Strategic Human Resource Management

Section Two

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

5. Information Technology. Information tools range
   from manual record keeping to sophisticated distributed
   systems with modeling capabilities. Information
   technologies range from the absence of formal analytical
   tools to advanced forecasting and simulation based on
   statistical tools.


6. Awareness of the Environment. In the initial
   stage, because of pressures involved in start-up,
   management does not systematically assess and react
   to the environment. At the strategic integration stage,
   management is very aware of the internal and external
   environments and their impact. They remain flexible and
   adjust to opportunities and risks that arise.

Source“Managing Two Fit: Extracted from Lloyd Baird and Ilan Meshouls of Strategic Human Resource Maam. nagement (^) ,” Academy of
Management Review 13, no. 1 (1988): 122-23. Reprinted with permission of Academy of
Management Review.