Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from UK and US Small Firms

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Michie ◽  
Maura Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Corporate Performance

The Human Resource Factor in Small Business Decision Making

1985 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Rocha ◽  
M. Riaz Khan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Resource Management ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Counseling Program ◽  
Business Decision ◽  
Functional Areas ◽  
Resource Factor

Activities of a group of small firms were studied over a six-year period to determine the manner In which their performance reflected the results of a counseling program. The effects of counseling In a number of functional areas were explored. Findings of the Investigation suggest that while adequate attention to marketing, financial, and technological matters Is essential, firms that Ignore the requirements of sound human resource management may fall to remain competitive.

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