Mgnt. 2 – Chapter 1

The Development of

Personnel Management

Prepared by:

Jean F. Baylon

BSBA4-Major in Mktg.Mgnt

A. The Medieval Guilds in Europe

› Chartered Institute of

Personnel and Development

› Welfare Workers' Association

› the Institute of Industrial

Welfare Workers

› Institute of Labour

Management

› Human Resource and

management

B. The Industrial Revolution

› In the 1970′s industrial relations was very important. The heated climate during this period reinforced the importance of a specialist role in industrial relations negotiation.

› Health and safety and the need for specialists became the focus.

C. Scientific Management › a theory of management that

analyzed and synthesized workflows.

› Its main objective was improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.

› It was one of the earliest attempts to apply science to the engineering of processes and to management.

D. The Human Relations Movements

› refers to the researchers of organizational development who study the behaviour of people in groups, in particular workplace groups.

E. The Behavioral Sciences Approach

› Classical Approach –focuses on the job of workers

› Behavioral Approach

-focuses on the psychological and sociological processes that influence employee performance.

Two branches contributed to the Behavioural approach.

› Human relations movements:

› Development of organizational behaviour

– (a) Man is not a social individual, he is a complex individual.

– (b) The role and contribution of organization behaviour in workers.

– (c) It discussed the psychological variables like motivations, leading etc.

– (d) Man is a self-actualizing being.

Contributions of Behavioural science approach

› Individuals differ in terms of their attitudes, perception and value systems.

› People working in an organization have their needs and goals,

› Individual behaviour is closely linked with the behaviour of the group to which he belongs.

› Informal leadership, rather than the formal authority of supervisor, is more important for setting and enforcing group standards of performance.

› By nature most people enjoy work and are motivated by self-control and self-development.

F. Development of Employee Concept

› is a joint initiative of the employee as well as the employer to upgrade the existing skills and knowledge of an individual.

› Organizations must encourage their employees to participate in employee development activities.

– Professional Growth