Discover the essential functions of Human Resources, from recruiting and training talent to managing benefits and ensuring regulatory compliance in your company.

Strategic human resources management places greater importance on managing people than on performing operational tasks. The goal is to integrate human resources as a full strategic business partner ...

According to HR management expert John Bratton, "Strategic human resource management (HRM) is the process of linking the human resource function with the strategic objectives of the organization in ...

Strategic human resource (HR) management treats human capital — or employees — as another financial asset of the company. Just like you’d consider real estate or raw materials as an asset to be ...

This symposium provides a new perspective for strategic human resource management (SHRM) scholarship by expanding the contexts in which this scholarship has typically been framed. In the first paper, ...

Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 26, No. 2 (May 2012), pp. 55-70 (16 pages) This paper outlines important ideological, institutional, and cultural contexts that shape what strategic human ...

There is a debate: soft and hard approaches to HRM. Soft HRM sees employees as individuals to be treated kindly. In contrast, hard HRM treats them as resources that can be developed and made more ...

Sameer Penakalapati is the Founder and CEO of CEIPAL. He is dedicated to advising and investing in technology startups in HR Tech and AI. There are many strategic advantages an organization can gain ...