Contents

• Introduction 3
• Basis of strategic human resource management 3
• Aims of strategic human resource management 4
• Approaches to strategic human resource management 5
• Soft strategic HRM 5
• Hard strategic HRM 6
• Concepts of strategic human resource management 6
• Resource-based Approach 6
• Strategic Fit 7
• Strategic Flexibility 8
• The best practice approach 8
• List of best practices 8
• Drawbacks of best practice approach 9
• The best fit approach 10
• Life cycle model 10
• Competitive strategies and best fit approach 11
• Drawbacks of the best fit approach 11
• Bundling 12
• Conclusion 12
• References 12

Description

This essay is based on the following question -
Undertake a critical examination of the literature to examine the differences
between traditional HRM and SHRM and provide an opinion on both the positives
and negatives of the move to SHRM.