HRD Versus HRM

If we view the field carefully, we can easily differentiate the two field in the following manner:

Human Resources Development (HRD):

1. Continuous process.
2. Sub system of a large system, more organizational oriented.
3. More proactive; it copes with the changing needs of the people as well as anticipate these needs.
4. Developing the whole organization. (Ex: Organizational Development).
5. Involvement of the entire workforce from top to bottom is more and a must in most of the cases.

Human Resources Management / Personnel Management (HRM):

1. A routine and administrative function.
2. Function more independent with separate roles to play.
3. Mainly a reactive function responding to the demands which may arise.
4. Concerned with people only.
5. It is basically responsibilities of the HR department.

Thus, the differentiation will give you a feel that again it's a difference in scope and orientation and nothing else. Thus, if we want a composite view we find that they will placed like the following, historically, in scope and in orientation.