Business Driven HRM

Strategy is all very well, but forget the human side of the business and your plans are destined for failure. Yet human resource management (HRM) has traditionally focused on administrative functions such as recruiting, disciplining, and rewarding employees. This book draws on practical experience and extensive research to offer a framework that shows how HRM can link to corporate vision, values, strategies and policies, both in a reactive and proactive way. It includes various case studies of HRM to illustrate how the model may be modified and applied in practice. In addition, the author pays special attention to the management of organisational change, and covers current trends to ensure that HRM adds value throughout the organisation. Rich in examples and practical advice, this book will help transform HRM into a major force in organisational success. Series Foreword by (Digby Jones).

About the Author.

Introduction.

Pressures for Change.

Strategic Management—The HR Element.

A Model for Business Driven HR Management.

Some Examples from Experience.

What the Research Tells Us.

HRM and Added Value—A Health Check.

A Strategic Approach to Competencies.

Management Development.

Strategy and Other HR Activity Areas.

The Numbers Game—Planning HR Needs.

Managing Organisational Change.

References.

Further Reading.

Index.

David Hussey is a well-known international authority on strategic management, with experience as both a practitioner in and a consultant to major companies from many industries, including 18 years spent with Harbridge House. He is author or editor of over 25 books on strategy or management development. One of the founders of the Strategic Planning Society, and a director of the Japan Strategic Management Institute, he is currently visiting professor in strategic management at Nottingham Business School. He is also editor of Croner's Journal of Professional HRM and former editor of the Journal of Strategic Change. Human Resource Management (HRM) plays a critical role in the strategic processes of an organisation. All too often though, the strategic plans of a company fall down because insufficient attention has been given to the implementation phase, of which HR policies are a critical part. Strategy is all very well, but forget the human side of the business, and your plans are destined for failure.

The approach of this book is to make HRM practices successful by becoming business-driven concerns. The real trick lies in making this concept practically applicable. The author makes use of case studies illustrating good and bad HRM practices, step-by-step approaches and checklists to ensure that organisations can successfully adopt business-driven HRM. A few common myths are also exploded along the way (see introduction).

This book will help HRM be transformed into a major force in organisational success. It should be read not just by HR professionals, but also senior executives and company leaders, as well as consultants, trainers and business advisers.