human resource metrics: the quantitative gauge of a human resource management activity, such as employee turnover, hours of training per employee, or qualified applicants per position.

Metrics that specifically focus on measuring the activities that contribute to achieving a company’s strategic aims

An HR audit is an analysis of the completeness, efficiency, and effectiveness of the organization’s HR functions, including its HR policies, practices, processes, and relevant metrics

Formulating and executing human resource policies and practices that produce the employee competencies and behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic aims

having human resource policies and practices that produce the employee skills and behaviours necessary to achieve the company’s strategic goals, which often include sustainability goals

strategy map

HR scorecard

digital dashboard

corporate-level strategy: type of strategy that identifies the portfolio of businesses that, in total, comprise the company and the ways in which these businesses relate to each other60

competitive strategy: a strategy that identifies how to build and strengthen the business’s long-term competitive position in the marketplace.

competitive advantage: any factors that allow an organization to differentiate its product or service from those of its competitors to increase market share.

functional strategy: a strategy that identifies the broad activities that each department will pursue in order to help the business accomplish its competitive goals

Top managers - Devising the company’s overall strategic plan

Lower-level managers - provide inputs/information