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i) Personnel Research and information systems

B. The Whole Man

1. Dimensions of Personality

The concepts on HRM are based on the understanding that an individual is a

multifaceted personality, operating in several different roles in the family and

in the society at all times. The person at work is this total person and is not

devoid of the emotions and pressures from the other roles. All these affect the

worker at work. The approach to management of a person has to be holistic.

Peter Drucker, one of the greatest management thinkers of our times, has

stated that when a company recruits a person it employs 'the whole man.'

2. Development of 'People'

HRM considers development of the 'people' in the organisation as one of the

prime responsibilities of all superiors in the organisation and not the job only

of the specialised Personnel or HR department. If we look at financial

management we find that only persons with adequate qualifications and