Strategic Human Resource Management

p STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT

2006 Strategic Human Resource Management

Introduction

I have come across the term strategy ' at various occasions ranging from match-ups in English Premiere League , military attack on Iraq last year to the latest beauty contests like miss world in China few months ago . All need strategy to win a battle ' for each occasion . It is sure that that strategy ' has a deep meaning that just a way to reach or accomplish a thing

In Strategy : Definitions and Meaning ' Fred Nickols says that the concept of

strategy has been borrowed from the military and adapted for use in business . In business , as in the military , strategy bridges the gap between policy and tactics

The word strategy ' describes a process of making plans to achieve a goal . This definition is in line with Sriyan de Silva that says the model of an enterprise within this century mostly relates to the concept of `strategy , structure , and systems (1998 . Therefore , the use of strategy not only exists in soccer and basketball games or in Gulf War but also o in most activities that we do everyday

In business , in to achieve the company 's goals , it takes many efforts to drive all elements of the organization , including employees and employers , to have similar vision . Therefore , communication becomes important tools for the company to share ideas , to maintain good working environment , and to overcome conflict . However , since the organization composes of individuals with different backgrounds and characteristics each individual potentially has motivation that differs from the corporate goals

Under such circumstances , de Silva says that an effective organization is the one that succeeds in getting people to accept that cooperation to achieve organizational goals also helps them to achieve their own goals provided they are adequately rewarded through extrinsic and intrinsic rewards (1998 . Leadership and motivation are two factors that effectively drive people to achieve organizational goals

In addition , the situation also drives corporations to comprehend the importance of human resource management from a strategic perspective as an appropriate mean to narrow the difference between organizational and individual goals . Concerning the issue , Edgar Schein observed

Part of the problem is that we have split off human resource management from the general management problem , as if there were some other kind of management other than human resource management (1995

Concerning the human resources management , in this , we will discuss the importance and the urge of implementing strategic human resource management approach to favour corporations to achieve their objectives

II . Strategic HRM

II .1 Managing Corporate Resource

The harsher demand for quality in every aspect of live has made living harder and more stressful for managers and employees . More is demanded from our time and our presence at the office . Managers continuously spoke of the word effectiveness at the job and many interpreted it as just harder work in the office . People wake up at 8 am , drive to work for about an hour , and then work tirelessly for the next 8...