You are on page 1of 7

Writing a literature review for strategic human resource management can be a daunting task.

It
requires extensive research, critical analysis, and the ability to synthesize information from a wide
range of sources. Many students and professionals struggle with this aspect of their academic or
professional work due to the complexity and volume of literature available.

One of the biggest challenges in writing a literature review is determining which sources to include
and how to organize them effectively. With the vast amount of research published on strategic HRM,
it can be overwhelming to sift through and identify the most relevant and influential studies.

Furthermore, synthesizing the information from different sources and presenting it in a coherent and
logical manner requires advanced critical thinking skills. It's not just about summarizing each source
individually but also about identifying common themes, trends, and gaps in the existing literature.

Given these challenges, many individuals find it helpful to seek assistance from professional writing
services like ⇒ StudyHub.vip ⇔. These services provide expert guidance and support to help
students and professionals navigate the complexities of writing a literature review.

⇒ StudyHub.vip ⇔ offers specialized assistance in strategic human resource management literature


reviews, ensuring that your review is comprehensive, well-organized, and thoroughly researched.
Their team of experienced writers understands the intricacies of academic writing and can help you
craft a literature review that meets the highest standards of quality and academic rigor.

By ordering from ⇒ StudyHub.vip ⇔, you can save time and reduce the stress associated with
writing a literature review, allowing you to focus on other aspects of your academic or professional
work. With their expert assistance, you can confidently submit a literature review that demonstrates
your understanding of the subject matter and contributes to the existing body of knowledge in
strategic human resource management.
The International Journal of Human Resource Management 16(6): 882-906. This a useful reference
work which is also readble - a rare combination. Boxall (1992) addressed them as the matching
model and the Harvard framework. The subject material is covered thoroughly while acknowledging
the various criticisms from competing perspectives. Strategic HRM: The field of HRM has under
gone significant changes in scope, functions and activities over the years, with the rise in
professional maturity in the field; Personnel management has become HRM, which in recent years
has become strategic HRM. Accessibility, User Agreement, Privacy, Payments Terms of Use,
Cookies, CA Privacy Notice, Your Privacy Choices and AdChoice. Two normative models of HRM
were christened by Boxall (1992) as the matching model or the Harvard framework - the soft or
developmental humanism model of the Harvard school (Beer et al. 1984; Walton, 1985) - and the
'Hard' or utilitarian-instrumentalism model of the Michigam School (Fombrun et al 1984). To further
understand the phenomenon under study, data collected from the pupils by way of interviews and
document reviews was analyzed using the QDA miner 4.0 version software. It was established that
pupils faced the following challenges: computation of the shortest distance between points on the
same latitude, distinguishing between knots and kilometres per hour, and distinguishing great circles
and small circles. This shift from the resource based view of the human resource to the strategic
approach signified the close link between the strategies and the human resource. Kazlauskaite, R.,
Buciuniene, I. and Turauskas, L. (2012) Organisational and psychological empowerment in the
HRM-performance linkage. As has been indicated in the past literature, high-performance work
systems includes trainings beyond job, member of staff participation, information sharing, reward
mechanism based on groups investigated company linking strategic human resource management and
organizational performance exists. The hard model of HRM focuses on the crucial importance of the
close integration of HR policies, systems and activities with business strategy on HR systems to
achieve the strategic objectives of the organization. It is also an invaluable resource for anyone
interested in the role of HRM in business success. Due to diverse nature of activities, a good
business partner should be an analyst, a facilitator, a friend, a project manager and a consultant
simultaneously. There is no universal model for SHRM, organizations have been modifying their
structures and practices aimed at achieving optimal performance levels. Selected secondary schools
of Mufulira District in Zambia were the focus of the study and a total of 21 Teachers and 97 pupils
formed the sample population to whom questionnaires were administered. This paper uses a
quantitative design; a questionnaire survey method was used to assess human resource management
practices and corporate entrepreneurship. It is considered multi-faceted in nature and one of the most
