'Hard HRM'

Storey (1989) distinguished between hard and soft forms of HRM, typified by the Michigan and Harvard models, respectively. ‘Hard’ HRM focuses on the resource side of human resources. It emphasizes costs in the form of ‘headcounts’ and places control firmly in the hands of management. Their role is to manage numbers effectively, keeping the workforce closely matched with requirements in terms of both bodies and behaviour. See also ‘Soft HRM’.

See also:

Benchmarking
Best Practice
Employee Analysis
Employee Demand
Centralization
Change
Change Strategy
Competitive Advantage
Comprehensiveness
De-layering
Division of Labour
Divisional Structure
Downsizing
Soft HRM
Soft Planning
Strategic HRM
Talent Management

HRM Textbooks

Human Resource Management, 4th edition
by Alan Price
 Covers all the key aspects of HRM. Available from:
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Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
 Shortened version of Human Resource Management - concise analysis for non-specialists and one-semester courses.
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