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HRM$-$Strategy Linkage

The goal of this activity is to understand the linkages between HRM and strategy formulation.

This activity is important because a disconnect between strategy formulation and strategy implementation can be a contributing factor to past strategic failures, and how an optimal strategy can be created.

The goal of this activity is to understand the linkages between HRM and strategy formulation. This activity is important to emphasize that successful strategy implementation requires the linkage to HRM in strategy formation. The following scenario walks you through a manager's decision$-$making process as she creates a strategy for determining the extent to which linkages should exist between her company's HRM and strategic management process.

Read the following case and answer the questions that follow.

Sandra is an HR executive for her company and has been put in charge of overseeing a major strategic shift for her organization. This is the third such change in strategic direction in the past five years, and it is "make or break" time for her company. The company CEO believes that the disconnect between strategy formulation and strategy implementation was a major contributing factor to past failures. Specifically, the past two strategic choices did not reflect the actual capabilities and strengths of the people in the organization. Based on lessons learned from past failures, Sandra needs to change the company's strategic approach.

lat should the HRM director's attention be focused on$?$