Strategic Human Resource Development

Strategic Human
Resource Development

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
Key current trends and developments that influences organisation's HR strategy......................4
Analysis of various internal and external factors that influence both HR strategy and practice. 5
Critically analyse the influence of the external and contextual development.............................7
Critically evaluate influence of the external and contextual development.................................7
Critical evaluation of effects of strategic management and workforce planning........................7
TASK ..............................................................................................................................................7
Theories and concepts relevant to the growth and development of strategic HRM....................7
Evaluation how these theories relate to organization..................................................................8
Critical evaluation of HR department of the firm and external environment .............................9
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9
Change management models which support HR strategy...........................................................9
TASK.............................................................................................................................................11
Monitoring and measuring the HR outcomes............................................................................11
Evaluation of effective HR management and development which can support sustainable
performance...............................................................................................................................11
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Human resource is one of the most important resource for the organisation which helps
them to achieve the goals of the organisation. Also it help them to take the competitive
advantage as an organisation can have unique and competent human resource. Strategic human
resource is the process of attracting, developing, rewarding and retaining people in the
organisation which can benefit both the employees and the organisation. They formulate various
strategies and implement them in the organisation which help them to effectively meet the
objectives of the organisation (Cascio and Boudreau, 2010). The organisation which is taken for
this report is Burberry which is a luxury fashion house whose headquarters are in London. Their
main products includes trench coats, fashion accessories, sunglasses, cosmetics etc. In this report
various trends in the HR strategy, external and internal factors that has influence on the
organisation, various theories and concepts of strategic HRM are taken into consideration. Apart
from this various HR outcomes can be monitored and measured in context of the organisation.
TASK 1
Key current trends and developments that influences organisation's HR strategy
Strategic HR management in an organisation helps in building an efficient and talented
workforce so that the goals and objectives of the company can be achieved. Human
resources are one of the most important resources of an organisation that helps it in
creating goods and services according to the needs of customers so that the
competitiveness of the company can be maintained. However as the current trends are
changing related to employment it is also important for Burberry to change its strategies so
that the candidates with required abilities and skills can be attracted in the organisation.
Some of the current trends are discussed below:
 Increase in globalisation: Due to globalisation the integration and interaction
among businesses, people and the complete world has increased which means that
Burberry has an opportunity to attract talented and skilled people from all across
the world to work in the company (CHUANG and Liao, 2010).
 Workplace diversity: With the increase in integration of people from all across the
world the company has a diverse workforce which belongs to different nations,
religions, culture, expectations etc. This helps the company in having a variety of