Human resource is the most important asset of any organization and unlike other resources
human resources can theoretically be developed and increased to a limitless extent. Human
resources mean the energies skills knowledge and physical strength of the people at work.
Human resources comprise the value of the productive capacity of the entire work force of any
organization. To be specific and brief human resource refers to the aggregate of knowledge
skill experience and health of employees working in any organization. Development of human
resources accounts for the development of the human side of an organization. Today management
is absolutely essential for all organizations irrespective of their origin nature and
ownership. Every enterprise established with a profit-seeking motive or some social religious
or other purposes requires efficient management for its sustained progress. But management has
been viewed differently by various scholars depending upon their belief and comprehensions.
Some regard it as the force that runs a business and is responsible for its success or failure.
Others perceive it as a means for achievement of desired results through group efforts and by
utilising both human and non-human resources. Still others deem management to be a process
comprising planning organising staffing directing and controlling. Also some look at it as
an instrument for designing and maintaining an environment conducive to the performance of
individuals who are working together in a group towards the accomplishment of some
predetermined objectives. This study provides an overview on different aspects of human
resource management in 15 lessons explained by experts in this area.
