Personnel Policies: E.Dhavaselvi M.SC Nursing Ii Year
Personnel Policies: E.Dhavaselvi M.SC Nursing Ii Year
I. TERMINOLOGIES II. DEFINITION III. THE BASIC TAXONOMY ADMINISTRATION PROCESS IV. TYPES OF POLICIES V. CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONNEL POLICIES VI. ADVANTAGES VII. PROCEDURE FOR DEVELOPING WRITTEN PERSONNEL POLICY
I. TERMINOLOGIES
POLICIES
Policies are plans reduced to statements or instructions that direct organization in their decision making. A policy is a statement of expectation that sets boundaries for action taking and decision making. *PAIGE,2003
II. DEFINITION
PERSONNEL POLICIES
Personnel policies are the statements of the accepted personnel principles and the resulting course of administrative action by which a specific organization pattern determines the pattern of its employment conditions.
*IGNOU
Written statements of an organizations goals and objectives concerning matters that effect the people in the organization
*National industrial conference board
A policy is a general guide to action; it does not tell a person exactly what to do, but it does identify direction. A policy then may
i)be specific or general in its instituition ii)deal with one or many, aspect of a problem iii)place limits within which action is to be taken iv)specify the steps in making decision
EXPRESSED POLICY
Most of the organization have many written policies that are readily available to all people and promote consistency in action. It may include: *formal dress code *policy for sick leave or vacation time *disciplinary procedures
Policies are often classified by subject such as sales, production, purchasing, human resources or finance, or they may be referred to as general or departmental policy, depending on the scope of activities to which they apply.
Be formulated with regards for the interest of all parties, i.e. employer,employee (individual/ groups) public and clients. Confirm to the government regulations Be written and formulated as aresult bof careful analysis of all facts available. Be forward looking and forward planning for continuing development
VI. ADVANTAGES
Helps to give employees a sense of security and individual worth. Gives the employees pride and loyalty to the organization for which they work. Employees tend to give good service and identify themselves with the goals of the organization and they want to remain in the organization
Are planned in advance and with due consideration on how policy will apply in various situations to meet the needs of the organization
As guides to action, save a great deal of time of the administrator. A clearly written policy saves the time of the employee as well.
A policy committee will be formulated for policy review. The committee includes
Personal manager Head of various departments Various supervisory personnel
Has to gather all written personnel policies already existing, to this new policies will be added
The committee can forward recommendations to discard contradictory policies. Confusing policies should be made clear
No policy should be introduced into any organization simply because some other organization has it. The committee should be convinced that the policy is suitable
During committees study regarding policies, they should be sensitive to the ideas of the employees Their opinion should be obtained, which they think would improve the service After studying the problem and their possible solutions, committee will submit the report to the administrator or the board of directors and giving final approval is their responsibility
Definite personnel policies include POLICIES ON SALARIES a good personnel policy on salaries informs the employee of her salary at the outset, when she can expect a raise and on what basis(merit or length of service) and if any premiums are paid for overtime, night duty e.t.c., VACATION AND HOLIDAYS Paid vacations-to provide rest and for better service. *In some organization double pay work on holidays
ILLNESS ALLOWANCE
Permits accumulate and use a sick leave allowance
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