Think of an organisational situation with which you are familiar. This may be one in which you are currently employed or one that you have worked for previously, or another organisation known to you.

Use the model of the six strands of strategic integration to evaluate, as far as you are able, the extent of the integration of HRM and human resources within the organisation.

 Strands of Strategic Integration:

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High Two-way relationships between different orders of strategy Organisational focus One-way relationship between different orders of strategy Human resource focus Institutional integration of HR function Internal integration of HR elements Behavioural integration of employees Forward looking and sensitive to change Temporal focus Lack of intended relationship between different orders of strategy No institutional integration of HR function Low internal integration of HR elements Low behavioural integration of employees Stasis - insensitive to change Low