Reference no: EM133325194 , Length: 10 pages

Human Resource Strategy

Introduction

- provide a link to Hudson Bay website.
- Locate the company's corporate strategic plan and attach the plan to your assignment and provide a link. If you cannot locate the corporate strategic plan, but there is enough information provided on the company website to answer the questions below, please attach the applicable information to your assignment and provide a link.

Part 1 - Corporate Strategy Awareness

Question 1. What is the mission, vision and values of the company? How does each shape the strategic direction of the company?

Question 2. What is the corporate strategy of the company? How did you come to this conclusion?
(Identify the applicable type and sub-type referenced in Chapter 1). Provide evidence to support your answer.

Question 3. Using the Porter 5 generic competitive strategies model (Chapter 1), identify the specific competitive position used by the company. How did you come to this conclusion? Please provide evidence to support your answer,

Part 2 - Aligning HR with Strategy

Question 1. For three of the HR functional areas of Employee and Labour Relations, Recruitment and Selection, Organizational Development/Training and Development, Compensation, Occupational Health and Safety - identify and describe 2 HR activities that would support the company's corporate strategy identified in your answer to Question 2, Part 1. Please explain why? How did you come to this conclusion? Provide evidence to support your answer, (These can be HR activities that are currently utilized by the company or your team's recommendation).

Question 2. For three of the HR areas of Employee and Labour Relations, Recruitment and Selection, Organizational Development/Training and Development, Compensation, Occupational Health and Safety - identify and describe 2 HR activities that would support the company's competitive strategy identified in your answer to Question 3, Part 1. Explain why? How did you come to this conclusion? Provide evidence to support your answer. (These can be HR activities that are currently utilized by the company or your team's recommendations).

Part 3 - Environmental Influences on Strategic Human Resources

Question 1. Identify three environmental factors that may have influenced the corporate strategy and competitive strategy. (Reference terms used in Chapter 3). Why? Provide evidence to support your answer.

Question 2. Identify three environmental factors that may influence the HR strategy for this company. (Reference terms used in Chapter 3). Why? Provide evidence to support your answer.

Conclusion