The function of Human Resource Management is to provide skilled human elements to the enterprise. Therefore big enterprises create a separate department called HRD. This department works under H.R. Managers.
Definition: Human Resource management is the recruitment, selection,
development, utilization, compensation and motivation of human resources of
the organization.
Staffing as a part of Human Resource Management: The scope of Human
Resource Management is wider than staffing. It involves staffing, keeping
personnel records, providing expert service and other works.
It facilitates procurement and placement of right people on the right jobs. The
nature of staffing as a part of HRM is discussed in following points:
1. Staffing is people centrel and is relevant in all types of organization and with all categories of personnel from top to bottom.
2. It is duty of every manager to perform the staffing activities. In many enterprises, Personnel Department is established to provide assistance to managers in performing their staffing function.
3. Staffing function is concerned with training, development and performance appraisal of human resources
