“The evidence is that human resource management in most cases proceeds in isolation from the business strategy of an organisation.” Discuss this statement, with reference to relevant strategic HRM literature beyond your text book.
Introduction
Human Resource Managerment (HRM) has made significant stride in the business environment in the past decade. We have moved from personnel administration to HRM and now exposed to the new term, human capital. Business organisations also invest in new technologies to increase their competitive advantage. In a competitive market environment, there are certain limitations to the input of technology, however advance., Since the technology is available worldwide to any organisation that can afford to acquire it, possessing state-of-the-art technology does not guarantee success. Ultimately, it is managing and motivating people in the organisation that will energise their collective efforts, which is going to make the difference in building and sustaining competitive advantage and bringing success to the business. To achieve this Human resource needs to be treated as a vital resource and not as an appendage of a production process. However, the evidence is that human resource management in most cases proceeds in isolation from the business strategy of an organization. Why the conundrum? In the whole production matrix, people are probably the most frustrating for managers since they constitute the most difficult variable to control and predict. No matter how predictable society tries to make its members through its various socializing mechanisms, people continue to give managers the most trouble. Managers are always complaining about “those workers.” “If only they would ...