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Match the items of List - II with the items of List - I relating to Personnel Management (PM) and Human…

The Focus of traditional Personnel Management (a) is profit maximization by controlling people as a cost (iv); the Focus of HRM (b) is fostering a developmental attitude so…

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Match the items of List - II with the items of List - I relating to Personnel Management (PM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) ; and select the code of correct matching.

List-IList-II
(a) Focus of PM(i) Development attitude by making people contribute their best.
(b) Focus of HRM(ii) Exercising it as a functional area of management.
(c) Philosophy of PM(iii) Exercising it as humane management.
(d) Philosophy of HRM(iv) Profit maximization by controlling people.
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Correct answer C

The Focus of traditional Personnel Management (a) is profit maximization by controlling people as a cost (iv); the Focus of HRM (b) is fostering a developmental attitude so people contribute their best (i); the Philosophy of PM (c) treats labour management as a routine functional area (ii); and the Philosophy of HRM (d) exercises humane, holistic management (iii).

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