Personnel Management Objectives-2

January 20, 2009

Considering these objectives, you will perhaps, agree that the objectives are in the best interests of all those to whom management is responsible i.e. owners of enterprise, the community, the consumers of its goods and services, and members of the organization itself, including groups who may belong to unions. In our next post we will discuss that why personnel manager of any organization need to create some conditions and how? I was talking with owner of blinds store online who are selling vertical blinds and roman shades; he says that customer satisfaction is the most important management objectives for them.

 

For enabling the Personnel Manager to fulfill these objectives the top management has to create some conditions as the pre-requisites. These are described below.

 

  1. Existence of capable people in the organization picked up on the basis of their merits and not on other considerations. If people are selected on other considerations they will be misfits, creating all sorts of problems for the organization and other employees. For instant life insurance rates company, they need to select term life insurance agents with their merits. Only qualifies people can give them good business. 
  2. Plans of effective utilization of efforts and potentialities of individuals and groups for appreciation of work well done and for future advancement and training. If people are left on their own, nothing will be achieved. They have to be provided with necessary opportunities and means, and given encouragement.

 We will discuss some other factors in our next post.


Personnel Management Objectives-1

January 13, 2009

Today we continue out talk on personnel management objectives. We have already discussed four objectives in our last post. Today we will discuss other two objectives.

 

5. To recognise and satisfy individual needs and group goals by offering and adequate and equitable remuneration, economic and social security in the form of monetary disability, death, unemployment etc. With adequate compensation and security, employees work willingly and cooperate to achieve an organisation’s goals.

 

6. To maintain high morale and better human relations inside an organisation by sustaining and improving the conditions so that employees may stick to their hob for a longer period.

 

Considering these objectives, you will perhaps, agree that the objectives are in the best interests of all those to whom management is responsible i.e. owners of enterprise, the community, the consumers of its goods and services, and members of the organisation itself, including groups who may belong to unions. In our next post we will discuss that why personnel manager of any organization need to create some conditions and how?


Personnel Management Objectives

January 5, 2009

The objectives of Personnel Management are given below:

1. To achieve an effective utilization of human resources for the achievement of organization goals. Term life insurance rates provider need to manage all his agents in effective way to achievement organization goals.

 

2. To establish and maintain an adequate organizational structure and a desirable working relationship among all the members of an organization by dividing the organizational tasks into functions, positions, jobs and by defining the responsibility, accountability, authority for each job and its relation with other jobs/personnel in the organization. For example, a blinds company who is selling vertical blinds and roman shades blinds online, for them coordination of different departments is must. Inter company relation and intra company relation management is important part of personnel management.

 

3. To secure the integration of the individuals and groups with the organization by reconciling individual/group goals with those of an organization in such a manner that the employees feel a sense of involvement, commitment and loyalty towards it. The absence of this integration will allow development of frictions, personal jealousies and rivalries, prejudices, personnel conflicts, cliques, factions, favoritism and nepotism. These will produce inefficiency and result in failure of the organization.

 

4. To generate maximum development of individuals/groups within an organization by providing opportunities for advancement to employees through training and job education or by offering transfers or by providing retraining facilities. For example, a term life insurance rates providing company, for management they need to keep weekly target for their agents in such a way that term life insurance agents can achieve it easily.


CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

January 3, 2009

It is concerned with employees: Personnel Management is concerned with employees both as individuals and also as a group. Personnel Management is function or activity aiding and directing workmen in maximizing their personal contribution and satisfaction in employment, bringing them an equitable, just and humane treatment, and adequate security from employment.

 

It covers all levels of personnel: It refers not only to labor or, what you may call ‘blue collared’ employees, like craftsmen, foremen, operatives and labourers, but also the ‘white collared’ employees, like professional and technical workers, managers, officials, clerical workers, sales workers, etc.

 

The concern for the employees is to help them: The employees are helped to develop their potentialities and capacities to the full so that they can derive the greatest satisfaction from their work.

 

It is inherent in all organisation: It is as useful and effective in government departments and non-profit organizations as in a business organisation. Moreover, it covers all types of functional management such as production management, financial management, marketing management etc.

 

It is of a continuous nature: Personnel management requires constant alertness and awareness of human relations and their importance in everyday operations.

 

It attempts at getting the willing cooperation of the people for the attainment of the desired goals: This is necessary because work cannot be effectively performed in isolation without the promotion and development of an esprit de corps.


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