Advantages of HRM Policies

1.Delegation : They help managers operating at various levels to act with confidence without the need for consulting the superiors every time.
2.Uniformity : They increase the chance that different people in different levels of organization make similar choices when independently facing similar situations.
3.Better Control : As personnel policies specify the relationship among organization, management and employees, they permit members to work toward achievement of the objectives of the organization without friction/conflict,paying the way for better control.
4.Standards of Efficiency : Policies can also serve as standards in the execution of work. They enable the management to find out whether the policies have been translated into action by various groups in the organization or not. In the light of actual performance, the existing policies may be subjected to amendment/refinement.
5. Confidence : Policies make employees aware of where they stand in the organization and creates confidence in them while confronting routine and recurring problems. Managers and subordinates can act with confidence.
6. Speedy Decisions: Policies can speed decision-making by providing a blanket framework within which personnel decisions could be made. They summarize past experience.
7.Co-ordinating Devices : Personnel policies help in achieving co-ordination.If organizational members are guided by the same policies, they can predict more accurately the actions and decisions of others.