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Human resource management was previously known as personnel management which was concerned with the activities of a single department. It was typically concerned with the administration of human. The functions carried out by the department were recruitment and selection, reward, appraisal, development, grievance handling, retirement, registration and so forth. It was introduced and developed in the bureaucratic set up in which importance was given on organization and administration of manpower. Human resource information system is a database device for systematic and scientific human resource planning. It provides sufficient status of human resources at minimum possible time. Job analysis begins with obtaining pertinent information about a job'. This, according to Terry is required to know the makeup of a job, its relation to other jobs, and its contribution to performance of the organisation. Job description is prepared on the basis of data collected through job analysis. Job description is a functional description of the contents what the job entails. It is a narration of the contents of a job. It is a description of the activities and duties to be performed in a job, the relationship of the job with other jobs, the equipment and tools involved, the nature of supervision, working conditions and hazards of the job and so on. This book is for everyone who is or will be working in an organisation but especially for those who are responsible for the management and use of human resources-line managers and personnel managers and staff.