CHAPTER 2

ORGANIZATION OF
PERSONNEL
FUNCTIONS

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 Organization of HR department
 Composition of the Personnel
department
 Qualities of a Successful HR Manager

 HRM Policies & Principles

 HRM: Arguments & conclusion

 Jobs & Careers in HRM

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ORGANIZATION OF HR DEPARTMENT
 2 Issues become relevant in a discussion on
organization of an HR department.
 Place
of the HR dept. in the overall set-up
 Composition of the HR department itself

 Status of the HR dept. depends on whether

the unit is small or large.
 In small organizations there is no separate
dept. to coordinate the HR activities
 A large scale unit will have a
Manager/Director heading the HR dept.
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 ORGANIZATION OF HR DEPARTMENT
HRM in a small scale unit:

Owner/Propreitor

Productio Office
Sales Accountant
n Manager
Manager
Manager

Personnel
Assistant

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HRM in a large scale unit:
Chairman / MD

Director Director Director Director

Director
Productio Marketing
Finance HRM R&D
n

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COMPOSITION OF HR DEPARTMENT

Activity

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QUALITIES OF A SUCCESSFUL HR MANAGER

 Fairness & firmness

 Tact & resourcefulness
 Sympathy & consideration
 Knowledge of labour laws & other terms
 Broad social outlook
 Academic qualifications
 Others (positive attitude, competence to
perform activities for betterment of people)

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HRD POLICIES & PROCEDURES
HRD policies can be formulated to cover the
following subjects:
1. Selection
2. Training
3. Compensation
4. Arrangement for work
5. Employee services
6. Industrial relations

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HRD POLICIES

Selection: Training:
 Reservation of seats  Training needs are to
 Employment of family relations/ be decided
people from competing firms  Training curriculum
 Preference for handicapped must be designed
people  Methods of follow-up
 Basis for discharging an and evaluation needs
employee to be decided
 The role of the union in  Post- training support
recruitment & selection to be given as and
‘Closed Shop’ method where only when required
the members of the union are
hired others recruitment is ruled
out.

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Compensation: Arrangement for work:

 The relation of  Policies about the
wages to the market hours of work
and to the industry  Number and
rate duration of rest
 The relation of pauses
wages paid to  Vacations and
different employees working conditions
within the company
 Recognition to be
given to differences
in individual
performance

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HRD POLICIES

Employee Service: Industrial Relations:

 Policies about  Issues like Collective
organizing Bargaining, right of
cooperative workers to decide the
societies, union and the union
festival celebration, leader they want
recreation centres  Policy regarding third
and sports and party intervention in
family budgeting industrial disputes

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HRD PRINCIPLES
 Principle of individual development
 Principle of scientific selection
 Principle of free flow of communication
 Principle of participation
 Principle of fair remuneration
 Principle of incentive
 Principle of dignity of labour
 Principle of labour management
 Principle of team spirit
 Principle of contribution to national prosperity

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HRM: ARGUMENTS & CONCLUSIONS

 Critics argue that HRM is more rhetoric than

reality & the term HRM lacks precision. HR
functions cost money & no attempt has been
made to conduct cost-benefit analysis
 Today, HR practices are becoming highly
visible in organizations
 HRM now has gained a wider acceptance in
the industry over the last decade.

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JOBS & CAREERS IN HRM

 HR Specialist

 HR Manager

 HR Executive

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THANK YOU

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