Description: Learn the basics of Personnel Management
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In a business organization, the most important and complex resource is people working there. So, personnel management is all about making the most effective use of the skill of human resources in a company. It also consists in providing training to personnel to enhance their skills, so that they can achieve the goals of the organization in a more efficient manner and faster.
Personnel management begins with the recruitment of requisitely qualified personnel for a company. It further involves directing their growth through the ranks. It is also concerned with how to channelize the energies of personnel in a way that will maximize the turnover of the organization. The Human Resources department in a company is entrusted with the personnel management function. Executives in the department known as Personnel Managers discharge the function of personnel management.
Personnel management tasks include the classification of jobs, preparation of wages, and the fixation of salary scales of employees at all the various levels in an organization. It is concerned with disciplinary action against errant employees and also their counseling. It is also concerned with service contracts and negotiations with employee unions.