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Unit 1: Introduction to Human Resource Management

Byars and Rue say that “Human resource management encompasses those activities designed Notes
to provide for and coordinate the human resources of an organization”.
According to Dale Yoder “the management of human resources is viewed as a system in
which participants seek to attain both individual and group goals”.
According to Flippo, HRM is “the planning, organizing, directing and controlling of the
procurement, development, compensation, integration, maintenance and reproduction of
human resources to the end that individual, organizational and societal objectives are
accomplished”.
In the words of Michael J Jucious, Human Resource Management may be defined as “that
field of management which has to do with planning, organizing and controlling the functions
of procuring, developing, maintaining and utilizing a labour force, such that the (a) objectives
for which the company is established are attained economically and effectively, (b) objectives
of all levels of personnel are served to the highest possible degree; (c) objectives of society
are duly considered and served”.
1.1.1 Objectives of HRM

Objectives of HRM are as follows:
• Predetermined goals to which individual or group activity in an organization is
directed.
• Influenced by organizational objectives and individual and social goals.
• Every organization has some objectives and every part of it should contribute directly
or indirectly to the attainment of desired objectives.
• Determine the character of an organization and serve as the basis for voluntary
cooperation and coordination among employees.

• Benchmarks or standards of evaluating performance.
• To promote the effectiveness of employees at their work place. It is also to promote
the synergy between the employer and the employee as also to minimize the suspicion
and hostility that has characterized their relationship for so long.
According to Indian Institute of Personnel Management, “Personnel Management (Human
Resource Management) aims to achieve both efficiency and justice, neither of which can
be pursued successfully without the other. It seeks to bring together and develop an
effective organization, enabling the men and women who make up an enterprise to make
their own best contribution to its success both as an individual and as a member of a
working group. It seeks to provide fair terms and conditions of employment and satisfying
work for all those employed”. They are derived from the basic objectives of an organization.
In order to achieve organizational objectives integration of employer’s interest and employee
interests is necessary, the objectives of human resource management may be summarised
as follows:
• To improve the service rendered by the enterprise through building better employee
morale, which leads to more efficient individual and group performance. Thus, HRM
seeks to manage change to the mutual advantage of individuals, groups, the organization
and society.
• To establish in the minds of those associated with the enterprise—employees,
shareholders, creditors, customers and the public at large, the fact that the enterprise
is rendering the best service of which it is capable and distributing the benefits derived
from there fairly and contributing to the success of the enterprise.

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