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what is the difference between career in public administration and career in HRM

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RE: what is the difference between career in public administration and career in HRM

Meghna Mukherjee
Meghna Mukherjee
Verified Career Expert
Counselor at Adaptive Minds
  • Mumbai

Hi Purva,

Interesting question and thank you for asking this question.

Firstly please note that here in India, majorly the corporates do not much differentiate between a Public Administrator and an HR. They corelate both the fields. Many a times, we also notice that few corporates describe an HR job as an Admin job. Though admin is a part of the job, but HR is a role in itself.

As such please note that both a Public Administrator and an HR both are into managing people and their related issues.

But a Public Administrator unit , helps building a public unit / agency that addresses public issues. In-Short they are the face of the people, as they work for the public being at the head that is at government organization or an NGO etc.

They may focus also on certain financial issues as well as create budget too. They can be addressing different sectors right from:

  • Hospitality Industry
  • Service Sector

Though an HR works mainly in the particular corporate that hires them for benefiting the employees.

Hope this helps

Wish you good luck....

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