 Developing Human Resource Strategy 3: Define
people-related business issues
Identify significant gaps/shortfalls of the organization
relative to future requirements
Determine the areas requiring attention for the
organization
On-the-Job
Participate in the company strategic planning process
Participate in a task group charged with developing/writing the company or unit human
resource strategy Study the company/unit strategic plan to identify people-related
business issues Gather the views of managers on the key issues
Education and Training
- Human Resource Business School: Aligning Human Resources
to Business Strategy (The Wharton School, 215-898-1776, 1 week, $5950)
- Strategic Human Resource Management (Harvard University,
617-495-6555, 1 week, $6300)
- Program for Management Development: Managing Critical Issues
(University of Michigan, 313-763-1000, 2 weeks, $8600)
- University of Virginia (804-924-3000)
---Human Resource Forum: Key Strategic HR Issues for the Next Century, 1
week, $4200
---Managing Critical Resources, 2 weeks, $9900
- INSEAD (33-1-7072-4040)
---Strategic Human Resource Management in Asia, 1 week, FF25,000
---Joint Venture Management: The Human Factor, 3 days, Conducted in
Singapore and Hong Kong
---Managing People, Video by Professor Paul Evans, $299, Brussels
32-2421-4311
- Society for Human Resource Management (703-548-3440)
---Strategic Management of Human Resources, 3 days, $700
---The UNC Chapel Hill/SHRM Exectutive Program: The Business of Human Resources,
4 days
---The Walt Disney World Approach to HR Management, 4 days
- Human Resource Planning Society (212-490-6387)
---Human Resources Challenges Today and Tomorrow, Video, $595
---Leading Edge Thinking on Key Issues, CD-ROM, $95
---Strategic Business Knowledge for Senior HR Executives, 212-490-6387,
2 days, $1095
- International Quality and Productivity Center (973-256-0211)
---Employer Branding, 2 days, $1395
---The Strategic Role of Human Resources in Mergers and Acquisitions,
2 days, $1395
- Thinking Strategically About People Management Issues (Human
Resource Institute, 813-864-8330)
- American Management Association (518-891-1500)
---Making Mergers and Acquisitions Work: The Organizational,
Cultural and Human Aspects, 2 days, $1945
---Leveraging Intellectual Capital through Knowledge-Based Management, 3
days, $1565
---Fundamentals of Human Resource Management, 1 week, $1810
- The Conference Board (212-339-0345)
---Business Ethics Conference, 2 days, $1425
---Linking Human Capital with Strategy, 2 days, $1425
---Asia Pacific Corporate Image Conference: Going Beyond Brand Loyalty,
2 days (Hong Kong)
- Mergers and Acquisitions: Integrating the Business and
People Before, During and After (Linkage, Inc., 781-862-3157, 1 day, $595)
- Enterprise Intelligence World Summit (Knowledge Management
Consortium International, 407-425-7957, 3 days, $1495)
Reading
- State of the Art and Practice (SOTA-P) Report (Human Resource Planning
Society, 212-490-6387, $595)
- The Conference Board (212-339-0345)
---The New Deal in Employment Relationships, Report No. 1162, 1996
---Understanding the People Factors in the Quest for Competitiveness,
Report No. 1220, 1998
---Understanding Productivity Growth, Report No. 1245, 1999
---HR Executive Review: HR Challenges in Mergers and Acquisitions, Report
No. HRER-14, 1997
---Managing, Valuing and Protecting Intellectual Assets, Report No. 1182, 1996
---Rewriting the Rules of Human Resources, Report No. 1108, 1995
---Rethinking Human Resources, Report No. 1124, 1995
---Understanding the People Factors in the Quest for Competitiveness, Report No. 1220, 1998
- Human Resource Management: Current Issues and Trends (Bureau
of Business Practice and the Society for Human Resource Management, 1993)
- 1997, 212-339-0345)
- Managing Knowledge for Business Success (The Conference
Board, Report No. 1194, 1997, 212-339-0345)
- HR Challenges in Mergers and Acquisitions (HR Executive
Review, Vol.5, No. 2, 1997, Conference Board, 212-339-0345)
- Steven Albert and Keith Bradley, Managing Knowledge
(Cambridge University Press, 1997)
- Judith M. Bardwick, Danger in the Comfort Zone (AMACOM,
1995)
- Michael Beer, Russell A. Eisenstat and Bert Specter, The
Critical Path for Corporate Renewal: Mobilizing Human Resources for Corporate Renewal
(Harvard Business School Press, 1990)
- Chris Brewster and Hilary Harris, International HRM: Contemporary
