Week 1 - Discussion 1 - Strategic HR MGMT- DUE BY TODAY AT 10pm CST

Week 1 Discussion Template

Human Resources: From Traditional to Strategic

After reading the Learning Resources, reflect on the different strategies HR professionals use to cope with the multitude of challenges their organizations face every day. Consider also how current trends influence and cause these challenges.

With these thoughts in mind:

· Select at least one topic from the assigned chapters that is of particular interest to you related to traditional and strategic approaches to human resources management.

· Consider a real-world situation that relates to or could be addressed utilizing primary concepts from the assigned readings.

Post by Day 3 a substantive response of approximately 200–250 words that includes the following:

· Describe the topic you selected and explain how it relates specifically to strategic human resources management.

· Differentiate between traditional and strategic human resource approaches and explain your rationale.

· Describe a real-world situation that could be addressed utilizing primary concepts related to each approach (traditional or strategic) from the assigned readings.

· Identify the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and explain why they are strengths or weaknesses.

Below are three UNRELATED EXAMPLES of how to cite within a paragraph in APA format. You need to cite resources in your Discussion Post to support and justify your thinking:

Haag and Cummings (2003) base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time, and...

The authors base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time, and... (Haag & Cummings, 2003).

The authors base their information on their experience and concepts of IT at the time. They stated that “…IT is the most important aspect that needs attention by upper management” (Haag & Cummings, 2003, p. 89).

Now, draft your response of at least 200–250 words below:

After you have finished addressing all elements of the Discussion prompt, do not forget to include your references in APA format. You will need to write the references to any resources that you cite in your Discussion Response. Below are examples of references, including your course text. When complete, please copy and paste your response in the appropriate thread in the Discussion Forum.

References

Stewart, G. L., & Brown, K. G. (2014). Human resource management: Linking strategy to practice (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Wiley.

Below are UNRELATED REFERENCES from a journal, a newspaper, and website. These references are only intended to illustrate correct APA formatting:

Ismail, A., Mohamad, M. H., Mohamed, H. A.-B., Rafiuddin, N. M., & Zhen, K. W. P. (2010). Transformational and transactional leadership styles as a predictor of individual outcomes. Theoretical and Applied Economics, 17(6), 89–104.

Porter, E. (2014, May 13). The politics of income inequality. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/business/economy/the-politics-of-income-inequality.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%222%22%3A%22RI%3A18%22%7D

Walmart. (n.d.) Our business. Retrieved from http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story/our-business/