Strategic Human Resource Management

The following sections are included:

• About the Authors
• Contents

Learning Points

• The basics of human resources.
• The relationship between human resources and human capital.
• The meaning of human resource management.
• The meaning of strategic human resource management.
• The relationship among personnel management, human resource management, and strategic human resource management.
• The meaning of a strategic human resource management system.
• The characteristics and development of strategic human resource management.
• Influencing factors, operating process, and results of a strategic human resource management system.
• The role of line managers in strategic human resource management.

Learning Points

• The implications and formation of human resource strategy.
• The relationship between human resource strategy and business strategy.
• The function of human resource strategy in a firm’s strategic management.
• Integration of human resource strategy into a firm’s strategy.
• Strategic planning of human resources.
• Supply and demand balance of human resources.

Learning Points

• Meaning of strategic human resource staffing.
• Significance of strategic human resource staffing to organizational strategy.
• The relationship between human resource staffing and other functional activities of strategic human resource management.
• Methods of strategic human resource recruitment.
• Process of strategic human resource staffing.
• Characteristics, criteria, types, and content of tests.
• Using strategic methods to retain employees.

Learning Points

• The meaning of strategic human resource training and development.
• The relationship between training and development and other functions of human resources management.
• Contents and methods of strategic training and development.
• Characteristics of training at different levels.
• Strategies and factors influencing strategic training and development.

Learning Points

• The definition of strategic performance management.
• The relationship between performance appraisal and other functional activities of human resource management.
• The types, procedures, and methods of performance appraisal.
• The tools and techniques for strategic performance management.
• The meaning of management by objectives.
• The meaning of benchmarking.
• The meaning of balanced scorecard.
• Evaluation and improvement of the performance appraisal system.

Learning Points

• The concept and significance of strategic compensation management.
• The relationship between strategic compensation management and other human resource management functions.
• The structure of a strategic compensation system.
• The function of compensation.
• The principles of the strategic compensation system, frame design, and compensation decision.
• The development trends of the compensation system.

The following section is included:

• Index