Business organizations the world over are increasingly recognizing the potential of their human resources. Strategic human resource management emerged out of the parent discipline of human resource management emerged out of the parent discipline of human resource management with the aim of optimizing organization objectives. It emphasizes the strategic importance of formulating HR objectives. It emphasizes the strategic importance of formulating HR objectives, strategies, and policies with a view to developing the skills and abilities for the achievement of competitive advantage.



This book provides a comprehensive, contemporary, and critical review of the key issues in strategic human resource management in India. The focus is on the reality of "people management" in large, global companies. Establishing the effectiveness of strategic HRM with respect to organizational performance, the authors examine recent research as also provide case studies of companies operating in the country.