Chapter 2

2.03 Aims of Human Resource Policy

 Achieving the main objective of the organization; enabling the
organization to carry out main objective
 Creating committed employees; establishing such condition of
employment and procedure as will enable all the people.
 Developing trained personnel; providing adequate, competent
and trained personnel.
 Recognizing trade unions as representative of workers;
protecting common interest of all the parties.
 Consultative service; providing an consultative service
 Managerial leadership; developing a managerial leadership
 Delegation of authority; delegation power and authority where
needed
 Co-operation to employee; ensuring that firm employee are in
formed when and how their co-operation
 Security of employment
 Opportunity for growth
 Fair wages for salary; ensuring fair and adequate amount of
salary
 Objective evaluation of work
2.04 Essential Feature of Human Resource Policy
 To be written; human resource policy must be written in clear.
 Should be flexible; human resource policy should be flexible.
 Has to be balanced; it must be balanced.
 Desire of work group to be honored; recognize desire group of
members.
  Community interest to be served; give due importance to the
interest of along with community of employee.
 To be well communicated; policy should be communicated.
 Trade unions to be recognized; trade union have emerged as
realities.
 To be consistent with local condition; should be consistence with
variation being permitted.
 Policy impact to be measurable;
 To be progressive;
2.05 Need for Human Resource Policy
 Consistency of action; action for the handling of specific issues.
 Continuity of action; action the change of tenure of office in top
management does not affect operatives.
 Specific goal achievement; policies act selected goals in reaching.
 Promotion of enthusiasm; policy promotes enthusiasm and
loyalty among corporate and personnel.
 Development of confidence; policy documents sets patterns of
behavior.
2.06 Source of Human Resource Policy
 Experience and existing practice of the organization.
 Prevailing practice pursued by other firms in the locality as well as
similar firms in the country.
 Attitude ideas and philosophies nourished at all level of
management.
 Knowledge and experience accumulated through handling of day
to day.
 Employee suggestion of ideas.
 Position of unionism and attitude of union leader.
 Experience of collective bargaining
 Governmental rules and regulation having impact on working.
 Changes taking place in national economy.
 Cultural practice in the plant and in the country social and
economic life.