Selected HR Strategies For Firms Low andHigh on Different Environmental Characteristics (cont.)

Magnitude

of Change

Complexity

• Broad job classes

• Informal hiring and socialization of new employees

• “buy” skills

• Customized appraisals

• Flexibility

• External recruitment

• Decentralized pay decisions

• Multiple inputs for appraisals

Fig. 1-11b

© 1998 by Prentice Hall

Environmental

Dimension

• Explicit job descriptions

• Formal hiring and socialization of new employees

• “make” skills

• Uniform appraisal procedures

• Control emphasis

• Internal recruitment

• Centralized pay decisions

• High dependence on superior

Low

High

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