Factors that impede the tight integration between business strategy and Human Resource strategies in the hospitality industry.

Factors that impede the tight integration between business strategy and Human Resource strategies in the hospitality industry.


The integration of corporate and human resource strategy is one of the much-debated topics within the concept of strategic human resource management.
Truss and Gratton (1994) describe strategic human resource management as "the linking of HRM (Human Resource Management) with strategic goals and objectives in order to improve business performance and develop organizational cultures that foster innovation and flexibility." Thus, Strategic HR means integrating the HR function of an organisation with the company's strategy through HR activities such as recruitment, selection, training and rewards and any other HR activities specific to the hospitality organisation.
The necessity of this integration is demonstrated by Miles and Snow (1994) who suggest that, "without human resource strategies and policies linked into strategic business objectives, high levels ...