Strategic Human Resource Management: A Guide to Action

210 l The strategic HR toolkit

Pfeffer’s List of

Seven ‘Best Practices’

‘Best Practice’

Adopted by

Similar

Organizations

Extent to which

‘Best Practice’

Exists in Own

Organization

Extent to which

‘Best Practice’

Should or Can Be

Adopted in Context

of Own

Organization

1. Employment
   security


2. Selective hiring


3. Self-managed
   teams


4. High compensation
   contingent on
   performance


5. Training to provide
   a skilled and
   motivated
   workforce


6. Reduction of status
   differentials


7. Sharing
   information

Tool 5 ‘Best-practice’ analysis