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Human Resource Management works well in theory but not in practice. Discuss.  

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03BSP020: Human Resource Management Human Resource Management works well in theory but not in practice. Discuss. Human Resource Management is concerned with the way in which organizations manage their people (Redman and Wilkinson 2001: 1). It covers a wide range of ideas, approaches, and techniques for managing and improving relationships and performance in organizations. However, much of this is criticized for working in theory but not in practice. Due to the vast scale of the human resource management theory, this essay mainly aims to discuss this argument with reference to a key and topical contemporary aspect of HRM, the strategic human resource management. Strategic Human Resource Management Theory Review More recently, human resource management has expended its breadth of study beyond the staple concerns of recruitment, selection, training reward and appraisal, etc. in particular, one stream of research, strategic human resource management (SHRM) has emerged as being highly influential in this respect (Wilkinson...

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