recruiting entrepreneurial employees who are highly flexible and ambitious

rotating managers across various businesses of the corporation

retaining the existing employees when the firm cannot offer any advancement opportunities

decreasing the size of the organization's workforce

The reactor strategy

The prospector strategy

The analyzer strategy

The focus strategy

entrepreneurial employees who are highly flexible and more dedicated to their craft or profession than to the organization itself

stable employees who exhibit high levels of commitment and loyalty to the organization

employees who are highly skilled in their job irrespective of their commitment to the organization

employees who might be moderately entrepreneurial and flexible but who will also be quite dedicated and loyal to the organization

human resource department

top management team

trusteeship council

labor union

unrelated diversification

a retrenchment strategy

related diversification

a differentiation strategy

It should be closely tied to the human resource management practices within the organization.

It addresses how the organization will manage its operations.

It should provide guidelines about how the organization will manage its human resources.

It deals with how the organization will compete in each market where it conducts business.

job enrichment

self-directed work teams

job embeddedness

attitude surveys

To retain the employees currently at the company

To attract and train the most innovative employees

To coordinate with any other HR functions within the company

To attract and train a large number of new employees

recruit employees who like working with specific guidelines in a stable environment.

recruit and retain employees who might be moderately entrepreneurial and flexible but who will also be quite dedicated and loyal to the organization.

recruit and retain entrepreneurial employees who are highly flexible and more dedicated to their craft or profession than to the organization itself.

retain stable employees who exhibit high levels of commitment and loyalty to the firm.

monitor the actions of the top management team to ensure that stockholders' interests are protected

hire successful employees from competitors' firms to gain advantage in the market

encourage a monoculture among employees throughout the organization and create an ethnocentric internal work environment

hire employees based on intuition rather than using systematic selection techniques