important academic disciplines of the study, which emphasizes the strategic approach of the
company's perspectives. This review looks at several theories of management and leadership
developm. They do this by taking a distinctive approach which is. Human Resource Management
Review 15: 1-19. Wright, P. M. and McMahan, G. C. (1992) Theoretical Perspectives for Strategic
Human Resource Management. This volume moves beyond strategic human resource management
from the perspective of the policy setter. The concept of HRM has generated a lot of attention from
researchers since it first emerged in the 1980's. Employee Relations 34(2): 138-158 Khan, M. A.
(2010) Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on Organizational Performance - An
Empirical Study of Oil and Gas Industry in Pakistan. Transaction cost theory assumes that a business
enterprises can choose governance structures that economize associated transaction costs by
establishing monitoring evaluating and enforcing agreed upon exchange theory helps in
understanding the use of HRM practices in governance structure for managing contracts between
employees and employer. He classified HRM under two heads, the hard approach which includes
scientific management and strategic management. But this focus on individual rather than collective
relations initiated debate among practitioners. Some academics say that its promises are exaggerated,
while others impugn its morality. The 1980's and the 1990's have witnessed a great deal of emphasis
being placed on a strategic implementation of the HRM policies and practices all over the world. Let
us write or edit the literature review on your topic.
This shift from the resource based view of the human resource to the strategic approach signified the
close link between the strategies and the human resource. The model depicts the strategy based
HRM practices that will fit with strategic goals and objectives of the organization and desire,
intended and actual flexibility on HRM practices for developing capabilities to respond to a variety
of competitive needs required by strategic and non-strategic considerations. Download Free PDF
View PDF Journal of Management and Energy Business Exploring Human Resource Factors Based
Entrepreneurship rusman frendika Entrepreneurial opportunities arise when certain individuals have
insight into the value of resources that others do not have. It is an invaluable text that will help define
the complex agenda of human resource management, strategy and organisations for students. The
identified practices have been addressed as high performance work practices for instance innovative
work practices such as team, job rotation, quality circles and TQM (Osterman, 1994) participation
and empowerment, incentive pay, employment security, promotions training, and skill development:
using the best practices approach results in high productivity and profits. The book informs but also
questions and, while recognising the legitimacy and importance of management perspectives, also
captures the experience of workers on the receiving end of strategic initiatives. Miller (1989) suggests
that the key to effective HR strategy is the concept of fit, that is, the fit of HRM with the strategic
thrust of organization, and the development of operational linkages and the HRM processes to
promote a confluence between the quality of goods and employees. They emphasized a need for
coherence, in HRM po9licies and the role of line managers. Evans (1986) outlines four strategic
outcomes for HRM, each focusing on the different problematic facet of organization environment
relationship equity and human relations competitive performance, innovation and flexibility and
inter-unit integration. There is a need to integrate HR practices in the formulation stages of a firm's
strategy. Human Resource Management Journal 13(3): 21-36. Youndt, M. A. and Snell, S. A. (2004)
Human Resource Configurations, Intellectual Capital, and Organizational Performance. Studies
indicated that strategic management in a knowledge-based economy views human resource as the
most important source of competitive advantage for an organization. Industrial and Labor Relations
Review48(2): 197-221. McClean, E. and Collins, C. J. (2011) High-Commitment HR Practices,
Employee Effort, and Firm Performance: Investigating the Effects of HR Practices Across Employee
Groups Within Professional Services Firms. Human Resource Management 50(3): 341-363.
Altarawneh, I. I. and Aldehayyat, J. S. (2011) Strategic Human Resources Management (SHRM) in
Jordanian Hotels. International Journal of Human Resource Management 14(8): 1391-1406. Pfeffer,
J. (1998) Seven Practices of Successful Organizations. In addition, following are some of the
activities which might be assigned to Corporate Center:-. So the need for human resource
management in managing human resources in the company. Takeuchi, R., Lepak,D. P., Wang, H. and
Takeuchi, K. (2007) An Empirical Examination of the Mechanisms Mediating Between High-
Performance Work Systems and the Performance of Japanese Organizations. Shift in strategic HRM
