Lussier, Human Resources Management 3e
SAGE Publishing, 2019
Discussion Questions
Chapter 2: Strategy-Driven Human Resource Management
1. The three major strategic questions to analyze what kind of strategic plan is needed in an organization
are listed below. Which of these questions you believe is most difficult for organizations to answer and
why?
a. What is our present situation (where are we now)?
2. Part of any organizations strategy includes both a mission and a vision. Describe the differences
between a mission and a vision and share a mission and a vision from an organization you are familiar
with?
3. There are several areas where the generic corporate strategy affects how we do our jobs within HR. If
our organization is following a generic cost leadership strategy, we are going to be most interested in
minimizing all internal costs, including employee costs. So we are concerned with maximum efficiency
4. There are two primary components of strategic analysis used by most organizations: a five-forces
analysis and a SWOT analysis. Describe the differences in these two analyses and situations where you
might use one analysis over another.