CAIE A-Level Business 7.4 Human Resource Management Strategy Question Bank

CAIE A-Level Business 7.4 Human Resource Management Strategy Question Bank
Cambridge International AS & A Level Business 9609 syllabus for exams in 2026, 2027 and 20282026–2028

Practise comparing hard and soft HRM, employment contracts and performance strategies and evaluating how workforce choices support cost, flexibility, motivation and future success.

Exam points

  • classify the HRM decision as hard or soft and apply its assumptions to the workforce
  • analyse a contract or performance strategy through flexibility, security, cost and employee response
  • evaluate HRM strategy using business objectives, labour needs, ethics and long-term capability

Covered syllabus points

7.4.1—HRM approaches

Question 5

[Maximum number: 12]

Evaluate LBM's decision to use two different approaches to HRM.