Occupational Pension Schemes and Human Resource Management: Some Survey Evidence

Abstract

Definitions of Human Resource Management (HRM) have been both numerous and multifaceted and various classifications have been arranged to try to capture the essence of HRM. Although there is not one rigid "HRM position", it does appear that it is characterised by certain tendencies in contemporary ways of looking at employer-employee relations. For example, instead of earlier emphasises in industrial relations/ personnel management thinking on short-term time frames and ad hoc planning perspectives, HRM is claimed to focus upon longer-term, more strategic considerations.