What is meaning of hard hrm or soft hrm with example?

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Simply, Hard/Soft HRM are contrasting approaches to human resource management.

As an example; a manager employing the Hard HRM approach (aka Michigan/Theory X) will be strict and assume employees are inherently lazy and will avoid responsibility whenever possible. They also believe that workers/employees have one reason to be in work: money. They are looking out for themselves only with no respect for organisational goals.

A manager employing the Soft HRM approach (aka Harvard/Theory Y) will be more lenient. They will trust the employees a lot more and gather opinion and take it on board. They also believe that workers/employees seek responsibility and come to work with the intention to impress and progress. They also believe that they have the organisations interests at heart and so they share common goals.

Obviously, this is extremely basic. Fortunately, they both work. Unfortunately, they don't work all the time in all situations.

Hope this helps. Such a tedious subject.