It is not until recently that research and practice have begun to pull together the three related disciplines of practices (strategic management, human resource management and organization outcomes) into more integrated approaches.
By citing the recent (2018 to 2022) strategic HRM research findings describe how human resource management, strategic management and organizational outcomes are related.
Guidelines
1. Conduct research on how Strategic Management (SM), Human Resource Management (HRM) are related, and then evaluate the role they play in providing outcomes such as organizations with a competitive advantage.
2. Cite studies which have been done linking:
- strategic management e.g. internal and external analysis, setting of objectives, formulation of strategies and how these will enable the organization to achieve organizational goals/ outcomes.
- HR practices to organizational performance e.g. recruitment, selection of employees with the required behaviors and competencies required to enable the organization to pursue its strategies and thus improving its productivity and performance.
