Developing Human Resource Strategy 4: Formulate HR strategy/action plans

Define the courses of action required to achieve necessary changes in organization, capabilities and processes

On-the-Job

Lead or participate in a task group charged with developing the company or unit human resource strategy Analyze the current human resource strategy in terms of linkage with business strategy and the relevance of human resource actions to achieving business objectives/customer satisfaction

Education and Training

• Human Resource Business School: Aligning Human Resources to Business Strategy (The Wharton School, 215-898-1776, 1 week, $5950)
• Formulating and Implementing HR Strategy (The Walker Group, offered as an in-house workshop, 2 days, 203-431-1333)
• Human Resources Planning for the Competitive Edge (Cornell University, Ithaca, 607-255-1504, 1 week, $3600)
• Strategic Human Resources Planning (Cornell University - New York City, 212-340-2863, 2 days, $895)
• Human Resource Strategy in Transforming Organizations (London Business School, UK 0171-706-6835, 1 week)
• Strategic Human Resource Planning (University of Michigan, 313-763-1000, 1 week, $5950)
• INSEAD (331-6074-5513)
     ---Management of People, 1 week, FF 34.000
     ---Human Resource Management in Asia, 1 week in Singapore/1 week in Macao, call for price
• Human Resource Leadership Program: A Strategy for Business (University of Southern California and SHRM, 703-548-3440, 1 week, $2500)
• Beyond "Business Partnership:: Building Implementable HR Strategies to Achieve Business Success (Human Resource Planning Society, 212-490-6387, 2 days, $1095)
• Strategic Management of Human Resources (SHRM, 703-548-3440, 3 days, $700)
• Making Mergers and Acquisitions Work: The Organizational, Cultural and Human Aspects (American Management Association, 518-891-1500, 2 days, $1395
• Developing and Executing Strategic Plans for HR (American Conference Institute, 416-927-7936, 3 days, $1395)
• Managing International Human Resources for Global Competitiveness (Institute for International Research, 800-999-3123, 2 days, $1195)
• The Disney Approach to HR Management (Disney Institute, 407-828-4411, 4 days, $2795)

Reading

• The Conference Board (212-339-0345)
     ---Maximizing Performance through Human Resources, Report No. 1069, 1994
     ---Rewriting the Rules of Human Resources, Report No. 1108, 1995
     ---HR Executive Review: Competing as an Employer of Choice, Report No. HRER-08, 1996
  
• Strategic HR Decision Making (Society for Human Resource Management, 703-548-3440)
• C. Brewster and A. Hegewisch (editors), Policy and Practice in European Human Resource Management: The Price Waterhous Cranfield Survey (Routledge, 1994)
• Elmer H. Burack, Creative Human Resource Planning and Applications: A Strategic Approach (Brace-Park Press)
• Elmer H. Burack and Nicholas J. Mathys, Human Resource Planning (3rd ed.) (Brace-Park Press, 1996)
• Sheila Cane (in association with the Europe Japan Centre), Kaizen Strategies for Winning through People (Pitman Publishing, 1996)
• Jac Fitz-enz, The 8 Practices of Exceptional Companies: How Great Organizations Make the Most of Their Human Assets (AMACOM, 1997)
• Lynda Gratton et al., Strategic Human Resource Management (Oxford University Press, 1999)
• Paul C. Green, Building Robust Competencies: Linking Human Resource Systems to Organizational Strategies (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
• Richard G. Hamermesh, Fad-Free Management (Knowledge Exchange, 1996)
• Richard E. Johnson, Human Resource Strategy: Staying Ahead of the Curve (Enterprise Communications, 1994 - 800-966-3976)
• Christine Keen, Effective Strategic Planning: A Handbook for Human Resource Professionals (SHRM, 1994)
• Allen E. Kraut and Abrahman K. Korman, Evolving Practices in Human Resources Management (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
• Edward E. Lawler III, Susan Albers Mohrman & Gerald E. Ledford Jr., Strategies for High Performance Organizations -- The CEO Report (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
• Tom Lester, Managing People in Europe (The Economist, Intelligence Unit Research Report, August, 1994, Tel: 44-171-830-1000)
• Christopher Mabey and Graeme Salaman, Strategic Human Resource Management (Blackwell, 1995)
• Constantinos Markides, All the Right Moves (Harvard Business School Press, 2000)
• Robert L. Mathis and John H. Jackson, Human Resource Management (7th ed.) (West Publishing, 1994)
• Michael Mercer, Turning Your Human Resources Department into a Profit Center (AMACOM, 1989)
• Edward Mone and Manual London (eds.), HR to the Rescue: Case Studies of HR's Solutions to Business Challenges (Gulf Publishing, 1999)
• Donna R. Neusch and Alan F. Sibenaler, The High Performance Enterprise: Reinventing the People Side of Your Business (Oliver Wight, 1993)
• Jeffrey Pfeffer, The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First (Harvard Business School Press, 1998)
• Robert R. Rosen, Leading People (Viking, 1996)
• Michel Syrett and Jean Lammiman, From Leanness to Fitness: The Role of HR in Developing Corporate Muscle (Institute for Personnel and Development, 1997)
• John Storey (ed.), Human Resource Management: A Critical Text (European view of human resources) (Routledge, 1995)
• Kevin Thomson, Emotional Capital (Capstone, 1998)
• David Ulrich, Michael Losey and Gerry Lake (eds.), Tomorrow's HR Management (John Wiley & Sons, 1997)
• Dan Ward, Thomas P. Bechet and Robert Tripp, Human Resource Forecasting and Planning (Human Resource Planning Society, 1995 - 212-490-6387)