Strategic Planning and Hris

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND HRIS

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND HRIS

After studying this chapter, students should be able to understand the following concepts:

• Strategic Planning

• Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)

• Relationship of HRIS with overall MIS

A. Strategic planning:

It is the process by which top management determines overall organizational purposes and

objectives and how they are to be achieved. The linking of HRM with strategic goals and objectives in order to improve business performance and develop organizational cultures that foster innovation and flexibility." The role of HR in the strategic planning process depends on the organization's view of HR. There are three views detailed in the text which involve HR as an operational function, HR as a "fitting" function, and HR as an equal partner in the strategic

planning process. Obviously, it is our contention that the latter is the appropriate view. In this

view, HR's role would include environmental scanning, competitive intelligence, internal strengths

and weaknesses analysis, and the implementation of the strategies. HR process involves following

activities or steps.

I. HR Planning Process:

a. Determine the organizational mission:

It states Organization's overall purpose and basic business scope and operations it provides

information like, why does our organization exist? What unique contributions can it make?

b. Scan the organizational environment.

This is also known as SWOT analysis through this process organizations identify different

opportunities available in the market and the threats that can be faced by the organization,

and the weaknesses and strengths possessed by organizations are also measured and

identified through this process.

c. Set strategic goals:

To achieve the overall mission or purpose of the organization it is required to set specific

long-term and short term objectives and goals. The goal can be defined as desired

outcomes to accomplish mission. Following are the characteristics of effective goals.

• Specific

• Challenging

• Measurable

d. Formulate a strategic plan:

Courses of action is designed to meet strategic goals, also specifies functional or

departmental goals are selected at this step.

II. Strategic Planning and Strategic Trends

a. The Basics of Strategic Planning – A strategy is the company's plan for how it will balance

its internal strengths and weaknesses with its external opportunities and threats and

maintain a competitive advantage. Managers engage in three levels of strategic planning:

corporate-level strategy, business-level competitive strategy, and functional strategies.

b. The Strategic Planning Process entails conducting a SWOT analysis to identify its

strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

c. Basic Strategic Trends

• Globalization refers to the tendency of firms to extend their sales,

ownership, and/or manufacturing to new markets abroad. For

businesses everywhere, the rate of globalization in the past decade has

been enormous, and has several strategic implications for firms.

• Technological Advances have been forcing, and enabling, firms to

become more competitive.

• The Nature of Work is changing due to new technological demands.

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