Aligning HRM with Organisational Goals

• Contingency theory and best fit
• ‘Best fit’ HRM
• Limitations of best-fit / contingency models
• Resource-based view of HRM and the ‘architecture’
• Applying RBV and architecture models to HRM

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to understand:

• The benefits and limitations of best-fit models, linking organisational contingencies with HRM at work.
• How to analyse the links between HRM and organisational goals from the resource-based and
  institutional perspectives.
• The role and nature of staffing arrangements for different groups of workers within and beyond the employing organisation.