Based on your previous performance as the HR Manager for H & L Industries, you were recently promoted to HR Director of the parent company, Dover, Inc. You have been invited to the company's annual corporate strategic planning retreat. You don't know exactly what to expect in this meeting, but you want to be as prepared as possible. You decide to brush up on strategy and how HR strategy fits in$.$

Section $1$: Porter's Generic Strategies.

Identify and explain Porter's three generic strategies.

Choose an industry and give examples of companies which compete in each of the three strategies.

Section $2$: Porter's Five Forces.

Identify and explain Porter's five forces.

Choose a company which competes in the industry you selected in section $1.$ Find a Five Forces analysis on the company. If you find$/$use an analysis.

Section $3$: HR Application

Discuss how HR can support the overall strategy of the company you selected in section $2$ in the areas of recruiting$/$selection$,$ compensation & benefits, and training & development.