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HR's Role in a Classical Environment.  

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HR's Role in a Classical Environment The key characteristics of the classical approach to strategy emphasise a step-by-step sequential flow of decision-making, where strategic decision-making lies at the top. When a strategy emerges it is complete ready to passed down through the layers. The model assumes that the company has a clever leadership team, which can make effective choices, these choices potentially being made in isolation without input from HR. When a particular path is chosen, it is assumed that any HR implications that arise, such as recruitment and training will be straightforward to manage and that should there need to be a shift in direction, the environment is controllable and culture change will not be difficult. However, by not involving HR in the decision making process, the role of HR may be limited to sorting out problems once they have arisen and by default fire-fighting. The impact of which may...

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