1. Explain the meaning of the term labour costs.
2. You have received an e-mail from your boss, the HR director, with the message: ‘We hear a lot about integrating the HR strategy with the business strategy but what does this mean? What are the problems in doing it? How do we overcome these problems?’ Reply.
3. To be a strategic business contributor, HR management must enhance organizational performance, expand human capital, and be cost-effective. Discuss how HR professionals must balance the competing demands made on them.