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management for me is both science and art. Designing strategies to
manage organizational behavior demands enormous effort of creativity but
it has to be anchored on time-tested management principles already
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HRM as an Art or Science
vanessa sesi, Abidjan
There are as many approaches to the topic of management as there are writers and to me HRM is an art or science depending on your background.
Personally I see HRM as providing the right atmosphere for your
employees to give their best in achieving the objectives of the
organisation. It becomes a science when you bring in the idea of
experiments and its an art when you do something to arrive at a
particular destination. So in other words: HRM is what it is from how
you see it. |
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HRM an Art or a Science?
D P BABU, India
Human
resouceses - people - encompass unique features and characteristics
termed to be potential which need to be managed for serving organized
purposes in the pursuit of its management. Hence HRM needs to be
operated both as an artistic and as a managerial phenomenon. Attribution
of art and science to HRM go hand in hand. |
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Depends on Number of People Involved
Jagdish B Acharya, India
When HRM has to handle a situation involving a group of people,
the techniques used are part of science of HRM. General established
rules may be applied to a group of people in a scientific manner with
higher chances of success.
When it is dealing with individual talents, strengths and
ways to maximize individual output to cost, it is an art. For
individuals, areas like psychology of people play a major role and HRM
is more of an art. |
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HRM an Art or Science?
Dapo Akinloye, Lagos, Nigeria
HRM
in practice is an art. It is technical in approach - which is defined
as building or creating through skills. However, HRM also involves
volumes of scientific approach or technology, which is building through
established processes. Thus, it is safe to say HRM is an art that uses scientific approaches to achieve set objectives. |
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HRM is an Art or a Science
Madaiah, India
HRM
is a subject of concern with humans and their behavior in a given
environment. Any given set of behavior in response to a specific
environmental conditions occurs in patterns that are repeated. In this context the HRM is a science. The management functions of providing specific
environmental conditions that are conducive to best perforce of task,
as well as providing specific satisfaction to those who are engaged in
it, is an art. |
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Is HRM an Art or a Science?
Denba, Kenya
I
think, before this question is answered we must at least understand
what an art is and what a science is. An art is any thing that is
visibly done in patterns but hasn't any apparent definite rules. On the
other hand a science has definite rules e.g. area of a rectangle =
length * width. For a long time HRM has been an art where we observe how
people will react to a given management initiative then make some
conclusions, however as human beings we have a responsibility to leave
this generation with standard operating procedures which work (formulas)
and at that point we start to become scientific, when we establish
definite interaction points especially after using statistical methods
then we become scientific. As of now we still cannot say it is a science because we have not come up with a definite set of facts.
We are still working with theories and testing them, for this basic
reason it is essential that such forums are multiplied where can share
research findings as we seek the land of facts. |
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Is HRM Science or Art?
Binayak Shankar, Varanasi, India
HRM is both science and art. As a science
it is an established body of knowledge governed through some set of
principles and rules as HRM is governed through various management
principles and labour laws of the country.
But at the same time HRM is an art as there are individual differences in the practice of these laws and principles. |
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Individual DIfferences
Jan-Tore Clausen, Norway
I see results in different areas and HRM is both science and art because of the huge differences from leader to leader and workplace to workplace.
The main issue is to all get in the science box: we need better and clearer info on our workplaces. |
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Is HRM a Science or Art
Brereton Mitambo, Malawi
I believe that Human Resource Management is a science because there are principles and long-term practices that underline HRM.
On the other hand HRM is also an art because every manager has a personal approach to the whole practice, while not ignoring the fundamental principles, which I call 'formulae' of HRM. |
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Is HRM Science or Art?
FASESIN David, Nigeria
HRM is a science and an art as a discipline.
It's a science in the case of scientific research on a particular phenomenon e.g. employee behaviour, employee motivation, decision making.
It becomes an art if the outcome of the research is to be implemented through identified changes needed for improvement. |
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Human Relation Management is a Social Science
Tiku Godwin Bissong, Nigeria
Human
relation management is a science, because it deals with complex human
behavior, act, career formation and development, appraisals, reward and
query.
All this is done through the collection of data (through empirical or scientific means).
We therefore say that Human Resource Management is not a pure applied science as physics and chemistry, but a social management science that comes out with results using scientific and qualitative tools to reach its findings. |
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HTM used to be an Art
Dattatreya, India
I was assigned to measure the EQ
of HR personnel - almost 50 of them - in a large organisation. Test
results showed 5 of them at average in empathy and social skills... Rest
were below the average. It used to be called personnel function decades back and was practiced as an art...
And even if there were unwritten & unspecified systems, people had
faith and trust in them and followed religiously. Today with fully
specified systems the spirit dies not exist. It is now like a science without considering humanity.
I wish all to think and apologize for being a bit provocative. |
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Human Resource Science or Art
rene sirois, Canada
There is a paradox between science and art.
Most companies orient their human resources in a system by creating
programs, policies, using the last trends in science behaviors. At the
same time they want to attract the best talent. For those they are
looking for customized approaches, creativity. Based on the human being
which is complex I believe we could use all behavioral work knowledge
known at this point of time by science. It becomes an art how you will
use it. |
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Human Resource: Art or Science?
rene sirois, Canada
HR is based on social sciences and becomes art by using the creativity in how we implement program or approaches. |
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HR is a Combination of Both
Farhan Abdul Rehman, Pakistan
Its theory gives an impression of arts but while implementing HR policies social, psychological science factors must present. |
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HRM
Arif ur Rehman, Pakistan
HRM is an artistic science, and a scientific art: to give the best to internal customers and in turn to get the best from them. |
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Art and Science - Opposite Poles of One Dimension? Complementary? Or Two Dimensions?
Ulrich Schweiker, Germany
@Jagdish B Acharya:
well, it is hard to make such a distinction: just when you mention
"psychology" - it has many origins and you may find its roots in areas
like philosophy, poetry, literature, history of civilization, cultural
anthropology, sociology, politocology - but also in human genetics,
zoology, biology, physiology, anatomy.
And you may make use of methods and tools from any art and science to improve your understanding of what is going on here... |
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