Q.Explain the scope of HRM.

HRM's scope is wide, covering an employee's entire journey with the organisation from planning their role to overseeing their welfare and safety.

The scope of HRM covers the following main areas:

1. Human resource planning — forecasting future manpower needs and planning to meet them.
2. Job analysis and design — studying what a job involves and deciding how its tasks and responsibilities should be organised.
3. Recruitment and selection — attracting suitable candidates and choosing the most suitable among them (covered in full in the dedicated chapters that follow).
4. Training and development — improving present skills and preparing employees for future responsibilities (also covered in a dedicated chapter that follows).
5. Performance appraisal — evaluating employee performance systematically against set standards.
6. Compensation and benefits management — deciding fair wages, incentives, and benefits.
7. Industrial relations — maintaining healthy relations between management and employees, and handling disputes fairly. …

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