Models of personnel management

Model of personnel management may include specific rules for recruitment,certain characteristic working conditions, methods of motivating staff, etc. In some countries, such rules and characteristics have acquired a national character. That is why the model of personnel management inherent in the US is called American, the popular in Japan model of personnel management is called Japanese.

Models of personnel management: American

The American model of personnel management is characterized by the following features:

• Cadres are selected in accordance with education, practical work experience, psychological compatibility, ability to work in a team. At the same time, heads are appointed "from above".
  


• Employment in companies managed under theAmerican model is carried out on the basis of testing, which should reveal the level of professional training of the candidate. At the beginning of the performance of their duties, the new employee starts after the procedure for acquaintance with the instructions, as well as the activities of the company as a whole.
  


• A great deal of attention is paid to thenecessary personnel: commissioners, tool makers, equipment repair specialists. Also, the specialization of employees is of great importance - the preference is given to specialists of a narrow profile.
  


• Employee salaries are accrued based onflexible system, employees can be united into project-target groups - special "through" collectives. The administrative staff is reduced, job descriptions are convenient for employees.
  

Models of personnel management: Japanese

The Japanese model of personnel management is characterized by the following features:

• Employees are hired for life or for a long time. At the same time, employees are given certain social guarantees and benefits, and therefore, "transitions" from one company to another are not accepted.
  


• The collective principle has the highest priority,individual - the second time. Encouraged by the cooperation of employees within the company, the principle of equality between all employees, regardless of their positions, is maintained.
  


• Salaries increase in proportion to the length of service in the company. Often employees work in the same company all their lives - up to 55-60 years, when the retirement age comes.
  


• It is believed that the team leaders shouldbe well "shod" in the activities of the company and, if necessary, be able to work on any site. In this regard, the promotion of the career ladder occurs horizontally (in contrast to the American model).
  

In its "pure" form American and Japanese models of personnel management are not very common - the mutualintegration of eastern and western culture. But their characteristics are actively used in the formation of their own management models of modern companies.