Strategic Human Resource Management Refers to

question 91

Multiple Choice

Strategic human resource management refers to .

• A)extending a firm's sales, ownership, and manufacturing to new markets
• B)planning the balance of internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats to maintain competitive advantage
• C)formulating and executing human resource policies and practices that produce the employee competencies and behaviors the company needs to achieve strategic aims
• D)managing a firm's insurance benefits administration process
• E)emphasizing the knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of a firm's workers

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Definitions:

Hostile Merger

A takeover attempt that is made against the wishes of the target company's management and board of directors.

Merger Negotiations

Discussions and strategic planning between two or more companies with the goal of combining their operations, typically to achieve synergies.

Activist Investors

Investors who use an equity stake in a corporation to put pressure on its management to enact changes they believe will increase shareholder value.

Corporate Structure

The organization of different departments or business units within a company, defining roles and responsibilities.