Human resource management (HRM) strategy
7.4What the syllabus asks of you
- Approaches to human resource management (HRM): the difference between ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ HRM
- Approaches to human resource management (HRM): flexible working contracts: advantages and disadvantages of temporary contracts or flexible contracts including zero hours contracts, part-time, full-time, annualised hours, flexi-time, home working, shift working, job sharing, compressed working hours, the gig economy
- Approaches to human resource management (HRM): the measurement, causes and consequences of poor employee performance
- Approaches to human resource management (HRM): strategies for improving employee performance
- Approaches to human resource management (HRM): Management by Objectives (MBO) – implementation and usefulness
- Approaches to human resource management (HRM): the changing role of Information Technology (IT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in HRM
Drill this topic
All 11 questions on Human resource management (HRM) strategy, untimed — answer on paper, then mark yourself against the mark scheme.
Make a worksheet
Choose the years and how many questions, then print it with the answers on separate pages.
11 questions
These are structured questions, answered in working rather than by picking an option, so they are not listed here one by one. The drill above puts each in front of you with its mark scheme to check against.

