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This essay answers the following questions on the case study - - 1. a) What kind of approach to local HR strategy did the German HR Director take? What perspective on strategic HRM, outlined in the Chapter 3, does this illustrate?
- b) Do you consider the way (or how) the German HR director carried out his approach wise?
- You should discuss your arguments using ideas, theories of strategic approaches explained in chapter 3/ 4 of the textbook.
- 2. Should the company have done some things differently when it launched its new sales force? If so, what and why?
- Relate your answer to the ‘HR architecture’ model shown in Figure 4.3, page 115 of the textbook; compare and contrast with other HRM strategies.
- 3. What lessons about employees as strategic resources and about barriers to imitation in HRM would you take from this story?
- You may think of developing your arguments in terms of contextual changes, culture and cultural fit; ethics and the organisational changes and setting in which managers generally try to ensure that HR systems fit in with their environment.
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