Dutch term
Personeelsbeleid
4 +1 | Staffing policy | Bruce Gordon |
4 +1 | personnel policy | John Toplis (X) |
4 +1 | Human resources policy | Andrew Howitt |
4 +1 | personnel management | Textpertise |
May 25, 2009 15:50: writeaway changed "Field (specific)" from "Finance (general)" to "Human Resources"
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Proposed translations
Staffing policy
personnel policy
Human resources policy
N.B. Beleid = Policy and there still isn't any real "New Speak" alternative for this - and no way should there be, otherwise we will all end up speaking total American Gobbeldy Gook!
personnel management
For a full discussion of the relationship between Human Resources Management and Personnel Management see A Handbook of Human Resource Mangement Practice by Michael Anderson (2nd reference below).
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Note added at 16 hrs (2009-05-26 08:35:49 GMT)
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Dictionary translation of beleid is: conduct, management, policy. Management and policy are both acceptable translations of that word. To try and suggest that management is an incorrect translation and that policy is the correct translation is a falsification of the facts. The answer suggested by me relies on the terminology in a published authoritative work on the subject.
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Bruce Gordon
: 'management' is not the same as 'policy'...
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The difference is moot. The point is that experts writing on the subject use "Personnel Management" in contradistinction to "Human Resources Management" to designate the more modern shift in emphasis towards a more people-orientated policy.
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Kitty Brussaard
: See also my reference comment
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Thank you, Kitty, and also for providing additional reference material which articulates so clearly the use of this term.
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Reference comments
personnel management vs. human resources management
Differences between Personnel Management (PM) and Human Resources Management (HRM).
1. Personnel mean employed persons of an organization. Management of these people is personnel management (PM). Human resource management (HRM) is the management of employees’ knowledge, aptitudes, abilities, talents, creative abilities and skills/competencies.
2. PM is traditional, routine, maintenance-oriented, administrative function whereas HRM is continuous, on-going development function aimed at improving human processes.
3. PM is an independent function with independent sub-functions. HRM follows the systems thinking approach. It is not considered in isolation from the larger organization and must take into account the linkages and interfaces.
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http://strategic-functions-hrm.blogspot.com/
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