PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

PRINCIPLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

      Human resource management, like any other discipline, has certain principle to guide the conduct of employee. These have been widely accepted in industrial circles and are usually reflected in personnel policies of a company.

1. Principle of Personal Growth: A man has unlimited potential to grow. He must be developed to his fullest extent. He should be given opportunity to realize his inner talents and capabilities. If his capacity to work is not accentuated, the person may suffer from acrimony and his talent may be abated.

2. Principle of Social Welfare:  The level of progress in a country depends primarily on the skills, attitudes, and abilities of its human resources. Industries are an important part of a nation. Human resource and their management plays a vital role in the development of a nation. It has become significant due to the growing expectations of society from employers.

3. Principle of Integration: The employer and employees are co-partners in industry. They must have cooperative attitude towards each other. To create a teamwork, good labour management relations and conflict, free relationship among them, the principle of co-partnership should be accepted. The work policy should be based on mutual cooperation and reciprocal understanding.

4. Principle of Selection: This principle states that the employees should be selected through proper tests and screening. The scientific analysis of the traits and abilities of the candidate must be made. His entire personality must be judged.

5. Principle to keep Morale High: To maintain high morale of employees is the basic duty of human resource manager. He should maintain a good condition of physical and mental well-being of the individual. He should maintain the cooperative attitude, willingness to strive for the organisational goals, feelings of togetherness, and such mental factors as zeal, spirit, hope, confidence, etc. among his employees.

6. Principle of Adequate Prize: Fair and adequate reward is a primary consideration for an employee. To attract capable employees to the organisation, they must be offered fair and equitable wages. Reward must motivate and encourage. It must meet the expectations of those carrying out the work. If the employee is fairly rewarded, he takes interest in his work and brings better result.

7. Principle of Communication: Dealing with persons requires the manager to communicate with other people. Communication is the exchange of ideas, opinion, sentiments, feelings, facts and attitude. A human resource manager cannot be effective it tends to encourage better performance and job satisfaction. People understand their jobs better and feel more involved in them when there is a climate of “open” communication.