Human resource management involves planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the recruitment, development, compensation, integration, maintenance, and separation of human resources to accomplish individual, organizational, and societal goals. A modern human resources manager faces challenges such as a changing workforce mix, changing personal values of employees, and changing demands from the government related to laws regulating areas like equal opportunity, health and safety, pensions, and unions.

1. CHAPTER 01 Human Resources Management or Personnel Management is defined as Planning, Organizing, Directing and Controlling of the procurement, development compensation, integration, maintenance and separation of human resources to the end that individual, organizational and societal objectives are accomplished.