What is Interview

An interview process the face to face conversation with people when the question asked by the information is exchanged. The interview is the formal discussion process of hiring and applicant is called an interview. This typically a meeting between two or more people for the purpose of getting each other. When considered as the method of conducting the right research is the techniques used to the experience and others.

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Definition

According to Bartol and Martin,  “The selection interview is a relatively formal, in- depth conversation conducted for the purpose of assessing a candidate’s knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as providing information to the candidate about the organization and potential jobs.”

According to Gary Dessler, “An interview is a procedure designed to obtain information from a person through oral response to oral inquires.”

According to Werther and Keith Davis, “The selection interview is a formal, in-depth conversation conducted to evaluate and applicant’s acceptability.”

According to Thill and Bovee, “An interview is any planed conversation with a specific purpose involving two or more people.”

How to conduct an interview

• Structure the interview 
• Prepare for the interview 
• Establish connected 
• Information exchange and ask questions 
• End of the interview 
• Review and evaluation

Method of interview

• Individual and group interview 
• Situational interview 
• Behavioral interview 
• Directive interview 
• Non directive  interview 
• Job related interview 
• Board interview and 
• Stress interview

Structure of the interview

• Job analysis 
• Determination of the job’s duties 
• Setting interview questions 
• Making benchmark answers and 
• Appoint the interview panel and 
• Conduct interviews

Becoming a more effective interview

• Planning the interview 
• Getting information        
• Giving information 
• Information processing 
• Responding to the applicant and 
• Personal impact

Human resource management

Human resource management is the process of an organizing function of employee recruitment, selection, direction and development of an employee strategic planning. Human resources management, including to jobs analysis, personal needs, employees training, jobs, evaluating performances, determine of managing wages and salaries, developing employee relationships, maintain employees safety, motivation, maintain proper relations between labor and trade union as know as the human resources management. Human resource management also performed by the activities organization function and people. 

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Definition

According to S. P. Robbins, “Human resource management is concerned with the people dimension in management. It is a process consisting of the acquisition, development, motivation and maintenance of human resources.”

According to Bartol and Marting, “Human resource management is the management is the management of various activities designed to enhance the effectiveness  of an organization’s workforce in achieving organizational goals.”

According to Gary Dessler,”Humna resource management is the process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees, and attending to their labour relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns.”

According to R.W Griffing, “Human resource management is the set of organizational activities directed at attracting developing and maintaining an effective workforce.”

Importance of human resource management

• Nerve center of the organization 
• Increase productivity 
• Achieving organization goals 
• To attain job satisfaction 
• Proper maintenance and utilization of resources 
• Creation of cordial labor management relationship 
• To maintain continuous production 
• Performing the functions related to worker 
• Use of modern technology 
• Controlling of labor and production cost 
• To face modern challenges 
• Development of human behavior and human relationship 
• Influence of free trade economy and globalization and 
• Human resource planning and implementation  

Function of human resource management 

Human resource acquisition 

• Human resource planning 
• Job analysis 
• Employees recruiting 
• Selecting of employee 
• Employee socialization

Development functions of human resource management

• Management development 
• Employee training        
• Career development  

Motivation functions of human resource management 

 

• Job design 
• Performance evaluation  
• Job evaluation 
• Rewards 
• Discipline 
• Compensation and benefits

Maintenance functions of human resource management

• Cordial labor relationship 
• Safety and health 
• Labor welfare activities  and 
• Research and future

Objective of human resource management

• To make efficient workforce 
• Selection of right personnel 
• Increase efficiency of worker 
• To create job satisfaction 
• To maintain co-ordination 
• To maintain high morale 
• To maintain co-operation among management and worker 
• To maintain cordial relationship among the workers 
• Determination of compensation 
• Welfare activities and 
• Effective use of human resources

Measurement of effectiveness of human resource management

• Labor management relationship 
• Productivity 
• Employee motivation and job satisfaction 
• Employee training 
• Rate of labor turnover 
• Rate of absenteeism employees 
• Industrial dispute 
• Employee selection 
• Amount of production cost and wastage 
• Use of up to-date technology and 
• Welfare activities 

