Strategic HRM Strategic HRM refers to Human Resources Practice that is coordinated and consistent with the overall business objectives in order to improve business performance. Strategic HRM emphasises the importance of Human Resources – and the people in the business – to the success of an organisation. Businesses with an emphasis on strategic HRM may have an HR representative in the boardroom or advising/feeding back to senior executives, and may also make use of HR business partners. Critics of strategic human resource management say that it is a good idea in theory but often hard to implement at the organisational level. Translating the organisation’s objectives and values into tangible initiatives that can be driven by the HR department is a complex problem underlying strategic HRM. Almost all the big companies of the world are following Strategic HRM practices to improve their organizational efficiency to the fullest. HR Metrics Human resources metrics are different measurements that are used to show the value that the human resources function provides to the organization. These measurements demonstrate how effective the efforts of the human resources department are to the overall success of the organization. There are three types of human resources metrics: • Metrics that measure the effectiveness of the human resources function • Metrics that measure the efficiency of the human resources department • Metrics that measure the effectiveness of the employees within the organization