Q1) In the movie, Peter Brand claims that baseball teams in thepast have wrongly defined their goals as “buying players.”According to Peter Brand in the movie, what should be the true goalof a baseball team? Why? (Hint: Watch the scene where Billy Beaneand Peter Brand discusses this point at the parking lot.) (10points)

Q2) Now, identify the HR needs (KSAs, behaviors, culture, etc.) ofa baseball team that is (are) required to achieve the goal that youhave answered in Q1. More specifically, identify the behavior(s)that are required from its baseball players for a baseball team toachieve the goal that you have answered in Q1. How can this helpbaseball teams to achieve the goal that you have answered in Q1?(10 points)

Q3) In the movie, how did the Oakland A’s achieve the vertical fitof HRM? In other words, what are some specific examples of HRMpractices that the A’s have implemented to fulfill the HR needsthat you have identified in Q2? (Hint: Watch the scene where BillyBeane and the scouts discuss which players to recruit with PeterBrand being present in the meeting room. Also, watch the sceneswhere Billy Beane and Peter Brand instruct the players what to doduring the games.) (15
points)

Q4) In the movie, how did the Oakland A’s achieve the horizontalfit of HRM? In other words, what
are some specific examples of an HRM practice that you haveanswered in Q3 being compatible
with another HRM practice? For example, due to the budgetconstraint that the team was facing,
the pay level for the players of the Oakland A’s had to be low. So,the team could not just recruit
any players that can fulfill the HR needs that you have identifiedin Q2. The team had to recruit in
a way that is “compatible” with the low pay policy. What were somespecific examples of this? (15
points)
Q5) What would be a similar situation that organizations face in amore generalized business
setting? And how can organizations better respond to this situationby applying what you have
learned from the movie (with a focus on the strategic fit ofHRM)?