Degree & Type of "Fit" while Linking HRM to Strategy

Dear Students,

There are 5 fits which are to be ensured while linking HRM to Strategy. This is also known as Guest's Ordering, as under:

1. Fit as Strategic Integration:

   • Make a choice of how to respond to & interact with the environment.

   • The HRM Strategy & Practice must match the response (Performance Specific & Externally Oriented).

2. Fit as Contingency:

   • HRM Policy & Practices to be more responsive to external factors.

   • Should mesh with other aspects of the organization (Criterion-Free & Externally Oriented).

3. Fit as an ideal set of practices:

   • Criterion-Specific & Internally Oriented.

4. Fit as Gestalt:

   • Find an appropriate combination of HRM practices.

   • The whole is greater than the parts.

   • If one key aspect is missing, the gestalt (an overall picture) may not exist.

   • Specific architecture or culture (Criterion Specific & Internally Oriented).

5. Fit as "Bundles"

   • These are distinctive patterns or configurations of practices.

   • Determine which are the most effective (Criterion Free & Internally Oriented).

Best wishes,
Prof. D. P. Chattopadhyay
(Globsyn Business School)