Internal influence on human resource management

Internal influence on human resource management

• Human resource policy 
• Organization structure 
• Organization goals 
• Tasks 
• Technology 
• Kinds of people employed 
• Demand and supply of human resources with in the enterprise 
• Reward system

External influence on human resource management

• Educational environment 
• Economic environment 
• Technological environment 
• Legal environment 
• Political environment and 
• Sociology- cultural environment

What is meant by planing

Management planning is the managerial function, it involve objectives of action for achieving an organization's objective. Management planning is a selecting mission and objective to inform regarding the future to activities necessary to achieving organizational goals. Planning is the process of using related fact and future assumption activities required to achieve a desired of organizational objectives. The planning process identifies, formulates strategies, arranges and implementation are proper sequence. So, planners must they attempt to forecast future conditions. These forecasts form the basis for planning.

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Definition

According to Henry Fayol, “The plan of action is, at one and the same time, the result envisaged, the line of action to be followed, the stages to go through and the methods to use.”

According to G.R.Terry, “Planning is selecting information and making assumptions regarding the future to formulate activities necessary to achieve organizational objectives.”

According to S.P.Robbins, “Planning involves defining the organization’s objectives or goals, establishing an overall strategy for achieving these goals and developing a comprehensive hierarchy of plans to integrated and co-ordinate activities”

According to Prof. R. W.Griffin, “Planning means setting on organization’s goals and deciding how best to achieve them.”

Nature

Natural of planning is the management function its importance of regarding future activities process. The planning depends on effective of management. The nature of planning is given below:

• Primacy of planning
• Mental- thinking process
• Assumption regarding the future course of action
• Goal- orientation of planning
• Efficiency of planning
• Dependency of facts and information
• Best alternative
• Flexibility of planning
• Analytical process of planning
• Pervasiveness of planning
• Continuity

12 Step by step of management planning

Various steps by step of management planning is the future activities process. The following major of step by step of management planning are given below:

• Evaluating future situations in light of the present
• Assumptions regarding the future
• Determination of specific objective
• Collection and analysis of proper information
• Establishing planning premises
• Determine the alternative courses of  action
• Evaluation of alternative courses of action
• Selecting the best alternative
• Formulating derivation plan
• Determine the time and programmers of commencement
• Evaluate progress of the proposed plan
• Follow- up and taking corrective action

Importance of management planning

The success of a business depends on the efficacy of management planning. For this, Management planning is regarded as bridge of business. The importance of management planning is below:

• Aid to attainment of objectives
• Development of organization
• Optimum utilization of factors of production
• Reducing of cost
• Achieving efficiency
• Establishment
• Assistance to other managerial
• Proper solution of problems
• Restoring order and discipline
• Forecasting
• An aid to control
• Decision making
• Easy co- ordination
• Reducing wastage

Types of planning premises

Planning premises are the expected environment in which planning to operate. The planning process of plans may be different. Generally, the following forms of planning premises are funded:

According to control ability

• Non- controllable planning premises
• Semi- controllable planning premises
• Controllable planning premises

According to geographical location

1. Internal planning premises

• The Sales forecast
• Productivity
• Financial capacity
• Capacity to investment
• Industrial relationship
• Organization policy and procedure
• Organizational structure
• Labor – management relationship

2. External planning premises

       Local external premises

• Political condition
• Economic condition
• Purchasing power of customers
• Competitors condition
• Law and order situation
• Factors of production, supply condition
• Demand of product
• National income and growth
• Technological development
• Government policy

     International premises

• Condition of international trade
• International demand of goods
• Condition of the international competitors
• International trade contracts
• Improved technology

Relationship of other managerial function with planning

Management planning is the process of first and major function. Its logically process of all other managerial functions. Planning and management with the relationship of other managerial function with planning is below:

• Planning and organization
• Planning and staffing
• Planning and direction
• Planning  and motivation
• Planning coordination
• Planning and controlling

Ways to increase the effectiveness of planning

Increase the Effectiveness of the planning process involves following:

• Clear understanding of the purpose and goal
• Developing organization for planning
• Establishment of correct planning premises
• Selecting the appropriate method and  promises
• Participate in preparing plans
• Development of working environment
• Maintaining communication and creating facilities of participation
• Data based planning
• Planning at the top level
• Revising and updating of existing plans
• Overcoming the limitations of planning