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For two years you have been a human resources manager at a mid-sized company that specializes in specialty wood products. The business has 250 employees, most of whom have been with the company for nearly 25 years. Retirements are afoot, as is the need to rescale the company to align with the global marketplace. You have been tasked by the vice-president of operations to map out a comprehensive HR strategy that supports three key business objectives -- 1) sales growth; 2) employee productivity; 3) organizational culture.

You have noticed that there seems to be opportunity to enhance the operations, but it may mean retraining, layoffs and introducing artificial intelligence. Before proposing any solution, you decide to kick-off your work by creating an HR strategy checklist to inventory current practice against industry standards.

Your task is to draft an HR strategy and planning alignment checklist that captures 10-12 key elements that your team will consider when embarking on a strategic HRM plan and realignment.

Outline what your initial thoughts might be relative to the key elements of the current business structure that need to be explored. Suggest 10-12 items that you will include in a planning checklist (policy readiness, skills inventories, etc.), and present your thoughts to the class. Make some assumptions that once the planning checklist is complete, you will have to implement the action items. What must be in the checklist and what can you leave out?