Chapter Three

Business Execution and Strategic HR

The purpose of strategic HR is to get employees to do what the company needs them to do to achieve its business objectives. The term used to describe this is business execution. This chapter discusses how to use strategic HR to drive business execution. Section 3.1 discusses the role business execution plays in company performance and how it ties to strategic HR at a general level. Section 3.2 explains how to assess a company’s business execution capability and requirements. Sections 3.3 and 3.4 discuss how to link business execution needs to strategic HR processes and how to use different strategic HR processes to support a company’s specific business execution needs. Sections 3.5 and 3.6 address ...

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