Instructions

Supporting Lectures

Review the following lecture:

• HRM Strategy and Analysis

HR Perspective: Transforming HR at Chick Fil A

Introduction

Research the organization and consider this scenario:

The HR department at Chick Fil A has grown and changed over time to meet the company’s needs and focus on corporate strategy. Today, the department handles more issues than it ever has. Servant leadership requires leaders to put the needs of the company and the employees above their own needs. Although the HR personnel face challenges, corporate expectations are high.

Tasks

• Summarize background information of Chick Fil A’s redesign of HR and organizational needs.
• Describe the current trends within the HR department.
• Explain how you would encourage the CEO and other top leaders to focus their efforts on creating a healthy organization culture.
• Define the steps you would take to develop a healthy organization.

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the

South University Online Library

. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Submission Details

• Create 2- to 3-page, excluding title and references Microsoft Word document.
• Name your file as SU_HRM6999_W1_Project_LastName_FirstName.

Human Resources

HRM Strategy and Analysis

Employers can’t intelligently design their HR policies and practices without understanding the role of
these policies and practices that are to play in achieving their companies’ strategic goals. The key to
this understanding, as managers, is to know how to design strategic HR plans and how to evaluate the
results. 

Elements of a High-Performance Work System
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Information Systems

Reward Systems

Task Design

People (Selection, Training, and
Development)

Organizational Goals

Performance

Strategic Plan

Strategic plans are similar to a business model. A strategy is a course of action, a process, and this is
very important for identifying and executing the organization’s strategic plan by matching the
company’s capabilities (strength and weakness) with the demands of its environment (its competitors
and suppliers). Many organizations utilize various strategic management processes. A good research
on this will guide you to one you would be willing to work with.

Strategic HRM

Top company managers select the desired corporate strategies. Departmental managers formulate
the functional strategies to support the company’s wide strategic aim. Every organizations’ HRM
policies and activities need to make sense of the strategic aim and also utilize tools such as a:

Reference

Organizational culture is a system of shared
assumptions, values, and beliefs, which governs how
people behave in organizations. These shared values
have a strong in�uence on the people in the
organization and dictate how they dress, act, and
perform their jobs.

Organizational Culture

Kaplan, R. S. & Norton, D. P. (2004). Converting Intangible Assets into Tangible Outcomes: Strategy Maps. Retrieved from http://www.b

usinesstraining.com.mx/egaii/docs/Strategy%20Maps

Consistency

All managers should be consistent with goals and objectives. Emphasis should be on the progress of
the business strategy and various implementations. Managers should be in the forefront of the
internal and external strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and have the ability to
formulate a strategic option or course through proper evaluation. An example could be to promote a
high-performance work system. From HRM policies and practices, to evaluating the various
department’s pay scales and determining how department’s enthusiasm and motivation, all have
promoted high-quality work.

Tools
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Additional Materials

From your course textbook, Human Resource Management, review the following chapter:

Human Resources Management Strategy and Analysis