What are the different types of Personnel policies?

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How can Personnel policies be classified?

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(A) On the basis of Sources of Policy—Following are the types of policies on the basis of sources of policy.

(1) Originated Policy—Such a policy is usually established formally and deliberately by top management for their subordinate/s action as well as their own action. It is originated in the broad framework of the objectives set and defined by top management.

(2) Appealed Policy—Such a policy is one that arises from the appeal made by subordinate to his superior for deciding an important case or problem. The need for such policy arises because the particular case or problem has not been covered by earlier policies.

(3) Implied Policy—These are the policies which are not formally stated. Policies are inferred from the actions of the superiors. It is not a good policy.

(4) Imposed Policy—Imposed policy is one that arises from the influence of some outside forces like government, trade unions, trade associations etc.

(B) On the basis of Scope of policies—Following are the types of policies on the basis of scope of policies.

(1) General Policies—Such policies are formulated at the top. They describe the philosophy of top managers and their acceptance of various theories of work and organisation. They tell everybody about the priorities which the top managers want to be assigned to various factors influencing performance. Such policies are called general because they do not relate to any specific issue in particular.

(2) Specific Policies—Specific policies relate to specific issues. Thus, there may be separate specific policies on staffing, compensation, training, collective bargaining. These policies may be formulated by the personnel manager himself although others may also exert a great deal of influence in shaping them.