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The great and mighty desert of all time comes with its own blessing. The great arid world is
home to some great creatures that are rear to the human habitation. The sandy vegetation
also breed great winds that influence great climate patterns. In appretiating what we regard as
nothing or void we get to see a whole new untouched world.

THE VAST UNKNOW

THE VAST UNKNOW

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The objective of this chapter is introduce the students to the importance
significance of HRP. The
student has to understand the different steps in HRP, the process of HRM, the
major activities in HRP. A
detailed approach is taken to make the reader understand career planning with all
its different aspects.
IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RESOURCE
Man power or Human power may be thought of as the total knowledge, skills,
creative
activities, talents and aptitudes of an organisations workforce as well as the
values, attitudes and benefits
of an individual involved. It is the sum total of inherent abilities, acquired
knowledge and skills represented
by the talents and aptitudes of the employed persons. Of all the Ms in
management (i.e., the management
of men, materials, machines, methods, money, motive power) the most important
is M for men or human
resources. It is the most valuable asset of an organisation, and not the money or
physical equipment. It is in
fact an important economic resource covering all human resources organised or
unorganised, employed or
capable of employment working at all levels-supervisors, executives, government
employees, blue and
white collar workers, managerial, scientific, engineering, technical, skilled and
unskilled persons who are
employed in creating, designing, developing, managing and operating productive
and service enterprises and
other economic activities. Human resources are utilised to the optimum possible
extent in order to achieve
individual and organisational goals. An organisations performance and resulting
productivity are directly
proportional to the quantity and quality of its human resources, hence the
importance of Human Resource.
REASONS FOR CURRENT INTEREST
Major reasons for the present emphasis on manpower planning include:
1. Employment- unemployment situation.
Though in general the number of educated unemployed is on rise, there is acute
shortage of variety of
skills. This emphasizes the need for more effective recruitment and retaining
people.
2. Technological changes
The myriad changes in production technologies, marketing methods and
management techniques
have been extensive and rapid. Their effect has been profound on job contents and
job contexts.

These changes cause problems relating to redundancies, retaining and

redeployment. All these
put a premium on the need to plan human resource intensively and systematically.