Scenario: Personnel Management (PM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) refer to the management of people at work. Personnel Management is still seen in small organisations having few employees while HRM is often seen in large enterprises. Although both PM and HRM are concerned with managing people at work but there are significant differences between them. PM uses reward and punishment to manipulate them to achieve organisational objectives. On the other hand, HRM views people as an invaluable asset that must be managed in such ways to win their commitment to organisational values and vision so as to achieve superior business outcomes. Through implementation of appropriate policies and practices HRM makes significant contributions to the achievement of organisational objectives. The implementation of HRM policies and practices is delegated to line managers as they are involved in the management of employees to get work done and the HR managers assume a more strategic role in supporting the business strategy. The overall task for this assignment is therefore to provide an understanding of the human resource management role and function within the key areas of resourcing, reward, development, legislation and relations for the businesses. Task 1: (a) Distinguish between personnel management and human resource management (Covers AC1.1) (b) Assess the function of human resource management in contributing to organisational purposes