Creating HR policy is a complex matter that often gets stuck in the conceptual stage-and ends up benefiting neither the employer nor the employee. To progress, HR professionals need to learn how to apply a few practical tips from business strategy when crafting their HR plan: Remember to look at the big picture, consider the end goals, and determine how to achieve them. Sounds simple, right?

Author Stephen Flynn has worked in human resources for thirty-four years, serving as an HR director for the last sixteen. When he got stuck, he had to remind himself to step back and start asking bigger, rather than smaller, questions. This fresh perspective led him to discover that the missing link in the causal chain from HR policies to business outcomes is the labour market.

Identifying the nine employment systems that are internally consistent and externally coherent, A Practical Guide to Crafting Your HR Strategy shows you how to use the concept of employment systems as a tool to build your own HR policies and practices that will actually line up with the business outcomes your company desires.

Tried and tested from concept to practice, this approach is sure to help you finally get "the deal" right for both employer and employee.