Assignment #9

Look for various definitions of personnel management and human resource management and their authors and sources (minimum of 5). Critique each.

1. )

Personnel Management is a part of management concerned with people at work and their relations within a firm.

Source: "Personnel Management." Microsoft® Encarta® 2006 [CD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2005.

This definition basically describes the Personnel Management as one of the branches of the very broad topic of Management.

2.)

Human resources management is the art and science of acquiring, motivating, maintaining and developing people in their jobs in the light of their personal, professional and technical knowledge, skills, potentialities, needs and values and in synchronization with the organization philosophy, resources and culture for the maximum achievement of individual, organization and society's goals.

Source: Martires, Concepcion Rodil. Human Resource Management Principles and Practices.Diliman, Quezon City: National BookStore Inc.,1988

Among the definitions of HRM that I featured, I think this definition by Martires is the most comprehensive and complete. It pretty much described HRM according to it's nature, scope and goals.

3.)

Personnel Management is the managerial aspect of industrial relation. It is a term applied to "the management of manpower and is concerned with the methods and techniques by means of which the purpose of the industry may be most effectively served through the efficient control of manpower".

Source: Miranda, Gregorio. Human Resource Development Revised Edition.Valenzuela, Metro Manila: National BookStore Inc., 1987

I think this definition just made it clear that Personnel Management is just a management function of HRM.

4.)

Human Resources Management is the management of the employment relationship with the purpose of enhancing the achievement of organizational objectives and goals.

Source: Clark, Robert. Australian Human Resource Management Framework and Practice.McGraw-Hill Book Company Autralia Pty Limited, 1991

Yep I agree. This definition describes HRM in a general point of view.

5.)

Human Resources Management can be defined as a "strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organisations most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of its goals"
(from A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice - Michael Armstrong - 2000 revised edition).

Source: http://hrexpert.blogspot.com/2007/08/human-resource-management.html

This definition emphasized the importance of the human resource as a whole and its role in the sucess of any organization.

To wrap it up, I think that Personnel Management is closely related to HRM but not entirely the same. According to Martires (1988), Personnel Management is subsumed in human resources management..
The way I understand it.....PM is a part of HRM.
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