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Human Resource Management
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1. Managerial Functions
2. Operational Functions
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1) Managerial Functions:
Managerial functions of Personnel
management include planning, organizing, directing,
co-ordinating and controlling.
Planning:
It is the charting out of programmes and
changes in advance in the achievement of
organizational goals. Hence, it involves planning of
human resources requirements, recruitment,
selection, training etc. It also involves forecasting of
personnel needs, changing values, attitudes and
behaviors of their employees and their impact on the
organization.
Organising:-
In the words of J.C. Massie, an organization is a
"structure and process by which co-operative
groups of human beings allocated its tasks
among its members, identifies relationships and
integrates its activities towards a common
objective." Given the complex relationships that
exist between specialized departments and the
general departments, many top managers seek
the advice of personnel manager. In this
manner, the organization establishes
relationships among the employees so that they
can together contribute to the achievement of
organizational goals.
Directing:
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Co-ordinating:
It is the task of matrixing various employees’
efforts to ensure successful goal achievement.
The Personnel manager co-ordinates various
managers at different levels as far as the
personnel functions are concerned.
Controlling:
After planning, organizing, directing and co-
ordinating, the various activities, the
performance is to be verified in order to know, at
various points of time, whether the activities are
performed as per plans and directions. It
involves checking, verifying and comparing
actual with the plans, identification of deviations
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2) Operative Functions:
The operative functions of H R M relate to
employment, development, compensation and
relations. All these are interacted by managerial
functions. Also, they are to be performed in
conjunction with management functions.
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