Definition and features of Personnel Management

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Define Personnel Management. What are its features?

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Prof. E.F.L. Brech defined the term Personnel Management' in the following words— "Personnel
Management is that part of management progress which is primarily concerned with the human
constitution of an organisation."

The definition of personnel management, as given by the U.K. Institution of Personnel Management
and which has also been adopted by the Indian Institution of Personnel Management runs as
follows: "Personnel management is that part of management function which is primarily concerned with the human relationship within the organisation. Its objective is the maintenance of those relationships on a basis which by consideration of the well-being of the individual, enables all those engaged in the undertaking to make their maximum contribution to the effective working of that undertaking."

The features of personnel management are: (1) specialised branch of general management (2)
management of human resources (3) a pervasive function (4) management of employees as an
individual and as a group (5) development of employees (6) a technique of thinking (7) based on
principles (8) a never ending process.

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