AQA Alevel Business Soft and Hard Human resources strategies

What does a Hard HR strategy primarily view employees as?

• Independent decision-makers

• Partners in strategic planning

• Valuable assets

• A resource to be monitored

Which type of leadership is associated with Hard HR strategies?

• Transformational

• Laissez-faire

• Autocratic

• Democratic

Which Theory do Leaders use to view their workforce in Soft HR strategies?

• Theory A

• Theory Z

• Theory Y

• Theory X

What is a potential long-term consequence of implementing Hard HR strategies?

• Decreased costs

• Increased staff turnover

• Higher employee satisfaction

• More innovation

Soft HR strategies adopt the policy that employees are... (select more than 1)

• Expendable

• Essential

• an important resource

• not to be trusted.

What is emphasized in the recruitment process of Soft HR strategies?

• Promoting from within

• Immediate skill match

• Short-term solutions

• External recruitment

With Soft HR strategies appraisals tend to be...

• developmental

• performance based

• Judgmental

• not important

With Hard HR strategies, pay is (a)  

Match the following

• Democratic and employee based.

• Soft

• Employees can be hired and fired.

• Hard

• empowering for employees

• Soft

• Long term approach

• Soft

• Limited control of work life

• Hard

Talent development is about...

• Employability, Friendship, luck

• Management, Organisation, creativity

• Recruitment, Appraisals, Workload

• Training, Education and Development