Principles of Personnel Management

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What are the different Principles of Personnel Management?

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Principle of Maximum Individual Development—According to this principle, the personnel
administrator should always be careful in developing the personality of each individual. Each individual differs in nature and therefore management should recognise their individual ability and make use of such ability in an effective manner. If an act of the employer can adversely affect the personality of the individual, he should avoid such act. Maximum individual satisfaction should be the basis of the personnel policies.

Principle of Scientific Selection—According to this principle, a scientific system of selecting the
personnel should be developed in order to ensure the selection of the right type of persons for various jobs for this purpose, the techniques of psychology should be adopted. Workers should be selected after a careful weighing of the requirements of the jobs on the one hand and assessment and evaluation of the abilities and aptitudes of men on the other. This will avoid the wastage of resources and increase the productivity of employees.

Principle of High Morale—According to this principle, morale of the workers should be kept
high. High morale is indispensable for the effectiveness and efficiency of the organisation. High morale creates cooperative attitude among the workers and makes them committed to the organisation. For this purpose, workers should be motivated by monetary and non-monetary incentives such as ideal wage system, bonus, gratuity, better working conditions, facilities for training, labour welfare, social security schemes etc.

Principle of Effective Communication—According to this principle, it is very necessary to
establish an effective machinery of communication to manage the affairs of the concern effectively.
Communication machinery must establish two way traffic i.e. it must provide the liberty to both parties: management and workers—to convey their ideas, orders, opinions, grievances etc. An effective communication is a must to coordinate the efforts of various employees and the management.

Principle of Dignity of Labour—According to this principle, labour should be given due regard in
the—organisation. His work must be duly recognised so that his ego may be satisfied. For this purpose, non-monetary incentives should be provided alongwith monetary incentives.

Principle of Team Spirit—According to this principle, there should be a team spirit in workers
i.e., workers should feel their joint responsibility. Efforts should be made to let the workers feel that
their work as a team can only accomplish the goals of the organisation. For this, employees should be educated so that they may extend their cooperation to the organisation.

Principle of Fair Reward—According to this principle, the workers should get fair reward for
their work. This is necessary to maintain better industrial relations and to increase the workers'
efficiency. For this purpose, performance appraisal should be the basis for wage-direction.

Principle of Co-partnership—According to this principle employee should be given a due
participation in the management of the enterprise so that they may realise that they are partners in the prosperity of the organisation and their interest and the interest of management are the same. Workers should be educated to make them realise that their efforts alone can contribute to the prosperity of the organisation and of the country.

Principle of Effective Utilisation of Human Resources—The personnel management has been
evolved to utilise the available human resources in the best manner possible so as to achieve the
organisation objectives effectively. Personnel management is an art to get the work done by the people, to get the desired result. For this purpose, workers should be given humanly treatment in the organisation.

Principle of Contribution to National Prosperity—Personnel management should ensure that
employees contribute to the prosperity of the organisation and of the country also. For this purpose
personnel management should develop the sense of patriotism in labour and educate them so as to
make them realise that their efforts alone can contribute to the prosperity of the organisation and of the country.