Strategic Alignment and Business Performance

This week’s topics

Strategic Alignment and Business Performance

1. Vertical and horizontal integration
2. Resource-based view of the firm
3. Competitive advantage frameworks
4. Assessing HR contribution to business strategy
5. Introduction to Business & Corporate Strategy; Integrating HR strategies with Business Strategy.
6. The Resource-Based View: Resources, Capabilities, and Competitive Advantage
7. Leading Strategy Paper Series: Barney 1991 "Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage"

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 3 videos, 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
• The Resource-Based View: Resources, Capabilities, and Competitive Advantage · YouTube · Professor Kuban Explains · 14 min · for registered students
• Leading Strategy Paper Series: Barney 1991 "Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage" · YouTube · Glenn Parry · 13 min · for registered students
• Horizontal And Vertical Integration Made EASY! Advantages, disadvantages and examples. · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Principles of Management, ch. 16: Strategic Human Resource Management · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 608–646 · for registered students
• Human Resource Management, ch. 2: Developing and Implementing Strategic HRM Plans · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 36–63 · for registered students
• Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 4: Managing Firm Resources · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 101–134 · for registered students