The difference between personnel management and human resources management

The location of human resources management in th organization's organizational structure

In order for personnel management to be able to perform its role, it must recruit specialized material and human resources from specialists in administrative, psychological and social matters. 

The location of human resources management in the organization's organizational structure 

The Human Resources Management Department, depending on the size of the organization and its needs for this department, is headed by a director who may reach the level of sub-director or deputy director of the organization, and is usually assisted in larger institutions by more than one assistant director depending on the departments that have the department, such as: the Labor Relations Department and the Human Resources Development Department. . 

It is not enough for managers of individual interests to have administrative management capabilities only, but they must also have the characteristics and qualifications of leadership, communication and listening, the spirit of creativity and cooperation, persuasion and other qualities that Fayol mentioned in writing about management. 

The presence of human resources management in the organization

In terms of the presence of human resources in the institution, they are distributed along the pyramid of the institution’s organizational structure, horizontally and vertically, and their number is determined by the size of the institution, its weight in the economy, the nature of its activity, and the type of technology used, whether more is used for machines or more for individuals.

Distribution of human resources in the organization

In general, human resources are distributed into three levels: the upper, which includes senior management, represented by the general manager and the board of directors, then the middle, which is represented by the various middle and framing levels of activity, and finally, at the bottom of the pyramid, we find the employed workers, and these three levels are linked by relationships established by authority. And leadership and communication, each of which is characterized by a specific part of it. To the extent that the upper administrative human frame controls determining the organization’s directives and policies, the lower frame, starting with the foremen and those in charge, controls implementation, and this process depends on the connections between the various levels, and the nature of the relationships that link them, so to the extent As long as there is good understanding and communication between levels, and listening especially to workers’ problems in implementation, the work is integrated and the interaction exists to achieve the organization’s goal. 

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