Sources of Personnel Policies

Policies stem from a wide variety of places and people. The are not created in a vacuum but are based on a few principal sources, which determine the content and meaning of policies. There are:

(i)     The past practice of an organisation;

(ii)   The prevailing practice among sister concerns in the neighborhood and throughout to country in the same industry;

(iii) The attitudes, ideals, and philosophy of the Board of Directors, top management and middle and lower management.

(iv) The knowledge and experience gained from handling day-to-day personnel problems.

(v)   Employees suggestions and complaints:

(vi) Collective bargaining programmes;

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(vii)                       State the national legislation.

(viii)         Changes in the company

(ix)             International forces, such as may operate in times of wars;

(x)               The culture of the plant and its technology, its business environment, its social and political environment;

(xi)             The extent of unionism;

(xii)           The attitudes and social values of labour;

(xiii)         The ethical points of view or the social responsibility of the organisatoin toward the public; and

(xiv)         The goals of the organisatoin.

Minor policies, on the other hand, relationships in  segment of an organisation.