UNIT – I Lesson 1 HRM – AN OVERVIEW Lesson Outline Nature of ...

Organising:
This is a process by which the structure and allocation of jobs are determined.
Organising involves each subordinate a specific task, establishing departments, delegating
authority to subordinates, establishing channels of authority and communication, and
coordinating the work of subordinates.
Staffing:
This is a process by which managers select, train, promote and retire the
subordinates. This involves in deciding the type of people to be hired, recruiting
prospective employees, selecting employees, setting performance standard, compensating
employees, evaluating performance, counseling employees, training and developing
employees.
Directing:
Controlling:
Directing is the process of activating group efforts to achieve the desired goals.
This is the process of setting standards for performance, checking to compares see
how actual performance compares with these set standards and taking needed corrective
action.
The operating functions already outlined forms the entire gaument of day to day
functions of HRM. These functions are explained through out the lesson material forming
year syllabus. As a result at this stage the elaboration of operational functions may be
redundant.
Human Resource functions are concerned with a variety of activities that
significantly influence almost all areas of an organization and aim at:
� Ensuring that the organization fulfils all of its equal employment
opportunities and other government obligations.
� Carrying out job analysis to establish the specific requirements for
individual jobs within an organization.
� Forecasting the human resource requirements necessary for the
organization to achieve its objectives – both in terms of number of
employees and skills.
� Developing and implementing a plan to meet these requirements.