Funct

ionsofHumanResour
ceManagement

HumanResour
ceManagementf
unct
ionscanbecl
assi
fi
edi
nfol
l
owi
ngt
hreecat
egor
ies.

 Manager
ial
Funct
ions,

 Oper
ati
veFunct
ions,
and

 Adv
isor
yFunct
ions

TheManager
ial
Funct
ionsofHumanResour
ceManagementar
easf
oll
ows:

1.HumanResour
cePl
anni
ng-I
nthi
sfunct
ionofHRM,
thenumberandt
ypeofempl
oyees
neededtoaccompl i
shorgani
sationalgoal
sisdetermined.Researchisanimport
antpartofthi
s
funct
ion,
informati
oniscoll
ectedandanalysedtoidenti
fycurrentandfut
urehumanr esour
ce
needsandt ofor
ecastchangingvalues,at
ti
tude,
andbehav iourofemployeesandtheiri
mpact
onorganisati
on.

2.Or
gani
sing-I
nanor
gani
sat
iont
asksar
eal
l
ocat
edamongi
tsmember
s,r
elat
ionshi
psar
e
i
dent i
fi
ed,andact
ivi
ti
esar
eint
egr
atedtowardsacommonobject
ive.Rel
ati
onshi
psare
establi
shedamongtheemploy
eessothattheycancol
l
ect
ivel
ycontri
but
etotheatt
ainmentof
organisat
iongoal
.

3.Di
rect
ing-Act
ivat
ingempl
oyeesatdi
ff
erentl
evel
andmaki
ngt
hem cont
ri
but
emaxi
mum t
o
theorganisat
ioni
spossi
blethroughproperdi
rect
ionandmotiv
ati
on.Tapi
ngt
hemaxi
mum
potenti
ali
ti
esoftheempl
oy eesispossi
blethr
oughmot i
vat
ionandcommand.

4.Cont
rol
l
ing-Af
terpl
anni
ng,
organi
sing,
anddi
rect
ing,
theact
ual
per
for
manceofempl
oyees
i
schecked,v
erif
ied,andcomparedwi
ththepl
ans.I
ftheactual
per
for
mancei
sfounddev
iat
ed
f
rom t
heplan,contr
ol measur
esarer
equir
edt
obet aken.

TheOper
ati
veFunct
ionsofHumanResour
ceManagementar
easf
oll
ows:

1.Recr
uit
mentandSel
ect
ion-Recr
uit
mentofcandi
dat
esi
sthef
unct
ionpr
ecedi
ngt
he
sel
ect
ion,
whi
chbr
ingst
hepool
ofpr
ospect
ivecandi
dat
esf
ort
heor
gani
sat
ionsot
hatt
he
managementcansel
ectt
her
ightcandi
dat
efr
om t
hispool
.

2.JobAnal
ysisandDesi gn-Jobanal
ysisi
st hepr ocessofdescri
bingthenatur
eofaj oband
speci
fyi
ngt
hehumanr equir
ementsli
kequalifi
cati
on, ski
l
ls,andworkexperi
encet operf
ormthat
j
ob.Jobdesi
gnai msatout l
ini
ngandorganisi
ngt asks,duti
es,andresponsi
bil
it
iesint
oasingl
e
uni
tofworkfortheachievementofcertai
nobj ecti
ves.

3.Per
for
manceAppr
aisal
-Humanr
esour
cepr
ofessi
onal
sar
erequi
redt
oper
for
mthi
s
f
unct
iont
oensur
ethatt
heper
for
manceofempl
oyeei
sataccept
abl
elev
el.

4.Tr
aini
ngandDev
elopment-Thi
sfunct
ionofhumanr
esour
cemanagementhel
pst
he
employ eest
oacquir
eskil
lsandknowledgetoper
formthei
rjobseffect
ivel
y.Tr
aini
ngan
developmentprogr
amsareor gani
sedforbot
hnewandexistingemployees.Employeesar
e
preparedforhi
gherl
evel
responsibi
li
ti
esthr
oughtr
aini
nganddev el
opment .

5.WageandSal
aryAdmi
nist
rat
ion-Humanr
esour
cemanagementdet
ermi
neswhati
stobe
pai
df ordi
ff
erentt
ypeofj
obs.Humanr esourcemanagementdecidesempl
oyeescompensati
on
whichincl
udes-wageadminist
rat
ion,
salaryadmini
str
ati
on,i
ncentiv
es,
bonuses,
fri
ngebenef
its,
andetc,.

6.Empl
oyeeWel
far
e-Thi
sfunct
ionr
efer
stov
ari
ousser
vices,
benef
it
s,andf
aci
l
iti
est
hatar
e
pr
ovi
dedt
oempl
oyeesf
ort
hei
rwel
lbei
ng.

7.Mai
ntenance-Humanr
esour
cei
sconsi
der
edasassetf
ort
heor
gani
sat
ion.Empl
oyee
t
urnov
erisnotconsi
deredgoodf
ortheor
ganisati
on.Humanr esour
cemanagemental
way
str
y
t
okeepthei
rbestperf
ormingemploy
eeswit
ht heorgani
sat
ion.

8.LabourRel
ati
ons-Thi
sfunct
ionr
efer
stot
hei
nter
act
ionofhumanr
esour
cemanagement
wit
hempl
oyeeswhoar
erepresentedbyatradeuni
on.Employeescomestoget
herandformsan
uni
ont
oobtai
nmorevoi
ceindecisionsaf
fecti
ngwage,benef
its,
worki
ngcondi
ti
on,et
c,.
9.Per
sonnel
Resear
ch-Per
sonnel
resear
chesar
edonebyhumanr
esour
cemanagementt
o
gat
heremployees'opini
onsonwagesandsal ari
es,pr
omotions,
worki
ngcondi
ti
ons,welfar
e
act
ivi
ti
es,l
eadershi
p,etc,
.Suchresear
cheshelpsinunder
standi
ngemploy
eessati
sfact
ion,
employeest
urnover,employeet
erminati
on,
etc,.

10.Per
sonnel
Recor
d-Thi
sfunct
ioni
nvol
vesr
ecor
ding,
mai
ntai
ning,
andr
etr
iev
ingempl
oyee
rel
atedinf
ormati
onl
ike-appl
icat
ionf
orms,
employmenthi
stor
y,worki
nghours,ear
nings,
employeeabsent
sandpresents,
employ
eetur
noverandot
herotherdat
arel
atedtoempl oy
ees.

TheAdv
isor
yFunct
ionsofHumanResour
ceManagementar
easf
oll
ows:

HumanResour ceManagementisexper
tinmanagi
nghumanr esour
cesandsocangiv
eadvice
onmatter
srelatedt
ohumanr esour
cesoftheor
gani
sat
ion.HumanResourceManagementcan
of
feradvi
ceto:

1.Adv
isedt
oTopManagement

Personnel
manageradvi
sesthet
opmanagementi
nfor
mul
ati
onandev
aluat
ionofper
sonnel
programs,pol
i
cies,
andpr
ocedur
es.

2.Adv
isedt
oDepar
tment
alHeads

Per
sonnelmanageradvi
sesthetheheadsofvar
iousdepartmentsonmat ter
ssuchas
manpowerpl
anning,j
obanal
y si
s,j
obdesi
gn,r
ecruit
ment,select
ion,
placement,
trai
ning,
per
for
manceappr ai
sal
,et
c.