Human resources are the most precious resources of an enterprise. Human Resources Optimization (HRO) involves employee allocation and timetabling, to ensure the efficient management of the personnel, conforming to various social regulations and labor contracts.
Personnel Planning is an administrative discipline of hiring and developing employees so that they become more valuable to the organization. It includes (1) conducting job analyses, (2) planning personnel needs, and recruitment, (3) selecting the right people for the job, (4) orienting and training, (5) determining and managing wages and salaries, (6) providing benefits and incentives, (7) appraising performance, (8) resolving disputes, (9) communicating with all employees at all levels.
Personnel planning aims to reduce waste in employing people, lessen uncertainty about current Personnel levels and future needs, and eliminate mistakes in staffing.
Its purposes also include avoiding worker and skills shortages, stopping the profit-eroding effects of being over- or understaffed, preparing succession plans and shaping the optimum future work force by hiring the right managers, technical specialists and skilled workers in appropriate numbers.
Recruitment
Recruitment refers to the process of attracting, screening, and selecting a qualified person for a job. At the strategic level it may involve the development of an employer brand which includes an 'employee offering'.
Recruitment refers to the chain and sequence of activities pertaining to recruitment of employable candidates and job seekers for an organization. Every enterprise, business, start-up and entrepreneurial firm has some well-defined employment and recruitment policies and hiring procedures. The human resources department of large organizations, businesses, government offices and multilateral organizations are generally vested with the responsibilities of employee recruitment and selection.