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.
