Human Resource Management And Personnel Management

The importance of personnel/human resources management is now universally accepted and India is not an exception to this rule. In India, large business enterprises, public sector enterprises and even medium and small enterprises appoint personnel manager or human resources development (HRD) manager to look after the personnel functions such as recruitment, promotions and transfers, training and manpower development, provision of welfare facilities, compensation management and so on. The term Human Resource Management is a relatively new term emerged during the 1970s. It is now used as a better and meaningful substitute to personnel management. Human Resource Management is wider in scope and has its distinct philosophy. This book requires no pre-requisite and assumes no particular area of concentration, yet provides a strong and solid foundation for any one who wish as to specialise in human resource management and personnel management.