Characteristics or Features of Personnel Management

The procurement, allocation, utilisation, conservation and development of Human Resource are inevitablr and continuous activities of modern industries. Due to the technological development, size of organisation is expanding. Vast changes are seen in group behaviour of personnel in an enterprise. PM is necessary in an organisation. It helps every employees to grow themself.

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The following are the characteristics of PPersonnel Management.

1• Part of General Management

It is an extension of general management function . Managerial functions include planning, organising, staffing, co-ordinating, decision making and controlling.staffing functions comes under the development of personnel management.

2• Concerned with people

It is a traditional function/ how to manage people in an organisation. It is concerned with hiring of employees. So they can contribute maximum to the organisation. It helps in maintaining a good employee employer relationship

3• Concerned with personnel policies

It is concerned with formulating of policies. it includes policies on recruitment selection,training and development performance.

4• Assistance to top Management

It assist the function of personnel managers. The function of personnel management department is pervasive in nature. It serves in production, marketing, finance etc. It act as an assistance to all other departments

5• Creation of cordial environment

It is the function of personnel management to create a cordial environment where employees can contribute their maximum to the organisation in achieving organisational goal. Continuously providing adequate facilities and by offering both monetary and non-monetary benefits.

6• Continuous function

Personnel management is Continuous in nature.It is also dynamic in nature. Functions like recruitment, training, selection, development, performance evaluation etc.. all these functions are on going process. Therefore PM require constant alerts and awareness in dealing with such transactions.

7• Ensures employee satisfaction

PM concerned with welfare and satisfaction of employees. A satisfied work force is an added advantage to any organisation. Therefore it is concerned with ensuring physical, individual, economical, social satisfaction of employees at all levels. Especially at top level.