ABSTRACT
The chapter looks at the impact of Strategic Human Resources Management (SHRM) as well as the concepts and practices that guide and align Human Resource Management (HRM). It focuses on the function in organizations designed to maximize employee performance of an employer's strategic objectives philosophy. The chapter also looks towards enabling Production and Operations Management (POM), a process which combines and transforms various resources used in the production/operations subsystem of the organization in order to create Sustained Competitive Advantage (SCA)—a long-term competitive advantage for the business. Targeted dimensions of focus in this chapter include the strategic rationale for both disciplines, SHRM and POM, in working together in synergistic ways. These ways include the functional connection points of HR practices and supply chain operations, the enabling thoughts and perspectives from industry production and operations leaders as well as frameworks for thinking, analyzing, and implementing HR function practices that enable POM.
