STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Figure 2.5: The three traditional poles of a strategic plan

Senior Management

Environment Resource

Source: Adapted from Aktouf (1996) Traditional manager and beyond Paris:

Morin publication page 91.

Mode of Strategic Management

In the descriptive and prescriptive management texts, strategic management

appears as a cycle in which several activities follow and feed upon one

another. The strategic management process is typically broken down into five

steps:

1. Mission and goals


2. Environmental analysis


3. Strategy formulation


4. Strategy implementation


5. Strategy evaluation.