1. What are the organizational advantages of integrating strategic management and human resource management? What are the steps involved in such an integration?

2. Describe and discuss the three most important legal issues in human resources management. Use workplace examples to support your answer.

3. Compare and contrast strategic planning and strategic management. Of the two approaches, which one do you believe is more difficult for a healthcare manager to realize? Why?

4. What are some of the major factors that may cause the health workforce to wax and wane over a period of years?