Strategic Human Resources Management (SHRM) and Global Challenges

 

‘An approach to the development and implementation of HR strategies that are integrated with business strategies and support their Achievement’ (Armstrong, 2014)

 

‘Strategic human resource management (strategic HRM) defines how the organization’s goals will be achieved through people by means of HR strategies and integrated HR policies and practices’. (Mello, 2019)

 

‘How the employment relationship for all employees can be managed in such way as to contribute optimally to the organization’s goal achievement’ (Keenoy, 2009)

 

It explains that SHRM is a Move forward action where support is provided to the company in mounting and implementing Human Resource Strategies which will be incorporated and lined with the company’s business strategy so that HR can support the Achievements and Goals in Harmony.

It’s important for HR mangers to have clear understanding and a vast knowledge about the company’s future and current plans. Failing to do so will have drawbacks in achieving company goals, lost of Trust, De-motivated employees, Loss of Integrity, Loss of Profits, Etc. This can lead to Termination of Employment of HR Manger or Director.  Looking at the repercussions by filing to be the proper HR Manager, everyone wants to be the best by shifting their paradigms and being updated with the current trends.

 

Recently it was spoken by Karen Higginbottom who is a freelance journalist for forbs magazine about the “Top Challenges Facing HR Directors of Global Firms In 2017”

 

She Speaks about the challengers that HR Directors and Managers will face in 2017 where Uncertainty have evolved because of the external Environmental factor , such as the political factors that took place in 2016 with Mr. Trump being president in US to the Brexit. Furthermore she explains that the term VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity) have become a trendy management term (Higginbottom, 2016).

 

We should understand that the global trends and global markets will be affected by uncontrollable external environmental factors that will directly affect HRM. But always sticking to the fundamentals of HRM while finding solutions within the problem using SHRM techniques, shifting different thinking paradigms and most importantly being a positive thinking HR Manager / Director will help get out of this situations.

 

“We believe that understanding the fundamental changes impacting the world of work is the first step towards preparing for them- and ultimately leveraging them for competitive advantage,” Wrote SHRM foundation executive Director Mark Schmit.

 

 

References

Higginbottom, K., 2016. Top challenges facing HR directors of global firms in 2017. Forbes. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/karenhigginbottom/2016/12/28/challenges-facing-hr-directors-of-global-firms-in-2017/#3b0077f94f95 [Accessed November 14, 2021].

Keenoy, T., 2009. Human Resource Management. Oxford Handbooks Online.

Mello, J.A., 2019. Strategic Human Resource Management, Singapore: Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd.