or her objective which is derived from organizational
objectives. Because of this strategic approach, the
nomenclature of the department has changed from
“personnel management” to “human resources
management” as the new name implies dealing with
holistic development of human resources. This holistic
development implies that while developing human
resources, all the aspects of development are taken care
of; such as technical competencies, quality or process
related competencies, domain competencies and also
balancing work life balance. Workshops, seminars and
conferences are organized to understand the best
practices that can be adopted for an organization. Thus,
human resources management becomes the practice of
addressing theoretical as well as practical aspect of
managing workforce. The complete human resources,
thus, can be comprised of (1) personnel administration,
(2) personnel management, (3) manpower
management, (4) industrial management, and (5)
manpower development. However, the role of human
resource management is ever encompassing and
evolving and what is considered as the best practice
becomes the base minimum expectation tomorrow.