels

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

Critic

It points out that personnel management has a relationship on administrative discipline. Primarily, they envision on the development of the employees to become more usuable and valuable in an organization.


• 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: http://www.staffs.ac.uk/uniservices/personnel/management/index.php


Critic

This definition focuses on a university arena. The members of the Personnel Management are accountable for the implementation, development and provision of the services to the different departments and to the delivery of Human Resource Strategy.

• 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#ixzz0SVyoMO3Q

Critic

According to this definition, It states that personnel Management starts with the recruiting and hiring of the eligible people up to directing and motivating them on the work. Thus, they are concerned on the effectively of the skills of a person.


• 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

Critic

In this definition, it implies that Personnel Management is also referred to as Human Resources. Apparently, they have concerns on the welfare and performance of the employee as part of the organization.


HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

• 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. 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. 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

Critic.

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 manging the people of the organization.

• 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.
Human Resource Management is the organizational function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation, hiring, performance management, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, administration, and training.

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

Critic

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


• "Human resource management is responsible for how people are treated in organizations. It is responsible for bringing people into the organization, helping them perform their work, compensating them for their labors, and solving problems that arise" (Cherrington, 1995, p. 5). There are seven management functions of a human resources (HR) department that will be specifically addressed: staffing, performance appraisals, compensation and benefits, training and development, employee and labor relations, safety and health, and human resource research.


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

Critic
Human Resource Management has been defined in this statement that plays seven management functions of a human resources department. Primarily responsible in manpower's welfare.

• 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. http://managementhelp.org/hr_mgmnt/hr_mgmnt.htm

Critic. 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.

• Human resource management is a balancing act. At one extreme, you hire only qualified people who are well suited to the firm's needs. At the other extreme, you train and develop employees to meet the firm's needs. Most expanding small businesses fall between the two extremes -- i.e., they hire the best people they can find and afford, and they also recognize the need to train and develop both current and new employees as the firm grows.


Source:http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/sba_homepage/serv_pubs_eb_pdf_eb4.pdf

Critic
Human Resource Management is defined as the important in training and developing employees in a firm.

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