WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE WANT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TO BE MORE STRATEGIC?
WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY WE WANT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TO BE MORE STRATEGIC?
ID NUMBER: 84697126
November 26th, 2013
The word “strategic” sounds like it should be used for some type of board game. I guess from a far it could be looked at like a board game. In a board game a person might be thinking one step at a time: while a strategic thinker has vision and mission on how things will turn out. A person might also be thinking why this has anything to do with the business world. Most people only relate the business world to money or massive layoffs. In this paper, I will dive into how HR management can be more strategic. The first thing that I will look at in this paper is the definition of being strategic. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary strategic means “of or relating to a general plan that is created to achieve war, politics over a long period of time” . The first part of this definition it says “a general plan created to achieve war.” In my opinion, the business world might be the biggest war that many people overlook. Every day businesses are scratching and clawing to gain an inch on the competition. If a company has a better strategic plan and the resources to compete: the company will usually beat out the competition. The next part of the definition is “a general plan to achieve in politics.” The business world isn’t like the world of politics, in the sense of campaigning for an election but does relate to politics, in the sense of implementing laws and strategy. Everything in the company handbook has to be looked at by HR. The employee handbook or company handbook could be considered the HR bible. Everything in that handbook is either there to protect employees, promote company strategy or has things to benefit the employees (explaining the benefits that they would receive for working for this company.) One week point in a company policy could be looked at as an opportunity to exploit a particular business. The last
ID NUMBER: 84697126
November 26th, 2013
The word “strategic” sounds like it should be used for some type of board game. I guess from a far it could be looked at like a board game. In a board game a person might be thinking one step at a time: while a strategic thinker has vision and mission on how things will turn out. A person might also be thinking why this has anything to do with the business world. Most people only relate the business world to money or massive layoffs. In this paper, I will dive into how HR management can be more strategic. The first thing that I will look at in this paper is the definition of being strategic. According to Merriam Webster Dictionary strategic means “of or relating to a general plan that is created to achieve war, politics over a long period of time” . The first part of this definition it says “a general plan created to achieve war.” In my opinion, the business world might be the biggest war that many people overlook. Every day businesses are scratching and clawing to gain an inch on the competition. If a company has a better strategic plan and the resources to compete: the company will usually beat out the competition. The next part of the definition is “a general plan to achieve in politics.” The business world isn’t like the world of politics, in the sense of campaigning for an election but does relate to politics, in the sense of implementing laws and strategy. Everything in the company handbook has to be looked at by HR. The employee handbook or company handbook could be considered the HR bible. Everything in that handbook is either there to protect employees, promote company strategy or has things to benefit the employees (explaining the benefits that they would receive for working for this company.) One week point in a company policy could be looked at as an opportunity to exploit a particular business. The last
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