perspective have changes the orientation of HR managers world over. Offers a comprehensive,
contemporary and critical review of the key issues in strategic human resource management. Legge
(1995 a, 1995b) identified four different models: the normative, the descriptive-functional, the
critical-evaluative and the descriptive-behavioral. It is concerned with the pattern of planned HRD
and activities intended to enable an organization to achieve its goals. Increasing recognition that
people and knowledge capital is key to organizational success will influence the role of SHRM.
Industrial and Labor Relations Review 45(3):488-506. Arthur, J. B. (1994) Effects of Human
Resource Systems on Manufacturing Performance and Turnover. The management of strategic
human resources is responsible to obtain and to coordinate the individuals working in an
organization. The concept and practice of HRM and SHRM have evolved out of the area of
personnel administration (Mahoney and Deckop, 1986). Personnel Management was more
administrative in nature with the managers mostly playing the roles of mediators and catering to the
needs of the workforce while performing duties of staffing, payroll and administrative tasks etc.
Organizations should convey the clear vision for devolving people management activities to line.
These changes differ widely from one organization to the other as each one operates under a specific
and peculiar environment. However, researchers wanting to draw conclusions confront a significant
obstacle, as corporate entrepreneurship is not a one-dimensional concept.
Research in Personnel and Human Resources Management 16: 53-101. Becker, B. E. and Huselid,
M. A. (2006) Strategic Human Resources Management: Where Do We Go From Here. Asia Pacific
Journal of Human Resources 45(2): 168-179. Arthur, J. B. (1992) The Link Between Business
Strategy and Industrial Relations Systems in American Steel Minimills. In light of this contestable
notion, this paper aimed to review previous and current human resources management and strategic
management literature in order to ascertain the extent to which we can agree or disagree with these
propositions. Organizational resources, which must be used effectively for successful business
operation, include (1) Technology and fixed assets used to manufacture a product or deliver a service
(2) Financial resources at its disposal and (3) the skills and talent of its human resource. It provides a
continuous and uninterrupted interaction between the Strategic Management team and the HR
professionals through integration of HRM executive with the strategic planning team. This paper
provides a thorough knowledge of literature through various studies regarding the strategic
management of human resources. Some academics say that its promises are exaggerated, while
others impugn its morality. Professionals take five distinct approaches to this. International Journal of
Manpower 26(5): 434-449. Chow, I. H., Huang, J. and Liu, S. (2008) Strategic HRM in
China:Configurations and Competitive Advantage. The concept of human resource strategy has
caused considerable controversy, and the authors critically examine current theory and the historical
origins of human resource strategy in order to better understand this. Hence, it has no meaningful
role in strategy formulation or strategy implementation. An organization’s business strategy is shaped
considering all such and other factors. Error: Try Again Ok Sell Watchlist Expand Watch List
Loading. Moving HR to a more critical role would also increase expectations for its contribution
(Baill, 1999). Shift in strategic HRM perspective have changes the orientation of HR managers
world over. Universalistic perspective: It emphasizes on the best practices approach to SHRM
(Pfeffer, 1994). Additionally, the resource-based view of the firm claims that human resources are
the prominent enablers of competitive advantage. At times, in an effort to make everything clear and
understandable, he is perhaps too much like an instructor and a bit talky, but that may be the nature
of a work intended for reference and training. To further understand the phenomenon under study,
data collected from the pupils by way of interviews and document reviews was analyzed using the
QDA miner 4.0 version software. It was established that pupils faced the following challenges:
computation of the shortest distance between points on the same latitude, distinguishing between
knots and kilometres per hour, and distinguishing great circles and small circles. Configurational
approach: It is guided by holistic principle of enquiry and explicitly adopts the system for achieving
organizational goals. Furthermore, the management of the workforce was considered as a sideline
function of the organization. Recently, the strategic role of the HR field and linkages between
business and Hr strategy have been the subject of extensive discussion. They noted that some HR
practices are always better than others and that all organizations should adopt these best practices.
The International Journal of Human Resource Management 22(12): 2522-2538. Way, S. A. and
