HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN SMALL AND MEDIUM INDUSTRIES – AN INDIAN EXPERIENCE

A study on Human Resources Management was made in small and medium industries located in Ambattur industrial estate in Chennai city, India. The outcome of the study indicates that the majority of the units do not have any human resource policy in place. However they pursue same human resources practices like recruitment, selection, training, performance appraisal, compensation, grievance redressal and so on in a haphazard and arbitrary fashion. This paper suggests professional approach to various dimensions of human resource management in the light of various constraints the small and medium units encounter.