The purpose of this unit is to equip the trainee or student with knowledge and skills to apply human resource management techniques in his or her organisation as a human resource manager and management as a whole.These notes can also be used in KNEC courses such as Diploma in Business Administration, Diploma in Personnel Management, Diploma in Human Resource Management Module 2, Diploma in Business Management Module 2,Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management, Higher Diploma in Entrepreneurship Development that share this common unit.

HRM is concerned with managing the people resources of an organization. In fact, managing human resources is the most crucial and challenging task that management has to perform, crucial because it is the key to sustainability in the present competitive world and challenging because no two individuals are same (they have different set of needs, ambitions, aspirations, mental make-up, backgrounds. Can you recall more differences!!). Now imagine the task of the human resource manager who has to satisfy not only the different set of needs of its people but also meet the overall organizational objective.

Human resource management (HRM) is the practice of recruiting, hiring, deploying and managing an organization's employees. - Human Resource Management is the process of recruiting, selecting, inducting employees, providing orientation, imparting training and development, appraising the performance of employees, deciding compensation and providing benefits, motivating employees, maintaining proper relations with employees and their trade.