Development

of Personnel
Management

Elaine B. Estacio

Objectives
to be able to know the basic role and function of personnel
management .
to distinguish difference bet. personnel management and HR
management approach
to be able to know the current trends in human resource
management

Personnel Management
` According to Flippo, Personnel
management is the planning,
organizing, compensation, integration
and maintenance of people for the
purpose
of
contributing
to
organizational, individual and
societal goals.

Functions of Personnel Manager

Recruitment
and Selection

Compensatio
n and
Benefits

Training and
Development

Employee
Relations

The Transition of Personnel

Management to HRM
The term personnel Management and Human Resource management
refer to the same processes. Human resource management is a
modernterm
that emerged during the 1970s and won final acceptance in 1989.Bot
h terms, however
referred
to
the same thing; the personnel who work for a company represent that
company's human resources.

What is HRM?
is the process of proper and maximize utilization of
available limited skilled workforce. The core
purpose of the human resource management is to
make efficient use of existing human resource in the
organization.

Differences between Personnel

Management and HRM
There is no any watertight difference between human resource management and personnel
management. However, there are some differences in the following matters.
1. Personnel management is a traditional approach of managing people in the organization.
Human resource management is a modern approach of managing people and their
strengths in the organization.
2. Personnel management assumes people as a input for achieving desired output. Human
resource management assumes people as an important and valuable resource for achieving
desired output.

3. Under personnel management, job design is done on the basis of division of

labor. Under human resource management, job design function is done on the
basis of group work/team work.
4. Under personnel management, employees are provided with less training and
development opportunities. Under human resource management, employees are
provided with more training and development opportunities.
5. In personnel management, decisions are made by the top management as per
the rules and regulation of the organization. In human resource management,
decisions are made collectively after considering employee's participation,
authority, decentralization, competitive environment etc

Current Trends
Career starters outnumbered by new retirees
Employee Recruiting and Networking Online
The war for talent goes global
Globalization
Changing skill requirements
Employee involvement
Technology

Summary
basic role and function of personnel management .
difference bet. personnel management and HR management
approach
current trends in human resource management