Personnel Management

The book I read to research this post was Personnel Management Made Simple by Shaun Tyson et al which is a good book which I bought from a local secondhand bookstore. This book is interesting but I felt needlessly complex & was written in the days prior to books like the For Dummies. If you can get a more accessible book get that. Having said that most of this book I was able to understand. In large companies they will often have a Personnel Management department & a moderately sized company will usually employ a Personnel Manager. There main role is to make sure everyone is able to do their job & will often sort out things like absence from work, training, pensions & if someone leaves the company they may help them get employment. One really good use which isn't covered in this book is if someone is off work sick the Personnel Manager should interview them, after all they should make sure they are ready to come back to work. A lot of companies have this in place and it helps cut down on absenteeism. After all it's quite easy in Britain to take a couple of sick days off work. You don't even have to see a doctor. Part of the reason you train people in your company should be so they have professional qualifications that enable them to get a job should they ever leave.