HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT
Nature of HRM
It is pervasive in nature as it is present in all enterprises.
Its focus is on results rather than on rules.
It tries to help employees develop their potential fully.
It encourages employees to give their best to the
organization.
It is all about people at work, both as individuals and groups.
It tries to put people on assigned jobs in order to produce
good results.
It helps an organization meet its goals in the future by
providing for competent and well-motivated employees.
It tries to build and maintain cordial relations between people
working at various levels in the organization.
HR Demand Forecast
Demand forecasting is the process of
estimating the quantity and quality of
people required to meet future needs of
the organisation.
HR Supply Forecast
Supply forecast determines whether the
HR department will be able to procure
the required number of personnel.
Specifically, supply forecast measures the
number of people likely to be available
from within and outside an organisation.
HR Supply Forecast
The supply analysis covers:
Existing human resources
Internal source of supply
External source of supply
Job Analysis
Job Analysis is the process of studying and
collecting information relating to the
operations and responsibilities of a
specific job. The immediate products of
this analysis are job description and job
specification.
Job analysis involves following steps:
Collecting and recording job information
Checking the job information for
accuracy
Writing job description based on
information
Using the information to determine the
skill, abilities and knowledge
Updating the information from time to
time
Job Description :
A list of job’s duties, responsibilities,
reporting relationship, working conditions,
and supervisory responsibilities.
Job Specification
A list of job’s “human requirements” that is,
the requisite education, skills, personality
and so on.
JOB ANALYSIS :
A process of obtaining all pertinent job facts
Job Description Job Specification
• Job Title • Education
• Location • Experience
• Job summary • Training
• Duties • Initiative
• Machine tools etc • Physical effort
• Material etc • Responsibilities
• Supervision • Communication skills
• Working condition • Emotional
• Hazards characteristics
• Unusual sensory sight
etc.