Strategic Human Resource Management

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Introduction

Organizations always strive to gain competitive advantage over their rivals by employing a number of strategies . One strategy that is steadily growing among different organizations is the strategic human resource management . This can be defined as matching the human recourse of an organization with its strategic goals in to improve the overall performance and developing innovating strategies to gain competitive advantage . This involves the HR implementing the organizations strategies by recruiting and training of the human capital of the organization

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Strategic HRM is a more general approach in the management of human resources according to the future goals and objectives of an organization . Therefore , SHRM addresses long term aspects of an organization . It encompasses all the factors influencing the performance of human resources in its endeavor to implement the organizations strategic goals (CIPD , para 3

Strategic HRM is concerned with determining how the overall performance of an organization is influenced by HRM . In addition they also try to differentiate strategic HRM from strategic plans which defines the work flow of processes in an organization . Strategic HRM examines organizations response to its environment (Boxall and Purcell , p32

Strategic Human Resource Management and business Strategy

A successful business strategy is one derived from its people factors . A consistent information flow is therefore an important factor in evaluating human resource . Since people are the greatest asset that organizations can posses , it is therefore paramount that their expertise is fully exploited to create value...