Strategic Human Resource Management

Section Two

Table 2-4
Strategic Components of Human Resource Management
Relevant to Internal Fit

1. Management Awareness. Ranges from a focus on
   administrative needs, such as hiring and firing, to a full
   integration of human resource considerations in all
   management decision making.


2. Management of the Function. Includes the
   structure of the human resource function and the
   planning, allocation, and control of its resources. The
   structure may vary from very loose or nonexistent
   through matrixed and decentralized.


3. Portfolio of Programs. Ranges from simple salary
   administration and record-keeping programs to very
   complex and sophisticated flexible compensation,
   environmental scanning, and long-range planning
   programs.


4. Personnel Skills. Personnel professionals need
   appropriate skills. Basic programs and simple
   information systems require basic skills. The addition of
   complex programs and growth in size requires more
   advanced, differentiated, and specialized skills.