Human Resource Planning: Managing The Only Renewable Resource for a Competitive Advantage

Abstract

"Managers in the ‘90s will need to move beyond the traditional disciplines of Finance, Strategy and Technology to maintain a competitive advantage. Arguably, the most important discipline may be Human Resource Management. Without an effective HR Strategy other strategies will not be possible. This presentation will explore the role Human Resources plays in a corporation and describes the interactions between organization design, communications, staffing, development, rewards and feedback systems. Effective HR Management may be achieved through HR Planning. A performance technology model will be presented that demonstrates HR as a system that interacts with the business strategy and illustrates the need to integrate functional HR disciplines for success. "