Personnel Management
Personnel Management
Prepared by:
Management Functions:
PLANNING:
-refers to job of determining a proposed mode of action based on a full
understanding of the factors involved, and directed at specific objectives.
-Enters in the formulation of personnel policies, programs and activities directed to
achieve goals of the enterprise.
ORGANIZING:
-refers to arrangement and relationships of jobs and position, which are necessary to
carry out the personnel program as determined by the top management
DIRECTING:
-refers to concerned with the guidance of all efforts toward a stated objectives. It
provides means of putting plans into action through effective supervision. Work rules
and procedure.
COORDINATING:
-refers to method of getting people in an organization to work together harmoniously
to achieve a common goal with minimum expenditure of effort and materials
CONTROLLING:
-refers to concerned with keeping all efforts within the channels prescribed by
management as shown in the personnel plan for the entire organization
Cover the following areas:
• Man Power Planning
• Recruitment, induction, and personnel
movement
• Appraisal
• Training and Development
• Rewards and recognition
• Employee relation
Operative Functions
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• The organizational structure of a personnel department varies from
one company to another, primarily because every company has
unique requirements in terms of human resources. Some of the
factors to be considered are the nature of enterprise, the scope of
services and the size of the organization
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF A
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT
Personnel Management: A
science and an Art
• Personnel Management is a science because it involves the
systematic gathering of data derived from surveys, statistics,
interviews and observation. It is an applied science because it utilizes
scientific principles in analyzing and interpreting data for application
in the management of people at work
• As a specialist, the PM applies the findings of social sciences just as
an educator applies the laws of learning and a doctor uses the
findings of medical sciences in the practice of his profession
• Art on the other is a proficiency in the practice application ok
knowledge acquired through study, experience or observational.