Personnel Policies, Procedures And

Programmes

Personnel policies are guides to

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action

They serve as road maps for managers

on a number of issues such as
recruitment, selection and promotion.

They cover almost all functions of

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personnel management.
 Personnel Policies, Procedures And
Programmes
A good personnel policy should be :
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easy to understand,
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based on facts,
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Equitable,
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reasonably flexible,
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precise and
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related to objectives.
Advantages of personnel policies


Delegation
 Uniformity
 Better control
 Standards of efficiency
 Confidence
 Speedy decisions
 Coordinating devices
Features of a sound personnel policy

 Related to objectives
 Easy to understand
 Precise
 Stable as well as flexible
 Based on facts
 Appropriate number
 Just, fair and equitable: eg.recruitment
 Review
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Coverage of Personnel policies

social responsibility policies:

equity,consideration,quality of work life
 employment policies
 promotion policies
 development policies
 relations policies
 Evaluating the impact of personnel
policies

The impact of human resource policies can be

measured through their outcomes:
 Commitment: how long an employee stays with a
firm
 Competence: appraised through performance
appraisal techniques
 Congruence: nature and frequency of grievances,
disagreement, and conflict
 Cost effectiveness: measured through human
resource accounting techniques
 Discuss
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You have been told to draft personnel
policies for Business school what are the
different aspects you will consider for
Formulation of Personnel Policies.