More recently, SHRM has been defined, as ongoing efforts to align an organisation's personnel policies and
practices with its business strategy Boxall et al. (2007). The interest in SHRM as a concept reflects a growing
awareness that human resources are the key to success in organizations. In spite of this, the relevance of
SHRM for many organizations is far from clear. Moreover, Hall et al. (2009) argue that strategic human
resources management is largely about integration and adaptation. Its concern is to ensure that: 1) human
resources management is fully integrated with the strategy and the strategic needs of the organization; 2) HR
policies fit together both across policy areas and across hierarchies; and 3) HR practices are adjusted,
accepted, and used by line managers and employees as part of their everyday work.
Collectively, these viewpoints suggest that SHRM has many different components, including policies,
practices, values, and culture. The various statements also imply that SHRM links, integrates, and coheres
across different levels in organizations. Its overall purpose is to utilize effectively human resources in respect
of the strategic needs of the organization. Agreement seems to have emerged around the identification of the
factors which maximize organizations’ performance as the major goal to be achieved within research on
strategic HRM (Wright, 1998; Hall et al., 2009).