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Types of Strategies•Cost Leadership –Focuses on lowering organizational costs required to create products or services.•Differentiation –Focuses on developing a distinctive impression of the product or service in customers’ minds. •Focus or Niche–Focuses on a specific portion of a larger market. 16Lussier and Hendon, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. © 2017, SAGE Publications.
How Strategy Affects HRM•HRM and Cost Leadership –Maximizes employee efficiency and effectiveness –Uses highly specialized jobs–Requires employees to repeat the same task•HRM and Differentiation–Maximizes employee flexibility and adaptability–Uses cross-functional teams–Innovates and tries new processes in uncertain environments17Lussier and Hendon, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. © 2017, SAGE Publications.
How HR Promotes Strategy•Through Employees–Recruiting–Selecting–Training–Evaluating–Interacting based on the organizational strategies•Through the Organization–Evaluating objectives and company characteristics–Assessing competitors–Analyzing strengths and weaknesses18Lussier and Hendon, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. © 2017, SAGE Publications.
Basics of Organizational Structure•Structure determines how an organization groups its resources to accomplish its mission.•Basics of Organizational Structure–Complexity: degree of vertical, horizontal, and spatial differentiation within the organization –Formalization: degree to which jobs are standardized within an organization –Centralization: degree to which decision-making is concentrated within the organization19Lussier and Hendon, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. © 2017, SAGE Publications.
Organizational Structure Is There One “Best” Structure?•The best organizational structure fits the firm’s current competitive situation and its internal capabilities and enables successful strategy.20Lussier and Hendon, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. © 2017, SAGE Publications.
How Structure Affects Employee Behavior and HRM•Employee Behavior–The way organizations combine complexity, formalization, and centralization affects employee autonomy.•HRM–Structure affects the nature of job expertise, training, evaluation, and appraisal of HR employees21Lussier and Hendon, Fundamentals of Human Resource Management. © 2017, SAGE Publications.
Organizational Culture•What Is Organizational Culture?–Employees’ shared values, beliefs, and assumptions about appropriate behavior. •Basics of Organizational Culture–Every organization has a culture, and success depends on the health and strength of it.
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