Managing People

Managing People

This part underpins the rest of the Handbook. It deals with the approaches and philosophies that affect how people are managed in organizations, the roles of the HR function and its members, and the special considerations that affect international people management. The term ‘people management’ embraces the two related concepts of human resource management (HRM) and human capital management (HCM), which are defined and explained in the first two chapters. These have virtually replaced the term ‘personnel management’, although the philosophies and practices of personnel management still provide the foundations for the philosophy and practices of HRM and HCM. The relationships between these aspects of people management are modelled in Figure 0.2 Download