Johnson, D. E. (2005) Theorizing about the Impact of Strategic Human Resource Management. Jim
walker (1980), with his classic book on Human resource planning, was the first writer to suggest
considering the corporate business strategy while developing and executing HR plans. This level of
integration does not assure successful implementation of the strategic plan. This led to a prescriptive
model by Ulrich giving a US perspective through Human Resource Champions-1997. Messersmith, J.
G., Patel, P. C. and Lepak, D. P. (2011) Unlocking the Black Box: Exploring the Link Between
High-Performance Work Systems and Performance. Personnel Review 42(3): 300-323. Shameem, A.
(2011) Impact of Strategic HRM Implementation on Firm Performance: An Empirical Study on the
Indian IT Sector. He has published extensively over many years in the sociology of work and
organizations, and in human resource strategies.
It provides a clear overview of the subject, but then, the topic is vast. This form of human resource
management that emerged in the 1980s ensures fulfillment of management objectives along with
making sure that the needs and requirements of the human resource are being met. The link between
business strategy and HR strategy goes on to identify the HRM policy choices, which will be needed
in order to evoke and maintain the requisite behavioral patterns. Conclusion: Human resource
management is essential because it benefits the compa. It is against this backdrop that human
resource management remains such an important issue for both academic and professional discourse
when discussing the growth of companies in the global business market (Dawson 120). The aims is
to present the literature review of SHRM studies to explain the meanings, identify the variables and
its’ relationship related to SHRM. In human capital the contextual factors such as market conditions,
union, business strategies and technology are important. Juez Juez Download Free PDF View PDF
Cancer Res Tumor Necrosis Factor-. Sabder Mollah Download Free PDF View PDF Evaluating the
Importance of Strategic Human Resources Management in Enterprises Dr. Kamran Yeganegi (
PH.D.) A B S T R A C T Strategic human resources management is an approach to decision making
on the organization's goals and plans in the form of policies, programs and operations related to
employment, recruitment, training, and improvement and management of performance. Accessibility,
User Agreement, Privacy, Payments Terms of Use, Cookies, CA Privacy Notice, Your Privacy
Choices and AdChoice. So the need for human resource management in managing human resources
in the company. However, researchers wanting to draw conclusions confront a significant obstacle, as
corporate entrepreneurship is not a one-dimensional concept. This study is intended to advance our
understanding of human resource factors based on entrepreneurship. This led to a prescriptive model
by Ulrich giving a US perspective through Human Resource Champions-1997. Studies indicated that
strategic management in a knowledge-based economy views human resource as the most important
source of competitive advantage for an organization. It is the Harvard model, which has exerted
considerable influence over the theory and practice of HRM and strategic HRM. Organizations
established high harmony between human resources strategy and organizational activities have
showed a better performance than the organizations, where this harmony was low. Thus, this study
aims to understand the importance of human resource management in a company. Research in
Personnel and Human Resources Management 16: 53-101. Becker, B. E. and Huselid, M. A. (2006)
Strategic Human Resources Management: Where Do We Go From Here. Ichniowski, C., Shaw, K.
and Prennushi, G. (1997) The Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on Productivity: A
Study of Steel Finishing Lines. While these outcomes are incompatible, some organizations have
developed HR capabilities in these strategic areas. The model depicts the strategy based HRM
practices that will fit with strategic goals and objectives of the organization and desire, intended and
actual flexibility on HRM practices for developing capabilities to respond to a variety of competitive
needs required by strategic and non-strategic considerations. I will keep this in my bookshelf to go
back to in the future. For a changing role of HR, a new set of competencies is required in order to
fulfill the expected role of HR. Resourced-based theory of the firm: This approach of SHRM links
strategy and internal resources of the firm. This greatly helps in improving their performance which
further results in high throughput that guarantees overall profitability and betterment of the
organization. The identified practices have been addressed as high performance work practices for
instance innovative work practices such as team, job rotation, quality circles and TQM (Osterman,
1994) participation and empowerment, incentive pay, employment security, promotions training, and
skill development: using the best practices approach results in high productivity and profits. It is also
