$1.$ Based upon your reading, what does Strategic HR mean to you and why?

$2.$ How and why do strategic decisions affect human resource management policies? Can human resource policies or constraints ever affect strategy? Why or why not?$$

$3.$ Identify the problem, as well as its cause$($s$),$ in this case.$$

$4.$ Evaluate Dean Blake's strategy and human resource policies. Did the strategy make sense in terms of the internal and external environment of the school? Do the human resource strategies support and reinforce the organizational strategy? Why or why not?$$

$5.$ Evaluate the process by which Dean Blake implemented the strategic and human resources changes. Can you suggest any improvements?

$6.$ How should resistance to his plans and strategies be overcome