Section Two- Controlled growth, the stage at which professional
management is brought in, product lines are expanded,
and productivity and cost control are emphasized - Functional integration, the stage in which coordination is
increased to deal with inter-dependencies between
functions and there is an increase in strategic emphasis - Strategic integration, the ultimate stage of development
in which there is workforce flexibility and adaptability,
extensive use of teamwork, broad sharing of human
resource responsibilities, and human resource input into
strategic decision-making processes
Table 2-4 presents describes the developmental range of
several strategic aspects of human resource management,
including management’s realization of potential contributions of
human resources, control and structure of the human resource
function itself, human resource program offerings, skills of the
human resource staff, information technology, and
environmental scanning and awareness.^106