Strategic HRM

Session 3

1 For students of IMS, University of Lucknow

 Strategic HRM

Strategic human resource management

may be described as
the linking of human resource strategy
with strategic goals and objectives
in order to
improve business performance
and foster an organizational culture of innovation and flexibility

2 For students of IMS, University of Lucknow

 Strategic HRM

 Connection between a company’s HR with its strategies,

objectives and goals.

 Holistic / Integrated

 A proactive process

 Assumption: HR = Strategic Partner

3 For students of IMS, University of Lucknow

 Strategic HRM

 Focus on strategic issues

 SHRM tries to develop a consistent, aligned collection of practices,
programmes and policies to facilitate the achievement of the
organization’s strategic objectives
 It tries to shift the attention, as against traditional HR’s focus on
employee relations, to partrnerships with internal and external groups.

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 Strategy

 A strategy is a pattern or a plan that integrates an

organization's major goals, policies and action sequences in a

coherent linear of decisions.

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 Objectives of SHRM

 To advance flexibility, innovation and Competitive Advantage

 To develop a purposeful fit for organizational culture

 Improve business performance

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 Benefits of SHRM

 Increased job satisfaction

 Better work culture

 Improved customer satisfaction

 Efficient resource management

 Boosts productivity

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