Centre for Executive Education

Certificate / Diploma in Effective Training and Development

Student Name: Zubaidah Al Din
Case Analysis 1: HR Follow-up to Strategi !lanning at "HC
#uestion Fi$e
Introduction:
Strategic plan
A companys plan for how it will match its internal strengths and weaknesses with external
opportunities and threats in order to maintain a competitive advantage.
Three basic challenges
The need to support corporate productivity and performance improvement efforts.
Those employees play an expanded role in employers performance improvement efforts.
HR must be more involved in designingnot !ust executingthe companys strategic plan.
Strategic management tasks
"tep #: $efine the %usiness and &ts 'ission
"tep (: )erform *xternal and &nternal Audits
"tep +: Translate the 'ission into "trategic ,oals
"tep -: .ormulate a "trategy to Achieve the
"trategic ,oals
"tep /: &mplement the "trategy
"tep 0: *valuate )erformance
Strategic Human Resource Management
The linking of HR' with strategic goals and ob!ectives in order to improve business
performance and develop organi1ational cultures that foster innovation and flexibility.
.ormulating and executing HR systemsHR policies and activitiesthat produce the
employee competencies and behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic aims.
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Centre for Executive Education
Certificate / Diploma in Effective Training and Development
Student Name: Zubaidah Al Din
Case Analysis 1: HR Follow-up to Strategi !lanning at "HC
#uestion Fi$e
Types of "trategic )lanning:
Corporate-level strategy
&dentifies the portfolio of businesses that2 in total2 comprise the company and the ways in
which these businesses relate to each other.
$iversification strategy implies that the firm will expand by adding new product
lines.
3ertical integration strategy means the firm expands by2 perhaps2 producing its own
raw materials2 or selling its products direct.
4onsolidation strategy reduces the companys si1e
,eographic expansion strategy takes the company abroad.
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A SWOT Chart
SWOT Analysis
The use of a SWOT chart to
compile and organize the
process of identifying
company
Strengths,
Weaknesses,
Opportunities, and
Threats.
Centre for Executive Education
Certificate / Diploma in Effective Training and Development
Student Name: Zubaidah Al Din
Case Analysis 1: HR Follow-up to Strategi !lanning at "HC
#uestion Fi$e
Business-level/competitive strategy
&dentifies how to build and strengthen the businesss long5term competitive position in the
marketplace.
4ost leadership: the enterprise aims to become the low5cost leader in an industry.
$ifferentiation: a firm seeks to be uni6ue in its industry along dimensions that are
widely valued by buyers.
.ocus: a firm seeks to carve out a market niche2 and compete by providing a
product or service customers can get in no other way.
unctional strategies
&dentify the basic courses of action that each department will pursue in order to help the
business attain its competitive goals.
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Business and environmental context
Performance monitoring and renewal
Busines
s
strategy
uman capital
strategy
How will we
deliver expected
value and
contriution to
the organization!
Sourcing
What activities will
we do
ourselves"have
others do!
!nfrastructure
What capailities are
needed to fulfill H#$s
strategy!
" operating model
#overnance
How will we lead the
function and manage
related investments!
How will we
secure, manage,
and motivate a
workforce that
can execute the
usiness
strategy!
" function
strategy
$ Business Design for "
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%alue
Propositio
n
Centre for Executive Education
Certificate / Diploma in Effective Training and Development
Student Name: Zubaidah Al Din
Case Analysis 1: HR Follow-up to Strategi !lanning at "HC
#uestion Fi$e
HR" "trategic Roles:
HR pro!essionals should be part o! the !irm"s strategic planning e#ecutive team$
&dentify the human issues that are vital to business strategy.
Help establish and execute strategy.
)rovide alternative insights.
Are centrally involved in creating responsive and market5driven organi1ations.
4onceptuali1e and execute organi1ational change.
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