Strategic Human Resource Management

Section Two

CASE 2-2 continued

4. What managerial trends are indicated in the experiences
   of these organizations?


5. The Ingersoll-Rand case indicates that its solutions to
   the problems it faced were based largely on employee
   empowerment approaches. Explain how employee
   empowerment can provide a viable source of
   competitive advantage to be considered in strategic
   decision making.

References

1. People’s Bank. Company Press Release, “People’s
   Announces Three Strategic Initiatives—New Key Areas
   Will Enhance the Organization’s Agility and
   Effectiveness” (May 10, 2000); Coleman, Sharon M.,
   Martin Leshner, and C. Chase Hewes.


2. “Human Resources Planning: A Tool for Strategic
   Change,” The Bankers Magazine 169, no. 6 (1986):
   39 – 44. Coleman, Leshner, and Hewes. “Human
   Resources Planning: A Tool for Strategic Change.”


3. Atwater, D. M., E. S. Brees III, and R. J. Niehaus.
   “Analyzing Organizational Strategic Change Using
   Proactive Labor Market Forecasts,” in Richard J. Niehaus
   and Karl F. Price (Eds.), Creating the