DR.

VIRENDRASWAROOPINSTITUTEOF

PROFESSIONALSTUDIES

HRM
OBJECTIVES

TYPES OF HUMAN RESOURCE

OBJECTIVES
Organizational
Objectives

HR Objectives

Social Objectives

OBJECTIVES IN CONTEXT OF ORGANIZATION,

HR,SOCIETY
Organizational
o
o
o
o

Establishing strategy
Profit earning
International strategic
Organizational development

Human resource
o
o
o
o

Working condition
Fair wages
Empowerment
Industrial relation

Social objectives
o
o
o
o

Satisfy consumers
Offer right product
Increase employment
Environment management

BASIC HRM OBJECTIVES

1.

Matching the workforce to the needs of the

business......

2.

Making full use of the workforces potential

3.

Minimising labour costs.

4.

Maintaining good employee/employer relations..

1. Matching the workforce to the

needs of the business

Workforce planning to ensure business has the right

number of staff in the right locations with the right skills

Effective recruitment to match workforce needs

Training programmes to cover skills gaps or respond to

changes in technology, processes & market

Consider outsourcing activities

Get the right number and mix of staff at each location

where the business operates in multiple sites and countries

2. Making full use of the workforces

potential
Regular appraisals and skills audits
Internal promotion
Development opportunities
Ensure jobs have suitable, achievable workloads
Avoid too many under-utilised or over-stretched staff
Make best use of employees skills

3. Minimising labour costs

Reduced labour turnover to keep recruitment costs low

Should not be achieved to the detriment of overall

performance of staff and ultimately the business

Pay rates should be competitive but not excessive

Achieve acceptable staff utilisation

Minimise staff turnover

Measure returns on investment in training

4. Maintaining good employee / employer

relations
o Effective communication
o Good industrial relations
o Avoiding disputes
o Avoiding negative publicity
o Complying with all relevant labour laws

MIXED HRM OBJECTIVES

To help the organization reach its goals.
To ensure effective utilization and maximum development of
human resources.
To ensure respect for human beings. To identify and satisfy the
needs of individuals.
To ensure reconciliation of individual goals with those of the
organization.
To achieve and maintain high morale among employees.
To provide the organization with well-trained and well-motivated
employees.
To increase to the fullest the employee's job satisfaction and selfactualization.
To develop and maintain a quality of work life.
To be ethically and socially responsive to the needs of society.
To develop overall personality of each employee in its
multidimensional aspect.
To enhance employee's capabilities to perform the present job.
To equip the employees with precision and clarity in transaction of
business.
To inculcate the sense of team spirit, team work and inter-team
collaboration.