Issues in Europe (Routledge, 1999)
- Chris Brewster et al., Contemporary Issues in Human Resource
Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage (Oxford University Press, 1999)
- William Bridges, Creating You & Co.: Learn to Think Like
the CEO of Your Own Career (Addison-Wesley Longman, 1997)
- Ingrid Brunstein (ed.), Human Resource Management in Western
Europe (Walter De Gruyter, 1995)
- Peter Cappelli, et al., Change at Work (Oxford University
Press, 1996)
- Peter Cappelli, The New Deal at Work: Managing the Market-Driven
Workforce (Harvard Business School Press, 1999)
- Stuart Crainer, the Ultimate Business Library: 50 Books that Shaped
Management Thinking (AMACOM, 1998)
- Thomas O. Davenport, Human Capital: What It Is and Why People Invest It
(Jossey-Bass, 1999)
- Alan Downs, Beyond the Looking Glass (AMACOM, 1997)
- Peter Drucker, Management Challenges for the 21st Century (HarperBusiness, 1999)
- Leif Edvinsson and Michael S. Malone, Intellectual Capital:
Realizing Your Company's True Value by Finding Its HIdden Brainpower (HarperBusiness,
1997)
- Bob Eichinger and Dave Ulrich, Human Resource Challenges
Today and Tomorrow - Video Package (Human Resource Planning Society, 212-490-6387)
- Kar Erik Eveiby, The New Organizational Wealth: Managing and
Measuring Knowledge-Based Assets (Berrett-Koehler, 1997)
- Gerald R. Ferriss, Sherman D. Rosen and Darold T. Barnum
(eds.), Handbook of Human Resource Management (Blackwell, 1995)
- Jac Fitz-enz, The 8 Practices of Exceptional Companies: How
Great Organizations Make the Most of Their Human Assets (AMACOM, 1997)
- Audrey Freedman, Human Resources Forecast (UCLA Institute of
Industrial Relations, Annually)
- Timothy J. Galpin, The Human Side of Change (Jossey-Bass,
1996)
- Timothy Galpin, Making Strategy Work: Building Sustainable
Growth Capability (Jossey-Bass, 1997)
- Sumantra Ghoshal and Christopher Bartlett, The
Individualized Corporation (Harper Business Press, 1997)
- Lynda Gratton, Living Strategy: Putting People at the Heart
of Corporate Purpose (Pearson Education, 2000)
- Stanley Gryskiewicz, Positive Turbulence: Developing Climates for
Creativity, Innovation, and Renewal (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
- Cliff Hakim, We Are All Self-Employed (Berrett-Koehler, 1994)
- Jon Katzenbach, Peak Performance: Aligning the Hearts and Minds
of Your Employees (Harvard Business School Press, 2000)
- John Kay, The Business of Economics (Oxford University
Press, 1996)
- Christine D. Keen, Emerging Issues in Human Resources (SHRM,
1994)
- Steven Kerr, Ultimate Rewards: What Really Motivates People
to Achieve (Miles River Press, 1995)
- Allen Kraut and Abraham Korman, Evolving Practices in Human Resource
Management: Responses to a Changing World of Work (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
- Dennis G. McCarthy, The Loyalty Link: How Loyal Employees
Create Loyal Customers (John Wiley & Sons, 1997)
- Thomas J. McCoy, Creating an "Open Book"
Organization: Where Employees Think and Act Like Business Partners (AMACOM, 1997)
- Jeffrey Pfeffer, The Human Equation: Building Profits by
Putting People First (Harvard Business School Press, 1998)
- Jeffrey Pfeffer, Competitive Advantage through People
(Harvard Business School Press, 1994)
- Gifford Pinchot and Ron Pellman, Intrapreneuring in Action: A Handbook
for Business Innovation (Berrett-Koehler, 1999)
- Frederick F. Reichheld, The Loyalty Effect (Harvard Business
School Press, 1996)
- Robert Bruce Shaw, Trust in the Balance: Building Successful
Organizations on Results, Integrity and Concern (Jossey-Bass, 1997)
- John P. Schuster and Jill Carpenter, The Power of Open-Book
Management (John Wiley & Sons, 1996)
- Peter Senge et al., The New Workplace: Transforming the Character
and Culture of Our Organizations (Pegasus Communications, 1998)
- Ronald Sims and John Veres, Keys to Employee Success in Coming Decades
(Quorum Books, 1999),
- Paul Sparrow and Mick Marchington, Human Resource Management:
The New Agenda (FT Pitman, 1998)
- Thomas A. Stewart, Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of
Organizations (Doubleday/Currency, 1997)
- Brian Towers, The Handbook of HRM (Blackwell, 1996)
- Dave Ulrich, Michael R. Losey and Gerry Lake (eds.),
Tomorrow's HR Management: 48 Thought Leaders Call for Change (John Wiley & Sons, 1997)
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