Human Resources Management

During the First World War there was fast development in the field of personnel management to encourage the best skilled people. The ministry of weapon set up its own Industrial welfare development in 1916 and Seebohm was in charge. The main responsibility for Seebohm was to introduce new welfare policies and soon it was compulsory to have welfare employee in all explosive factories. During this phase on how to test abilities and IQ and research was taken into human factors at work. The National Institute of Industrial Psychologists was created in 1921 and their members published result of studies on selection tests, interviewing techniques, and training methods.

Human resource management is the strategic approach to the management of an organization's most valued assets - the people working there, who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business. The terms "human resource management" and "human resources" have largely replaced the term "personnel management" as a description of the processes involved in managing people in organizations. Human Resource management is evolving rapidly. Human resource management is both an academic theory and a business practice that addresses the theoretical and practical techniques of managing a workforce. The goal of human resource management is to help an organization to meet strategic goals by attracting, and maintaining employees and also to manage them effectively. Human resources management comprises several processes. Together they are supposed to achieve the goals set by the organization. These processes can be performed in an HR department.

The process of recruitment and selection are linked, as both activities are to obtain suitable and skilled employee for the respective jobs. The two activities are closely linked with each other but each requires a separate range of skills and expertise. Recruitment can be defined as:

1- all activities directed towards locating potential employees

2- attracting application from suitable candidates.

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In simple words recruitment can be explained as a process of sourcing, screening and selecting skill people for a job with an organization. Individual can undertake individual components of the recruitment process, mid- and large size organizations usually maintain professional recruiters.

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Aims of Recruitment: The aims of recruitment are

* To obtain a suitable employees for a vacant job.

* To use a fair process and to reveal or show that the process was fair.

* To make sure that all recruitment activities will be beneficial for the organizations goals.

* To conduct recruitment activities in an efficient and cost effective manner.