(Management Concept & Practices) The Difference Between Personal And Human Resource Management The term "personal management- is still used in many organisations in many companies. But Human Resource Management is now used to an increasing extent this is in recognition of the vital role human resources play in an organisation. Conceptually, Human Resource Management is different from Personal Management in that it is an explicit strategy to use the Human Resources of a firm to gain a competitive and comparative advantage. The conceptual differences between Personal and Human resource Management: 1. Human Resource Management is strategic there should be a good fit between Human Resource practice and business strategy and contradiction should be avoided. 2. Human Resource Management conceptualises the various elements of the organisation's approach to managing people as set of integrated activities. 3. Human Resource Management involves a conceptual shift away from regarding employees as a cost to be managed towards and asset to be nurtured and developed The main areas of difference between Human Resource Management and tradition Personal, therefore, lie in the emphasis given to strategic fit and integration in Human Resource Management, and the emphasis on managing the culture of the organisation in line with the espoused values of "developmental humanism- other differences relate to the fact that | Human Resource Management is aimed very much at managers as well as employees, where as personal was often seen as something that managers did to workers, and that, because of its centrality to strategy, Human Resource Management should be delivered where ever possible by line managers and should be part of the strategic decision making apparatus of an organisation. Human Resource Management has become more influential in company decision-making, yet has declined as a separate department with in the organisation as HR tasks and decision have been devolved to line managers.
