The purpose of the toolkit is to provide the basis for conducting a strategic review of human resource management practices in order to develop and implement strategic human resource management. The individual tools can serve as checklists to analyse different aspects of HR strategy. They can also be used to involve people in the formulation of strategy by prompting discussions in workshops and focus groups. The kit consists of the following tools: l l l l l l l l l l l l l Tool 1: Tool 2: Tool 3: Tool 4: Tool 5: Tool 6: Tool 7: Tool 8: Tool 9: Tool 10: Tool 11: Tool 12: Tool 13: Overall business analysis and HR implications; Analysis of competitive strategy and its implications; Analysis of business strategies and their implications; Analysis of fit between type of organization and HR strategy; ‘Best-practice’ analysis; Overall analysis of HR strategic goals; Overall strategic HRM gap analysis; Integration of business and HR strategies; Bundling of HR activities; Analysis of high-performance goals; High-performance work system gap analysis; Analysis of engagement and commitment levels – survey; Analysis of employee engagement goals;
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Employee engagement gap analysis; Analysis of resourcing goals; Resourcing gap analysis; Analysis of talent management goals; Talent management gap analysis; Analysis of learning and development goals; Gap analysis of learning and development activities; Analysis of reward management goals; Gap analysis of reward management activities; Analysis of employee relations goals; Gap analysis of employee relations activities.
Tool 1
Overall business analysis and HR implications
Human Resource Implications What sort of people do we need in the business?
Business Matters What business are we in?
Where are we going?
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