Role of Human Resource Management in Local Self Government: Towards Effective Rural Development in West Bengal, India

Abstract

Present condition of rural development which required immediate attention to the Human Resource Management (HRM) system at local self-government institutions for effective and desired rural development in West Bengal. Due to absence of forward planning, lack of responsibility, lack of morality, lack of decision making at all levels, practice of old methods, ineffective leadership, faulty staffing procedure and lack of motivation and co-ordination parallel and desired development had not been fulfilled. And here arose the need to train, to update and motivate the local government functionaries through human resource management for better results. A questionnaire was developed to collect data on operational part of HRM and staff development. One district and eight local self government institutions were selected for this study. The research study took a look at HRM, a vital tool for institutional effectiveness. More over, the result of the study revealed that the HRM practices had a great impact and significant effect on institutional effectiveness and employee’s performance. Therefore, the study recommended and concluded that the HRM practices were a vital tool to achieve expected rural development in West Bengal.

 Keywords: Human Resource Management, Performance Appraisal, Human Resource Planning, Training and Development