Warwick model of HRM

Answer 1

The Warwick Model

This model was developed by the Centre for Strategy and Change at Warwick

University in the early 1990s. Developed from the Harvard model, it emphasises an

analytical approach to human resource management. It also recognises the impact of

the role of the HR function on the human resource strategy content.

The researchers who developed the model, Hendry and Pettigrew, focused their

research on mapping the context; identifying an inner (organisational) context and an

external (environmental) context. It takes into account the importance of organisational

learning in the formation of strategy and thereby incorporates Mintzberg's model of

emergent strategy formation rather than a purely top down rational planned approach.

The five elements of the Warwick model are:

 Outer context (the external environment)

 Inner context (internal factors)

 Business strategy content

 Human resource management context

 Human resource management content.