HR Strategy as Liaison with Business Strategy for Organizational Effectiveness - An Analytical Study

Author(s):  
Dr. Sathyanarayana Pavagada ◽  
Dr. Muninarayanappa Munishyamappa
Author(s):  
Trevor A. Smith ◽  
Annette M. Mills ◽  
Paul Dion

The effective management of knowledge resources is a key imperative for firms that want to leverage their knowledge assets for competitive advantage and improved performance. However, most firms do not attain the required performance levels even when programs are in place for managing knowledge resources. Research suggests this shortcoming can be addressed by linking knowledge management to business strategy. This study examines a model that links business strategy to knowledge management capabilities and organizational effectiveness. Using data collected from 189 managers, the results suggest that business strategy is a key driver of knowledge capabilities, and that both business strategy and knowledge capabilities impact organizational effectiveness. Additionally, the authors’ findings indicate that knowledge infrastructure capability is a key imperative for effective knowledge process capability. Managerial implications, limitations and opportunities for future research are also discussed.


2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor A. Smith ◽  
Annette M. Mills ◽  
Paul Dion

The effective management of knowledge resources is a key imperative for firms that want to leverage their knowledge assets for competitive advantage and improved performance. However, most firms do not attain the required performance levels even when programs are in place for managing knowledge resources. Research suggests this shortcoming can be addressed by linking knowledge management to business strategy. This study examines a model that links business strategy to knowledge management capabilities and organizational effectiveness. Using data collected from 189 managers, the results suggest that business strategy is a key driver of knowledge capabilities, and that both business strategy and knowledge capabilities impact organizational effectiveness. Additionally, the authors’ findings indicate that knowledge infrastructure capability is a key imperative for effective knowledge process capability. Managerial implications, limitations and opportunities for future research are also discussed.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Patricia Wycher

The purpose of the paper is to explore the extent to which the Ontario warehousing industry has embraced environmental sustainability within its business strategy. This will provide a needed baseline on the current state of practice in the Province. This could also lay the foundation for future work in Ontario, particularly with respect to where improvements can be made. Data was collected through a review of Leonard’s Guide, a content analysis of publicly available information, and a survey of warehousing companies in Ontario. Multiple methods of collecting data were utilized for triangulation and to protect against the possibility not enough data would be available by one alone. The findings indicate that there have been some inroads made in implementing environmental sustainability programs within the warehousing industry of Ontario, but there is still room for improvement. The findings also indicate that third-party logistics (3PL) are more likely than warehousing/distribution companies to implement environmental sustainability programs, as are companies which had their trade areas beyond the borders of Canada.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-25
Author(s):  
Zukra Budi Utama ◽  
Thamrin Abdullah ◽  
Suparno Eko Widodo

How organizations survive following global phenomena in the form of increasingly random and unpredictable changes, which have now entered the industrial era 4.0. by increasing the acceleration of internet-based multi-media computer technology, in communication and control systems that are integrated with automation systems? Organizations must make a big leap by realizing the convergence of business strategies with HR strategies. Business and HR strategies are not only unidirectional but united in harmony. Where HR can respond to changes in the external and internal environment that affect business strategies, right at the moment the changes occur, so that convergence is always realized and sustained sustainably, then the focus of innovation drives the achievement of target organizations. Two things must be done to unite is to align the direction of departmental policies - as standard guidelines for individual work processes - with the direction of organizational strategy, then develop HR to be able to build integrated systematic work processes to eliminate routine work, so that the full focus of innovation responds to each convergence of disruptive changes. Our research in measuring the distance of policies from work functions to business strategies in private organizations, found an average achievement of 50%, to make improvements that reach 100%. For research conducted in public organizations, it was found that the achievement was very small, namely below 20%. The smaller the level of achievement the further away the organization is from the position of convergence. For this reason, HRD must build a Strategic KPI that encourages all management functions in line with organizational strategy, while developing Strategic HR to be ready to follow global developments. 


1999 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. Engelbrecht ◽  
R. G. Erasmus ◽  
N. Sivasubramaniam

To be utilized effectively and to have a positive effect on the multitude of complex challenges facing South African organizations, human resources (HR) have to be managed in a strategically correct manner. This study investigated the performance implications of two types of fit in strategic human resource management (SHRM). The results indicated that an organizations HR strategy had a moderating effect on the relationship between business strategy and performance. Furthermore, the survey indicated that organizations could be classified according to clusters of internally consistent HR practices, with some performance differences across the clusters. Finally, evidences for the validity of the proposed typology of fit were found, thus making a contribution to theory- building in the field of SHRM. Opsomming Ten einde menslike hulpbronne (MH) effektief te benut, asook die vele komplekse uitdagings waarmee Suid-Afrikaanse organisasies worstel die hoof te kan bied, moet menslike hulpbronne op 'n strategies korrekte wyse bestuur word. In hierdie studio is die prestasie-implikasies van twee tipes passing in strategiese menslike hulpbronbestuur (SMHB) ondersoek. Die resultate toon dat n organisasie se MH-strategie 'n modererende invloed op die verband tussen besigheidstrategie en prestasie uitoefen. Die ondersoek dui verder daarop dat organisasies in bondels van intern konsekwente MH aktiwiteite geklassifiseer kan word, met onderlinge verskille in orgamsatoriese prestasie tussen die bondels. Laastens is bewyse vir die geldigheid van die voorgestelde tipologie van passing gevind, waardeur 'n bydrae tot teoriebou in die veld van SMHB gemaak is.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Patricia Wycher

The purpose of the paper is to explore the extent to which the Ontario warehousing industry has embraced environmental sustainability within its business strategy. This will provide a needed baseline on the current state of practice in the Province. This could also lay the foundation for future work in Ontario, particularly with respect to where improvements can be made. Data was collected through a review of Leonard’s Guide, a content analysis of publicly available information, and a survey of warehousing companies in Ontario. Multiple methods of collecting data were utilized for triangulation and to protect against the possibility not enough data would be available by one alone. The findings indicate that there have been some inroads made in implementing environmental sustainability programs within the warehousing industry of Ontario, but there is still room for improvement. The findings also indicate that third-party logistics (3PL) are more likely than warehousing/distribution companies to implement environmental sustainability programs, as are companies which had their trade areas beyond the borders of Canada.


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