... for their needs) (iv) maintenance ( keeping employees in the organization by providing suitable working conditions)". DEFINITION OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Megginson, L.C. (1981:6) defines personnel management as the "performance of all managerial functions involved in planning for, recruiting, selecting, developing, utilizing, rewarding, and maximizing the potential of the human resources of an organization". The implication here is that all managers, at all levels, have a duty to perform the personnel function. A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF MANAGEMENT Bateman, T.S. & Snell, S.A.(1999:6) define management as "the process of working with people and resources to accomplish organizational goals. Good managers do these things both effectively and efficiently. To be effective is to achieve organizational goals. To be efficient is to achieve goals with minimum waste of resources, that is, to make the best possible use of money, time, materials, and people". It must be noted that some managers fail on both criteria, or get fixated with one ...

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