Personal Management & Human Resource Management & Role of Managers in each Scope
Personnel
management and human resource management are frequently confused. On some
occasions, both terms are interchangeable while the same are looked at as two
completely different concepts on different occasions. Before concluding, it
would be better to identify the scopes of personal management and human
resources management while overviewing the roles of personal managers &
human resources managers to differentiate personal management and human
resources management.
What is Personal Management
Figure
1: Functions of Personal Management
1. Operative Functions: These include procurement, development, remuneration, job evaluation, employee welfare, utilization, maintenance, and collective bargaining (Sampras, 2019).
2. Managerial Function: The core managerial functions done by Personnel Management include planning, organizing, directing, motivation, control, and coordination (Sampras, 2019).
Since the previous two decades, as technology has advanced and humans have been supplanted by machines. Similarly, Human Resource Management has supplanted this discipline of management (Sampras, 2019).
Work scope of a personal manager
The personnel
manager is in charge of the personnel department. He or she is responsible for
both managerial and operational management functions. When considering the role
of a personal manager, their main roles can be mainly identified as
controlling, advising, counseling, intermediating, representing, human
relation.
1. Assisting
the organization's top management - The top management takes the decisions on
the company's major policies. The personnel manager can successfully frame all
types of personnel or workforce policies as a person who has better exposure on
that.
2. Working as
an intermediator – Personal manager represents his team and reports to the
management as well as to the line managers. This role allows him to raise team
concerns to the management while management can pass the decisions via the
persona manager.
3. Resolving
team issues – Personal manager is responsible for resolving staff matters and
grievances while guiding them.
4.
Representing the organization - The personnel manager serves as an
organization's representative, providing employees with an overall picture of
the organization's operations, notably in cases of labor disputes or grievance
redressal.
What is Human Resources Management
HRM
is well organizes and specialized function of the management which comprises acquisition,
maintenance, development, utilization and coordination of employees. Also, HRM
is a continuous process in order to buildup and stabilize a sustainable organization
and engaged with wide range of employee related activities such as employment,
recruitment & selection, training & development, employee services,
salary & wages, industrial relations, health & safety, education,
working condition, performance appraisal.
Work Scope of a Human Resources Manager
Work
Scope of a Human Resources Manager
As discussed above, HRM is a broader subject where HR managers have wide range of responsibilities.
1. Human
Resources Planning – Planning in order to achieve organizational goals is one
of most important role of HR managers where they need to recognize, examine,
prepare business plans to increase performance of the organization. HR planning
is a vast scope and it contains many strategical points.
2. Recruitment
– Hiring employees is a complex process of modern HRM. HR managers come up with
best ways to recruit the most suitable persons to the organization’s positions to
perform.
3. Training & Development/Motivation – This is a mandatory process for improving knowledge, talents, skills and attitudes of employees and HR managers usually engaged in designing of training and development sessions for employees considering their requirements and organizational goals.
4. Designing
HR Policies – In order to reduce workplace conflicts, legal issues, to improve
productivity and efficiency, to have a legal framework in different sections of
the organization, to stream line the processes and procedures, HR managers are
preparing certain policies and code of ethics for the betterment of the
organization as well as employees.
5. Monitoring Performance – Performance appraising of employees fall under this role.
6. Developing organizational culture – HR managers involves in developing a better culture and better working environment for the employees as this affects the organization in the long run.
7. Engage in increasing employees’ safety.
8. Providing Compensation & Benefits to the employees.
Conclusion
Personal management has been expanded into HRM. Employee's
needs evolved significantly along with technical and corporate evolution. The
conventional method is not much effective in solving prevailing complex
situations related human resources.
References
Analysis Project, (n.d.) Personal Management is clearly a management function. [Online]
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Kammar, S. (n.d.) Top 10 Roles of a Personal Manager. [Online]
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Ali, H.( n.d.) 14 Role & Responsibilities of HR Managers. [Online]
Available from: https://www.softwaresuggest.com/blog/roles-and-responsibilities-of-hr-manager/#
Sampras, A.( 2019). Difference Between Personal Management and Human Resources Management. [Online] Available from: https://www.hrmexam.com/2019/05/17/difference-between-personnel-management-and-human-resource-management/
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