key issues in strategic human resources.pdf

Cornell University School of Hotel Administration e Scholarly Commons Articles and Chapters School of Hotel Administration Collection 2010 Key Issues in Strategic Human Resources Kate Walsh Cornell Universit , kmw33@ Michael C. Sturman Cornell Universit , mcs5@ J ohn Longstreet Quaker Steak Lube Restaurants Follow this and additional works at : /articles Part of the Hospitality Administration and Management Commons, and the Human esources Management Commons ecommended Citation Walsh, K., Sturman, M. C., Longstreet, J. (2010). Key iss ues in strateg ic human resources [Electronic version]. etrieved [insert date], from Cornell University, School of Hospitality Administration site: /articles/237 This Article or Chapter is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Hotel Administration Collection at The Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles and Chapters by an authorized administrator of The Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact hlmdigital@. Key Issues in Strategic Human Resources Abstract [Excerpt] This chapter, on strategic human resource management (SH M), is really not for the hospitality human resources (H ) director. We already believe—whether through education and training, through insight gained from experience, or through self-interest— that HR directors accept as true the importance of an organizations HR function and its HR assets. The strategic nature of HR decision making extends far beyond the doors of the HR department. Just as money changes hands and is important to more than those in a finance department, nearly all decisions in a company s purview involve HR in some way, shape, or form. The purpose of this chapter is thus to help those already making HR decisions do so in a way that takes advantage of what we have learned from research in SH