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title: "Personnel management and selection steps"
subject: "Construction Management"
chapter: 10
key: "semester_8/construction_management:personnel-management-selection-steps"
source: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_8/construction_management/personnel-management-selection-steps
site: BCT Engineering
---

# Personnel management and selection steps

Construction Management · Chapter 10: Personnel Management

- Asked in: 2078 Kartik, 1+4 marks; 2073 Bhadra, 2+4 marks; 2077 Chaitra, 3 marks (asked 3 times)
- Video: [Recruitment and Selection | The Recruitment and Selection Process Explained](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHXlsJ2VQ70) — Two Teachers
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
- Page: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_8/construction_management/personnel-management-selection-steps
- Whole chapter: https://www.bctengineer.com/md/semester_8/construction_management/chapter-10

## Question

Define personnel management. Write down the steps of personnel selection in any organization.

## Short answer

Personnel management is the management function dealing with human resources—planning, recruitment, selection, training, compensation—to meet organizational and employee needs. Selection steps: manpower planning, recruitment, application screening, tests, interview, reference checks, medical exam, final approval, appointment, and placement.

## Answer

#### Personnel management
**Personnel management** is the function of management concerned with obtaining, developing, utilising, maintaining and compensating the human resources of an organisation, so that the organisation's goals and the employees' needs are both met. It includes manpower planning, recruitment, selection, training, wages, motivation, discipline and welfare.

#### Steps in the selection of personnel
1. **Manpower planning and job analysis:** decide the number and kind of staff, and prepare the job description and job specification.
2. **Recruitment:** attract candidates through advertisement, public notice, employment office or reference.
3. **Application form and screening:** check the applications for qualification and experience; remove the unsuitable.
4. **Selection tests:** written, aptitude, skill or trade tests (for example a drawing test for a draftsman, a trade test for a mason).
5. **Interview:** the candidate is examined on knowledge, attitude, communication and personality by an interview panel.
6. **Reference and background check:** verification of certificates, past employers and character.
7. **Medical examination:** fitness for the job, especially for heavy site work.
8. **Final selection and approval** by the competent authority (Public Service Commission in government posts).
9. **Appointment letter and joining:** offer of terms and conditions and contract.
10. **Placement and induction (orientation):** introduction to the organisation, safety rules and the job, followed by probation and training.

## Check yourself

The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why.

1. Personnel management is concerned with:
   A. Only wages
   B. Obtaining, developing, utilising, maintaining and compensating human resources
   C. Only machinery
   D. Only tendering
   Answer: B. It covers obtaining, developing, using, maintaining and compensating human resources. (Key point: Definition)

2. Which comes first in selection?
   A. Interview
   B. Medical exam
   C. Manpower planning and job analysis
   D. Appointment letter
   Answer: C. Planning and job analysis, with description and specification, come first. (Key point: Selection order)

3. What is an example of a selection test?
   A. Trade test for a mason
   B. Safety induction
   C. Salary negotiation
   D. Probation
   Answer: A. Written, aptitude or trade tests such as a mason's trade test check skill. (Key point: Selection tests)

## Related in Construction Management

- [Interview in selection of personnel](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_8%2Fconstruction_management%3Ainterview-selection-personnel) — Construction Management, chapter 10, asked 2×
- [Tender evaluation and selection of contractor](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_8%2Fconstruction_management%3Atender-evaluation-selection) — Construction Management, chapter 5, asked 4×
- [Training and selection methods](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_8%2Fconstruction_management%3Atraining-selection-method) — Construction Management, chapter 10
- [Time cost trade-off and steps in planning](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_8%2Fconstruction_management%3Atcto-steps-planning) — Construction Management, chapter 2
- [Importance and steps of planning and scheduling](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_8%2Fconstruction_management%3Aplanning-importance-steps) — Construction Management, chapter 2
- [Conventional tunnelling steps and TBM advantage](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_8%2Fconstruction_management%3Atunnelling-conventional-tbm) — Construction Management, chapter 4

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