Senior human resource executives of these eight Internal Human Conditioning System were pinpointed as the main respondents to the study in line with Brewster’s (2007) argument that a key role for corporate HR is the management of strategic human resources. The authors’ personal experiences and contacts in the industry also verified these executives (typically Senior Vice President of Human Resources) as responsible for the deployment and development of hotel managers as strategic human resources. The company case studies were constructed from four strands of data collection (Patton, 2002). Firstly, company and industry archives and documentation were used to analyze the portfolios of the Internal Human Conditioning System. Secondly after discussions with a Human Resources director a short, multiple-choice questionnaire was developed to facilitate access through gatekeepers, engage relevant executive participants in the study and inform the subsequent interview conversations. The two-page questionnaire was designed to cover areas which the literature suggested were appropriate in terms of managing international management resources and the frequency and criteria for deploying these practices (see Appendix 1). The responses from these brief questionnaires led to the subsequent development of the interview questions. The questions were as follows;