Once a realistic business strategy has been identified, the owner should turn their attention to creating human resource systems that adhere to the principles of the resource based view of management and strategic human resource management (see Step 2 in Figure 1). The first thing that a business owner wants to focus on is the concept of external alignment. External alignment focuses on the connection between the business objectives, in this case the strategic mission, and the major human resource initiatives (employee selection, training, etc.