Resource management is the deployment of organizational resources when and where they are needed.

Resource management may also refer to:

Physical resources

• Environmental resource management, the management of human societies interacting with the environment
• Natural resource management, the management of natural resources
  • Water resource management, managing the use of water resources

People

• Human resource management, the management process of an organization's workforce
  • Human resource management system, the systems and processes between human resource management and information technology
  • Human resource management in public administration, human resource management as it applies to public administration
• Crew resource management, a set of training procedures used primarily for improving air safety
  • Maintenance resource management, an aircraft maintenance variant on crew resource management
  • Single-Pilot Resource Management, an adaptation of Crew Resource Management training to single-pilot operations
• Cultural resources management, the management of cultural resources, such as the arts and heritage

Computing and technology

• Resource management (computing), the management of physical or virtual computer components
• Radio resource management, the system level control of radio transmission characteristics in wireless communication
• Storage resource management, optimizing the efficiency and speed of a storage area network
• Electronic resource management, the practices and systems used by libraries to track electronic information resources
• Data resource management, an organizational function in information systems and computer science that manages data resources
• Distributed resource management, the management of unattended background program execution in computing known as a job scheduler

Legislation

• Resource Management Act 1991, a New Zealand law promoting sustainable management of natural and physical resources
• Resource Management System, a system of conservation practices and management specified in the United States' 2002 Farm Bill

Other uses

• Resource management (gaming), a mechanic in various types of games

See also

• Resource allocation, the assigning of available resources