Hard HRM (Quick Revision)

Question 1

Define: Hard HRM

Answer 1

Hard HRM is a management approach that treats employees as a resource to be used and a cost to be controlled.

Question 2

Hard HRM is likely to be associated with a…………………… management.

Answer 2

Authoritarian/autocratic

Question 3

Is hard HRM likely to involve centralisation or decentralisation? Why?

Answer 3

Centralisation; it keeps authority in the hands of a few.

Question 4

State three ways in which employees can contribute to the success of a firm.

Answer 4

• Providing ideas.
• Providing a quality service.
• Increasing productivity.

Question 5

Why might employees agree to a no-strike agreement?

Answer 5

They trust management and do not see the need for strikes; in return for favourable terms and conditions.

Question 6

What is the Examiner’s note for Hard HMR?

Answer 6

F.W.Taylor saw employees as a resource. He believed that managers should manage and workers should ‘do’. Employees were told what to do and paid according to output.

Question 7

What’s the Evaluation point for Hard HMR?

Answer 7

The approach of managers towards their employees depends on the:

• Culture of the business.
• The attitudes of the managers and employees

And…

• The experiences of what had worked before and elsewhere.