Developing Human Resource Strategy 5: Integrate HR plans with business plans

Incorporate human resource actions plans into business plans to establish clear management accountability for performance

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 Identify performance measures associated with company/unit business and human resources strategies

Education and Training

• Human Resource Business School: Aligning Human Resources to Business Strategy (The Wharton School, 215-898-1776, 1 week, $5950)
• Human Resource Planning for the Competitive Edge (Cornell University, 607-255-8994, 6 days, $4200)
• Leading with Impact: Linking People, Strategy and Results (Penn State University, 814-865-3435, 1 week, $4800)
• Stanford University (650-723-3341)
     ---Human Resource Executive Program: Leveraging Human Resources for Competitive Advantage, 1 week
     ---Implementing Strategy: Managing Through Organizational Culture, 415-381-9363, Video, $95
• Strategic Human Resource Planning (University of Michigan, 313-763-1000, 5 days, $5950)
• Creating Value through Effectively Integrating Acquisitions (University of South Carolina, 800-393-2362, 2 days, $995)
• University of Virginia (804-924-3000)
     ---Managing Critical Resources, 2 weeks, $9200
     ---Strategic Management for Line Managers, 1 week, $4950
• Human Resource Planning Society (212-490-6387)
     ---Designing Human Resource Strategies to Build High Performance Companies, 2 days, $1095
     ---Aligning HR and Business Strategies, 2 days, $1095
• HR Strategic Development Program: Consulting in Your Company (SHRM/University of Southern California, 213-743-4325, 4 days, $2500)
• Linking Strategic Planning and Human Resource Management (American Management Association, 518-891-1500, 3 days, $1350)
• Translating HR Strategies into Action through Measurement (International Quality and Productivity Center, 973-256-0211, 2 days, $1495)
• Building Strategic Partnerships with the Line (Linkage, Inc., 781-862-3157, 2 days, $895)
• Aligning Core Competencies with Business Strategy (Human Resource Institute, 941-951-7885, 2 days, $1495
• Strategic Partnering: Linking the HR Function to the Business Planning Process (The Leadership Center, 212-229-5990, 2 days, $750)

Reading

• HR's Role in Business Effectiveness (Human Resource Planning Society, 1994, 212-490-6387)
• Achieving Organizational Success through Innovative Human Resource Strategies (Human Resource Planning Society, 1994, 212-490-6387)
• Strategic Human Resources Management (American Management Association, 518-891-1500)
• Lloyd S. Baird, Managing Human Resources: Integrating People and Business Strategy (Irwin Professional Publishing, 1992)
• Lloyd S. Baird et al., Strategic Human Resource Management Sourcebook (Human Resource Development Press, 1989)
• Lloyd Byars and Leslie Rue, Human Resource Management - 5th ed. (Irwin, 1996)
• Charles Fombrun, Noel Tichy and Mary Anne Devanna, Strategic Human Resource Management (John Wiley & Sons, 1984)
• Fred K. Foulkes (ed.), Strategic Human Resource Management (Prentice-Hall, 1986)
• Lynda Gratton, Living Strategy: Putting People at the Heart of Corporate Purpose (Pearson Education, 2000)
  
• Paul C. Green, Building Robust Competencies: Linking Human Resource Systems to Organizational Strategies (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
• Charles R. Greer, Strategy and Human Resources (Prentice Hall, 1995)
• David E. Hussey, Business Drive Human Resource Management (Wiley)
• William H. Kohlberg and Foster C. Smith, Rebuilding America's Workforce: Business Strategies to Close the Competitive Gap (Business One Irwin, 1992)
• Allen Kraut and Abraham Korman (eds.), Evolving Practices in Human Resource Management Systems (Jossey-Bass, 1999)
• Constantinos Markides, All the Right Moves: A Guide to Breakthrough Strategies (Harvard Business School Press, 1999)
  
• Robert L. Mathis and John H. Jackson, Human Resource Management (8th ed.) (West Publishing, 1996)
• George T. Milkovich and John Boudreau, Human Resource Management - 8th ed. (Irwin, 1996)
• Donna R. Neusch and Alan F. Siebinaler, The High Performance Enterprise: Reinventing the People Side of Your Business (Oliver Wight, 1993)
• Robert Noe, John Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart and Patrick Wright, Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage - 2nd ed. (Irwin, 1996)
• Timothy Nolan, Leonard Goodstein & J.William Pfeiffer, Plan or Die: 10 Keys to Organizational Success (Jossey-Bass)
• Tony Sadler, Human Resource Management: Developing a Strategic Approach (Kogan Page, 1995)
• R.E. Sibson, Strategic Planning for Human Resource Management (AMACOM, 1992)
• James W. Walker, Human Resource Strategy (McGraw-Hill, 1992)