Explanation:

The importance of human resource management to strategic adaptation has been widely discussed by both scholars (Fombrun, Tichy, and Devanna, 1984) and popular writers (Peters and Waterman, 1983) alike. A well adapted firm must not only formulate an effective strategy, but it must also align its various administrative systems to its chosen strategy (Pascala and Athos, 1981). Its 7-Ss, i.e. its Strategy, Structure, Systems, Style, Shared values, Staff, and Skill must be aligned for it to be well adapted (Waterman, 1979). Human resource management is concerned with several of these Ss. It focuses on the recruitment, training, and development of personnel; design of reward systems; nurturing of management styles; and institutionalization of values that are in keeping with the firm’s strategy.