Soft and hard models of human resource management: a reappraisal

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There are two forms of human resource management (HRM), namely: soft, which focuses on control through commitment, and hard, which utilizes control through strategic organizational objectives. These two HRM forms are highly distinctive from each other so that incorporating them in one model will be difficult. Thus, eight case studies, were conducted to analyze HRM. Results indicate that all the organizations included in the study did not employ any pure form of the two HRM perspectives. Instead, the HRM being practised by organizations is a combination of both.

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The impact of the board on strategy: an empirical examination

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The role of the corporate board of directors on companies in the United Kingdom is examined. Research include interviews with 51 corporate directors and surveys of company secretaries, who is the person who tracks the meetings of the board of directors. Data shows that corporate directors duties mainly include keeping strategies within certain parameters.

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Strategizing as lived experience and strategists' everyday efforts to shape strategic direction

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The sociological aspects of corporate strategic planning are examined.

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