This document defines and compares human resource management (HRM) and personnel management. HRM is concerned with how all people are employed and managed in an organization, encompassing all management decisions that directly or indirectly impact employees. Personnel management refers to the activities carried out by specialized staff to implement the personnel objectives of an organization. The document also lists common HRM functions such as employment planning, recruitment, training, compensation, and labor relations.

1. MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
DEFINITIONS
Armstrong(2014)
HRM is concerned with all aspects of how
people are employed and managed in
organisations
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2. MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
According to CIPD(2011):
“But broadly, we can say that the ‘people
management’ function – whether we wish
to define it as ‘personnel management’ or as
‘human resource management’– may be
described as:
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3. MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
All the management decisions and
actions that directly affect or influence
people as members of the organisation
rather than as job-holders.”
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4. MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
•PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
•THE ACTIVITIES OF SPECIALIST STAFF
RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE
PERSONNEL OBJECTIVES OF THE
ORGANISATION.
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5. MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
HRM FUNCTIONS
•Employment planning
•Employee recruitment, selection and orientation
•Career development and counselling
•Performance evaluation
•Training and development
•Compensation and protection
•Labour relations
•Equal employment opportunity programmes
•Discipline and control
•Evaluation of the personnel function
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