Modern organisations adopt a strategic approach to the selection and development of staff. They link their human resource strategy to their strategic goals in order to use their human resources as a sustained source of competitive advantage. To do this requires the following:

• Development of a human resource strategy which identifies an organisation's required competency profile for future success
• Assessment of an organisation's current competency profile
• Design of staff and management development programs to close the gap between current and required competency profiles
• Design and implementation of corporate policies on staff selection, internal career development and staff retrenchment

A strategic approach to human resource management ensures firstly, that an organisation identifies, develops and utilises the potential talent in every staff member, and secondly, that funds invested in people contribute directly to the achievement of strategic goals.

For more information as to how Strategic Human Resource Management can help your organisation achieve competitive advantage, please contact Sheppard Associates.