Pearson BTEC Level 4 HNCD Diploma In Business Management HRM RDIBQCF007 Matthew Brereton
Pearson BTEC Level 4 HNC/D Diploma in
Business Management
Human Resource Management
Assessment RDIBQCF007
Matthew Brereton
Task 1
HR Management
Human resource management is the more contemporary term used for people management as opposed to the classical term personal management. Even though culturally one term has superseded the other this was not just a simple change of name. A better assessment of this change can be thought of as a redefining of the role with each term applying a different philosophy and main duties being either taken on-board or passed across to different positions within a company. This said, if you wanted to apply a general description to both terms it would be better to as Ian Henderson in human resource management for MBA students 2nd addition does refer to them as “people management” and can be described as “All the management decisions and actions that directly affect or influence people as members of the organisation rather than as job-holders.”
If we are to look at this description we can take it to mean that HR or Personnel managers are not line managers who are in charge of the technical aspects of a person’s job. Initially Personnel managers duties included aspects such as organising staffing such advertising for new positions, performance related tasks such as arranging training and administrative tasks which would include collecting employee details and ensuring an organisation is complying with national legal requirements focused on employment. As can be seen from this description personnel management takes a very practical approach with an operational focus to the management of people working within an organisation and this was the structure and focus of many personnel departments up until the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The philosophy fitted extremely well with Taylorism and Fordism (Davies, 2010) and early American mass production techniques. The role was often seen as removed from line management and very
Business Management
Human Resource Management
Assessment RDIBQCF007
Matthew Brereton
Task 1
HR Management
Human resource management is the more contemporary term used for people management as opposed to the classical term personal management. Even though culturally one term has superseded the other this was not just a simple change of name. A better assessment of this change can be thought of as a redefining of the role with each term applying a different philosophy and main duties being either taken on-board or passed across to different positions within a company. This said, if you wanted to apply a general description to both terms it would be better to as Ian Henderson in human resource management for MBA students 2nd addition does refer to them as “people management” and can be described as “All the management decisions and actions that directly affect or influence people as members of the organisation rather than as job-holders.”
If we are to look at this description we can take it to mean that HR or Personnel managers are not line managers who are in charge of the technical aspects of a person’s job. Initially Personnel managers duties included aspects such as organising staffing such advertising for new positions, performance related tasks such as arranging training and administrative tasks which would include collecting employee details and ensuring an organisation is complying with national legal requirements focused on employment. As can be seen from this description personnel management takes a very practical approach with an operational focus to the management of people working within an organisation and this was the structure and focus of many personnel departments up until the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. The philosophy fitted extremely well with Taylorism and Fordism (Davies, 2010) and early American mass production techniques. The role was often seen as removed from line management and very
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