Taguig City University: College of Business Management
Taguig City University: College of Business Management
Taguig City University: College of Business Management
LESSON 1
An Overview of Human Resource in Organization
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
1. Define Human Resource Management;
2. Explain why Human Resource Management a Science and Art;
3. Describe the central functions of Human Resource Management;
4. Determine the external environment of HRM; and
5. Identify the process of organizing HR Department.
Topic Discussion
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Definition of Personnel / Human Resource Management
HRM may be defined as the function of management, concerned with promoting
and enhancing the development of work effectiveness and advancement of the human
resources in the organization. These are accomplished through proper planning,
organizing, directing, coordination and controlling of activities related to procurement,
development, motivation and compensation of employees to achieve the goals of the
enterprise.
Human Resource Management: A Science and an Art
Science is a systematic accumulation of facts, and their analysis and
interpretation, and their use to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. Personnel management
is a science because if involves the systematic gathering of data derived from surveys,
statistics, interviews and observation. It is an applied science because it utilizes scientific
principles in analyzing and interpreting data in the management of people at work.
Art is proficiency in the practical application of knowledge acquired through study,
experience or observation. After the required data are gathered and analyzed and the
possible solutions to a problem are formulated, a good executive needs to select the best
from among alternative solutions. This is where personnel management is an art, since it
involves the making of sound decisions.
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