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The term Human Resource Management (HRM) is full of ambiguities. Legge (1995) contrasts the 'hard' and 'soft' schools of HRM and the 'rhetoric' and reality of the phenomena.
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The term Human Resource Management (HRM) is full of ambiguities. Legge (1995) contrasts the 'hard' and 'soft' schools of HRM and the 'rhetoric' and reality of the phenomena. HRM was identified in the United States during the 1950's but wider recognition especially in the United Kingdom did not arrive until the mid 1980's. The 1980's saw the first British books written on the concepts of Human Resource Management, which created much scepticism about the new ways in which to organise labour forces. Academics such as Beardwell, Holden, Legge and Beaumont who introduced many supporting theories during the 1990's, demonstrated that HRM wasn't just a passing phase, but a new concept of how employees think and operate in the work place. Monk 1994 described HRM as a 'slippery concept that means different things to different people'. Guest 1987 referred to HRM as ' being people orientated throughout with an ethic of...
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