Michael Porter has made the broad distinction between organizations that compete on the basis of costs $($cost leaders$)$ and those who seek to earn higher margins through the differentiation of the product or service or both $($differentiation$).$ A match between role behaviors and strategy is an essential feature of effective strategy implementation. Firms pursuing a cost leadership strategy will require different employee role behaviors from firms that pursue a cost leadership strategy.

This exercise is important because successful strategy implementation requires a match between strategy type and employee role behaviors.

Determine whether each statement related to human resource management is a cost leadership strategy or a differentiation strategy.

Throughout the recruitment and onboarding process, Zinx Corporation celebrated its success and encountered some notable failures.

BEX Corporation encourages employees to narrowly specialize.

Westney's Wholesalers has a tradition of providing employees predictable career pathways.

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Zeke's Electronics will hire externally, as needed, to find employees with skills in new technologies.

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Ann's Robotics seeks prospective candidates by sponsoring student robotics competitions.

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Zyre's Wearhouse prefers to have outlet stores in areas where wages are lower than average.

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