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Friday, October 3, 2008

Assign #9: Definition of Personnel Management and Human resource Management

1.Personnel management is often considered an independent function of an organization. It is typically the sole responsibility of an organization’s personnel department. Personnel management also seeks to motivate employees with such things as compensation, bonuses, rewards, and the simplification of work responsibilities.
Author:N. Madison
Source:http://www.wisegeek.com

The definition above about the personnel management is clearly define and understandable. I agree on the author that personnel management seeks to motivate employees with such things as compensation, bonuses, rewards, and the simplification of work responsibilities to improve their job performances.

2. 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.
Author:unknown
Source: http://www.zeromillion.com


This definition emphasized that personnel management is concerned with the effective use of the skills of people. It tells about that personnel management starts with the recruiting and hiring of qualified people and so forth.

3. Human Resource management is based in the efficient utilization of employees in achieving two main goals within a corporation or other type of organization. The first goal is to effectively make use of the talents and abilities of employees to achieve the operational objectives that are the ultimate aim of the organization. Along with realizing the goals of the organization, Human Resource management also seeks to ensure that the individual employee is satisfied with both the working environment and the compensation and benefits that he or she receives.
Author: Malcolm Tatum
Source: http://www.wisegeek.com

In the definition it discuss the main goals within a corporation. Their first goal is to effectively make use of the talents and abilities of employees and to ensure that the employee is satisfied with both the working environment and etc.

4. Human resource management works to ensure that employees are able to meet the organization's goals. 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).
Source:Answer.com

From this definition it is clearly stated the responsibilities of human resource management to the people and I agree on what are stated above. For me, it is the exact meaning of human resource management.

5. A series of activities which: first enable working people and their employing organizations to agree about the objectives and nature of their working relationship and, secondly, ensures that the agreement is fulfilled.
Author:Torrington and Hall
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org

The definition above about personnel management are define by Torrington their main concern is on the activities of the people and allowing people to agree about the objectives and nature of their working relationship.