This free
course, What is
strategic human resource management?, is about the interplay
between decision-making in HR and the multiple environments
within which such decisions are made. The underlying premise is
that, normally, better choices are made when they are informed by
an understanding of the multiple contexts which are relevant to
those choices.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- explain the scope of HRM
- understand the meaning and nature of strategic HRM
- appreciate how HR strategies are related to business strategies
- describe how HR strategies can be informed by a knowledge of labor markets and product markets locally, nationally, and internationally
- describe the dynamic nature of global competition and of social and technological trends and their significance for HRM practice.
