HRM is process of bringing people and organizations together so that the goals of each are met. It tries to secure the best from people by winning their whole hearted cooperation. In short, it may be defined as the art of procuring developing and maintaining competent workforce to achieve the goals of an organization in an effective and efficient manner. It has the following features:
Pervasive force: HRM in pervasive(omnipresent) in nature. It is present in all enterprises. It permeates all levels of management in organizations
Action oriented: HRM focuses attention on action, rather than on record keeping written procedures or rules. The problems of employees at work solved through rational policies.
Individually oriented:
It tries to help employees develop their potential fully. It encourages them to give their best to the organizations. It motivates employees through a systematic process of recruitment, selection, training and development coupled with fair wage policies.
People oriented: HRM is all about people at work both as individuals and groups. It tries to put people on assigned jobs in order to produce good results. The resultant gains are used to reward people and motivate them toward further improvements in productivity.
Future oriented: Effective HRM helps an organization meet its goals in the future by providing for competent and well motivated employees.
Development oriented: HRM intends to develop the full potential of employees. The reward structure is tuned to the needs of employees. Training is offered to sharpen and improve their skills. Employees are rotated on various jobs so that they gain experience and exposure. Every attempt is made to use their talents fully in the service of organizational.
Integrating mechanism: HRM tries to build and maintain cardinal relations between people working at various levels in the organization. In short it tries to integrate human assets (An asset is a