Read the Managing People: Saving Starbucks Soul" Case Study that starts on page 696 of your textbook and answer the four questions at the conclusion of the case.

1. Since the writing of this article, Starbucks has changed, adapted, and grown in all ways a company can grow. Pick on or two areas that are addressed in this article and describe how HR could have been an (internal) partner of that growth.
2. What are the connections between the external success of an organization, like Starbucks, and the internal attention inward to it's people and processes?
3. Describe how the alignment of HR strategy can be used to build organizational success and progress to an organization that you are affiliated with (current or past), like in this Starbucks example.