This week’s topics
Strategic Alignment of HRM and Business Strategy
- Vertical integration and horizontal bundling
- Best-fit contingency model versus best-practice universalism
- Resource-based view of the firm
- Aligning HR metrics with corporate goals
- Introduction to Business & Corporate Strategy; Integrating HR strategies with Business Strategy.
What you will be able to do
- 2.3 Assess the relationship between business strategy and human resource management.
Activity
Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: assess the relationship between business strategy and human resource management.
Study materials
Videos
- Introduction to Business & Corporate Strategy; Integrating HR strategies with Business Strategy. · YouTube · MBA Planet · 27 min · for registered students
- What is Strategic Human Resource Management? | HRM | From A Business Professor · YouTube · Business School 101 · 8 min · for registered students
- Michigan Model: The hard approach to human resource management · YouTube · Galton College · 20 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Human Resource Management, ch. 2: Developing and Implementing Strategic HRM Plans · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 36–63 · for registered students
- Principles of Management, ch. 16: Strategic Human Resource Management · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 608–646 · for registered students
- Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 4: Managing Firm Resources · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 101–134 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
