A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice
HR strategies Strategic HRM leads to the formulation of HR strategies. In this chapter: ● HR strategies are defined; ● the purpo ...
PURPOSE The purpose of HR strategies is to guide HRM development and implementation programmes. They provide a means of communic ...
the organization can attract and retain the people it needs, and ensure so far as possible that employees are committed, motivat ...
Lands’ End ‘Based on the principle that staff who are enjoying themselves, are being supported and developed, and who feel fulfi ...
● Knowledge management– creating, acquiring, capturing, sharing and using knowl- edge to enhance learning and performance. ● Res ...
Agovernment agency The key components of the HR strategy are: ● Investing in people – improving the level of intellectual capita ...
CRITERIA FOR AN EFFECTIVE HR STRATEGY An effective HR strategy is one that works in the sense that it achieves what it sets out ...
Developing and implementing HR strategies There is an ever-present risk that the concept of strategic HRM can become somewhat ne ...
PROPOSITIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS The following propositions about the formulation of HR strategy have been drawn up by ...
be influenced by business strategy. In reality, however, HR strategies are more likely to flow from business strategies, which w ...
process of developing HR strategies involves the adoption of a contingent approach in generating strategic HRM options and then ...
● the felt need to develop a more positive, performance-oriented culture and any other culture management imperatives associated ...
136 ❚ HRM processes Competitive Strategy HR Strategy Resourcing HR Development Reward Achieve competitive Recruit and retain Dev ...
Developing and implementing HR strategies ❚ 137 Guest (1999a) Patterson et al (1997) Pfeffer (1994) US Department of Labor (1993 ...
which focuses on the intangible assets, including HR, that allow the firm to do better than its competitors. He asks how can ‘th ...
But there are problems with the best fit approach, as stated by Purcell (1999): Meanwhile, the search for a contingency or match ...
mutually reinforcing set of HR policies and practices have been developed that jointly contribute to the attainment of the organ ...
Determine goals– these indicate the main issues to be worked on and they derive primarily from the content of the business stra ...
142 ❚ HRM processes Figure 9.1 Strategic review sequence Analysis: ● What is the business strategy and the business needs emergi ...
SETTING OUT THE STRATEGY Astrategic review can provide the basis for setting out the strategy. There is no stan- dard model for ...
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