This document discusses personnel management and its key aspects. It defines personnel management as the traditional approach to managing people in an organization, compared to the modern human resource management approach. It outlines the nature of personnel management, including that it manages all employees, deals with individuals and groups, helps employees develop, and can be applied universally. It then discusses the importance of personnel management for staying competitive, retention, teamwork, and managerial effectiveness. The document also covers the functions, objectives, and control of the personnel management process.