hrm

• hard human resource management

  focused on quantitative methods. treating employees like a resource with little power.
• hard human resource management 


  suited to factories
• pros and cons of hard hrm


  + managers are in full control - employees cant innovate
• soft human resource management

  focused on qualitative aspects like employee satisfaction and well being, in a participtive and collaborative enviroment
• soft hrm


  employees are treated as individuals with aspirations (maslow esteem and belonging needs)
• soft hrm is suited to small businesses that operate in niche markets. and choose creativity and innovation over profit (flat and decentrilised structure)