SETTING OUT THE STRATEGY

Astrategic review can provide the basis for setting out the strategy. There is no standard model for doing this, but the following headings are typical.

1. Basis 

– business needs in terms of the key elements of the business strategy; 

–analysis of business and environmental factors (SWOT/PESTLE); 

–cultural factors 

– possible helps or hindrances to implementation. 

2. Content 

– details of the proposed HR strategy. 

3. Rationale 

– the business case for the strategy against the background of business needs and environmental/cultural factors. 

4. Implementation plan 

– action programme; –responsibility for each stage; 

–resources required; 

–proposed arrangements for communication, consultation, involvement and training; 

–project management arrangements. 

5. Costs and benefits analysis 

– an assessment of the resource implications of the plan (costs, people and facilities) and the benefits that will accrue, for the organization as a whole, for line managers and for individual employees (so far as possible these benefits should be quantified in value-added terms).