The S.S.I. sector has acquired a prominent place in the socio-economic development of our country. The current paper deals with the impact of adopting strategic human resource management on the performance of small-scale industries in the Thoothukudi district of Tamilnadu.

The objectives of this study are

1. To study the socio-economic outline of the sample workers in small-scale industries.
2. To know the procedure to recruit and select employees
3. To analyse the performance appraisal of workers and welfare measures of workers
4. To find out the adoption of strategic human resource management on the performance of small-scale industries and
5. To examine the intensity of human resource management practices and the intrinsic job satisfaction of workers

Primary and secondary data are used in the research. The averages, standard deviation, t-test, and chi-square test inspect the difference between workers' socio-economic status and their perception of human resource management practices. The secondary data was composed with the help of e-books, magazines, newspapers, research articles, research journals, e-journals etc. The study demonstrates that the adoption of strategic human resource management on the performance of small-scale industries is significantly correlated with socio-economic variables, such as age, sex, marital status, and income per month, with a P-value of 5% or lower. Therefore, the null hypothesis for these variables was rejected. Adopting strategic human resource management does not significantly impact the performance of small-scale enterprises due to the nature of employment, family size, or educational level.

Keywords: Human resource practices, small scale enterprises, performance appraisal, remuneration.