What factors within your industry influence management choices in human resource management? Please give examples of how these factors influence HRM policies and practices. Probes: e.g., Competition? Conditions in local labour market (e.g. labour shortages)? Industry HRM models (e.g., HRM models in fast-food sector). Organisational level influences: What factors within your organisation influence management choices in human resource

1. identify and analyse the industrial factors that are determinants of HRM and provide practical examples that illustrate how the factors shape HRM policy and practice; and
2. assess the extent to which the organisation has adopted a strategic approach to the management of its human resources as evidenced by the extent of vertical and horizontal alignment in the organisation's HRM policy and practice.
3. propose HR strategies.