This paper elaborates on the soft and hard functions of human resources arid the golden rules underling human resource management , and puts forward some systematic and innovative viewpoints on the functions and operating rules of human resource management 本文对人力资源的硬功能和软功能以及人力资源软管理所依据的黄金法则作了详细的论述,同时对人力资源管理的职能和运作规律提出一些系统和创新的观点。