Hrm and Thirukural
[pic] A STUDY OF HRM CONCEPTS IN 'THIRUKKURAL
Introduction: Thirukkural, one of the ancient scriptures in Tamil, encompasses wisdom in capsule for all walks of life. It was universally acclaimed as a great piece of literature, both by the West as well as the East. Dr. Albert Schweitzewr proclaimed, "There hardly exists in the literature of the world, a collection of maxims in which we find so much of lofty wisdom". The works contemporary to Thirukkural lack the ideal perception and ethical vision. Kural goes beyond the reporting of the actual and encompasses the paradigms for the future. Modern management could be read in conjunction with Kural and analogies could be drawn between them. The new theories in Human Resource Management are expressed in an abstract form in Kural.
Administration and Management are age-old concepts and they started, whatever in a small form right from the days of settlement and cession of nomadic life. The important elements found in Kural with reference to general administration are applicable without any alteration at any point of time. The objective of this paper is to study the HRM concepts in Kural and their importance in today's administration. The relationship between the advocacies of Kural in the present day context will also be highlighted. HR Functions
Four Pillars: HRM has got four important functions viz. acquisition, development, leadership & motivation, and maintenance functions. Employees were just as much a resource as any other asset and needed to be carefully acquired, used and maintained.1 Human resource planning, job analysis, selection and recruitment, placement, orientation and outsourcing could be grouped under acquisition function.
Training and development, knowledge management, organisational learning, carrier planning, fair treatment and quality circles could be categorized under development function. Motivation, job enrichment, performance appraisal, rewards,
Introduction: Thirukkural, one of the ancient scriptures in Tamil, encompasses wisdom in capsule for all walks of life. It was universally acclaimed as a great piece of literature, both by the West as well as the East. Dr. Albert Schweitzewr proclaimed, "There hardly exists in the literature of the world, a collection of maxims in which we find so much of lofty wisdom". The works contemporary to Thirukkural lack the ideal perception and ethical vision. Kural goes beyond the reporting of the actual and encompasses the paradigms for the future. Modern management could be read in conjunction with Kural and analogies could be drawn between them. The new theories in Human Resource Management are expressed in an abstract form in Kural.
Administration and Management are age-old concepts and they started, whatever in a small form right from the days of settlement and cession of nomadic life. The important elements found in Kural with reference to general administration are applicable without any alteration at any point of time. The objective of this paper is to study the HRM concepts in Kural and their importance in today's administration. The relationship between the advocacies of Kural in the present day context will also be highlighted. HR Functions
Four Pillars: HRM has got four important functions viz. acquisition, development, leadership & motivation, and maintenance functions. Employees were just as much a resource as any other asset and needed to be carefully acquired, used and maintained.1 Human resource planning, job analysis, selection and recruitment, placement, orientation and outsourcing could be grouped under acquisition function.
Training and development, knowledge management, organisational learning, carrier planning, fair treatment and quality circles could be categorized under development function. Motivation, job enrichment, performance appraisal, rewards,