Human resource management is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organisation’s most valued assets; the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business. The manager is recognised as the person who runs the organisation using various skills, arts and knowledge tricks. It requires supporters which are called staff. They are the human resource of an organisation. Human resources may set strategies and develop policies, standards, systems, and processes that implement these strategies in a whole range of areas. The following are typical of a wide range of organisations: staffing, training and development, maintenance, and motivation.
Staffing, it includes strategic human resource planning, recruiting and selection. In training and development there are orientation, employee training, employee development and career development. Maintenance includes safety, health, communications, and employee relations. Motivation is for rewards, compensation, employee benefits, performance appraisals, motivation theories and job design.
HRM has a significant role in todays organisations due to its strategic nature. HRM policies and practices are required to attract and to select best suitable employees. Applicant recruitment and employee selection form a major part of an organisation’s overall resourcing strategies, which identify and secure people needed for the organisation to survive and succeed in the short to medium-term. Recruitment activities need to be responsive to the ever-increasingly competitive market to secure suitably qualified and capable recruits at all levels.
Human Resources Development is the framework that focuses on the organisations competencies at the first stage, training, and then developing the employee, through education, to satisfy the organisations long-term needs and the individuals career goals and employee value to their present and future employers. Hence, HRM is a combination of training and education in a broad context of adequate health and employment policies. These ensure the continual improvement and growth of the individual, the organization, and the national human resourcefulness. It is a structure that allows for individual development, potentially satisfying the organisations goals, or the nation’s goals. In organisations, it is important to determine both current and future organisational requirements for both core employees and the contingent workforce in terms of their skills/technical abilities, competencies, flexibility, etc.
M MAJID BHUTTA
UCP, Lahore
