Human Re Sours Manager

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Nature and scope of Human Resource Management Structure 1.1 Meaning and Definition 1.2 Scope of Human Resource Management 1.3 Objectives of Human Resource Management 1.4 Organisation of Human Resource Department 1.5 Role and Qualities of Human Resource Manager Learning Objectives Able to understand the nature and scope and objectives of HRM. Design an organisation of HRM. Describe the role and quality of a human resource manager. 1.1 Meaning and Definition According to Leon C. Magginson the term human resources can be thought of as “the total knowledge, skills, creative abilities, talents and aptitudes of an organisation’s workforce, as well as the value attitudes and beliefs of the individuals involved.” The term human resource can also be explained in the sense that it is resource like any natural resource. It does mean that the management can get and use the skill, knowledge, ability etc. through the development of skills, tapping and utilising them again and again. Thus it is a long term perspective whereas personnel is a short term perspective. Human resources are also regarded as human factor, human asset, human capital and the like. The terms labour and manpower had been used widely denoting mostly the physical abilities and capacities of employees. The term personnel had been used widely in recent past to denote persons employed in any services. Thus, this term denotes the employees as a whole but it does not clearly denote various components of human resources like skill, knowledge, values etc. Human Resource Management (HRM) refers to a set of programmes, functions and activities designed and carried out in order to maximise both employee as well as organisational effectiveness. 1.2 Scope of Human Resource Management The scope of HRM is very wide. All major activities on the working life of a worker – from the time of
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