Integration of human resource management and competitive priorities of manufacturing strategy

摘要

This article investigates the relationship between the functional areas of manufacturing and human resources by analysing the practices of human resource management associated with the competitive priorities of manufacturing strategy, e.g. quality, delivery performance, flexibility and cost. Within strategic business management, both the competitive priorities of manufacturing and the practices of human resource management need to be observed by the whole organisation. In this way, this study presents ho human resource management practices are aligned to business strategies base don cost reduction, quality, delivery performance and product innovation. These practices may also be arranged in different ways in a particular competitive strategy..