an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the role of HRM in business success. This a useful
reference work which is also readble - a rare combination. Personnel management was actually
restrictive in its role as it only catered to the functional aspects of the workforce management.
Boxall (1992) addressed them as the matching model and the Harvard framework. Organizations
established high harmony between human resources strategy and organizational activities have
showed a better performance than the organizations, where this harmony was low. A Spanish
translation of Ingrid Rojas Contreras’ essay “Translation as an Arithmetic of Loss,” Granta Espanol.
Journal of Management 32(6): 898-925. Boxall, P. and Macky, K. (2007) High-Performance Work
Systems and Organisational Performance: Bridging Theory and Practice. The key difference
therefore between traditional and strategic concepts with extent to which management of HR is
integrated into the strategic decision making processes that direct organizational efforts towards
coping with the environment (Guest, 1990). Additionally, the resource-based view of the firm claims
that human resources are the prominent enablers of competitive advantage. International Journal of
Manpower 26(5): 434-449. Chow, I. H., Huang, J. and Liu, S. (2008) Strategic HRM in
China:Configurations and Competitive Advantage. The book informs but also questions and, while
recognising the legitimacy and importance of management perspectives, also captures the experience
of workers on the receiving end of strategic initiatives. The link between business strategy and HR
strategy goes on to identify the HRM policy choices, which will be needed in order to evoke and
maintain the requisite behavioral patterns. Methods: The method used is library research based on a
qualitative approach. Business life cycle stages model: The approach essentially seeks to link
appropriate HR policies to different life cycle stages from business start up, through early growth,
maturity and eventually to business decline. Journal of Applied Psychology 92(4): 1069-1083. Teo,
S. T. T., Clerc, M. L. and Galang, M. C. (2011) Human Capital Enhancing HRM Systems and
Frontline Employees in Australian Manufacturing SMEs. This literature study is to obtain data
researchers collect, analyze, and organize, sources derived from articles, books, reports, and other
research on human resource management. It is concerned with the pattern of planned HRD and
activities intended to enable an organization to achieve its goals. In light of this contestable notion,
this paper aimed to review previous and current human resources management and strategic
management literature in order to ascertain the extent to which we can agree or disagree with these
propositions. SMEs. It provides an easy to use, intuitive interface for HR departments, with many.
Ramlall, 2006). To ensure this strategic role of HR, critical competencies need to be developed.
Strategic HRM: The field of HRM has under gone significant changes in scope, functions and
activities over the years, with the rise in professional maturity in the field; Personnel management has
become HRM, which in recent years has become strategic HRM. At times, in an effort to make
everything clear and understandable, he is perhaps too much like an instructor and a bit talky, but
that may be the nature of a work intended for reference and training. The model has emphasized
three aspects: the integration or fit of HR policies with business strategy; the integration or
complementarily and consistency of mutually; employment policies aimed at generating employees
commitment, flexibility and quality; and the internalization of the importance of HR on the part of
line managers. This a useful reference work which is also readble - a rare combination. It is an
invaluable text that will help define the complex agenda of human resource management, strategy
and organisations for students. As the human resource management advocated the workforce as an
integral source of competitive advantage, the strategic human resource management provided an
empirical foundation for that by exerting the organization’s performance can be enhanced manifold
when the human resource itself is aligned to its strategies for the achievement of goals. The
International Journal of Human Resource Management 20(1): 112-125. Guthrie, J. P., Flood, P. C.,
Liu, W., MacCurtain, S., and Armstrong, C. (2011) Big Hat, No Cattle. Furthermore, in terms of
motivation human resource management recognized work groups, effective work practices and job
creativity as important determinants. Many of the strategies used to gain a competitive advantage are
difficult to sustain because they can be easily imitated. Guest (1989) focused on the goal of
integration in his model of HRM. The companies must focus on its HR practices to create and
sustain competitive advantage. New York: The Free Press. Schuler, R. S. and Jackson, S. E. (1987)
Linking Competitive Strategies with Human Resource Management Practices. This is 100% legal.
You may not submit downloaded papers as your own, that is cheating. Also you.

You might also like