HARD LEADS TO SOFT OR SOFT LEADS TO HARD

Decoding Industrial Relations for Business-People Synergy

DR K. SURESH KUMAR
drsureshhrm@gmail.com

Hard Leads to Soft or Soft Leads to Hard is a live case study on industrial relations
involving important episodes involving human relations, legal, administrative,
social, political, and economical aspects of human resources management.
Depending on the various situations, either of the approaches or a combination
of both can be resorted by the management and union/employees to achieve
their respective goals. Finally, there’s the effectiveness of HR to act as spokesman
between top management and employees.
1. At the end of every chapter or relevant episode, the caption “lineage” is
explained with required amplification to provide practical insights by focusing on
the consequences experienced.
2. Industrial Relations interface with Business is amplified in the light of effective
strategies to be planned and executed in a timely manner.
3. Scenarios on industrial relations are given as well as how they can be managed
towards long-term peace, leading to employee relations.
All the three facets mentioned above shall surely provide application skills in
managing Industrial Relations towards healthy Employee Relations. As such
this book on live Industrial Relations episodes with focus on Business-People
connect aspects will be helpful for taking crucial decisions while managing various
Industrial Relations situations with Employee Relations as core value. This live
script would prove to be a handy tool box for existing /emerging management
and HR professionals apart from serving the reference book purpose for other
stakeholders such as consultants as well as students of business management.

The author is an HR professional with more than twenty-three years of live-wire experience in talent management functions, and
strategic management in reputed domestic and MNC business groups. He has acquired doctor of philosophy (PhD) in management.
He has published the best-selling book “HR Can Win” and more than twenty-five articles in various management journals.
He has won the Young Manager’s Trophy for outstanding contributions towards modern HR practices.

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