There four meaning of strategic human resource management defined by the Pettigrew and Henry in 1986. First one includes the human resource management planning, secondly all the integrated approaches which are required for designing the implementation of the system of HR, thirdly refers as activities and policies of Hr. which is matched with strategy of the business with in organization. Forth one includes as for achieving the competitive advantage to view the strategic resources of the people. Implementation of the Hr. strategy is requiring after determining the business strategy for supporting the chosen competitive strategy. For the fictional level strategy it goes to the downward from its business, that’s why strategies of Hr. is considered as challenge for match the five Ps, policies, practices, philosophies, programs and processes (Kramar, 2014). There are two major approaches for HRM which has by two major opposing theoretical foundations which are differentiated as; universalistic and contingency approach.

References of Strategic human resource management and its approaches

Kramar, R., 2014. Beyond strategic human resource management: is sustainable human resource management the next approach?.. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 25(8), pp. 1069-1089..