Business Literacy for HR Professionals: The Essentials of Strategy will help human resource managers understand the basics of strategic thinking. After reading this, HR professionals will be well versed in the tools, principles and must-know methods for implementing strategic thought into their organizations.

The Business Literacy for HR Professionals series was developed jointly by Harvard Business School Press and the Society for Human Resource Management to educate HR professionals at all levels in the principles, practices and processes of business management. Drawing on rich content from Harvard and SHRM, these books provide a comprehensive overview of the concepts, skills and tools that HR professionals need to be influential strategic partners in their organizations.

Content Series Advisor Wendy Bliss, J.D., SPHR, has molded the books to address the business problems that are most often encountered by HR. Bliss, an expert on HR issues, is an SHRM faculty member; provides HR consulting, executive coaching and corporate training to clients nationally; and is the author of Legal, Effective References: How to Give and Get Them.

More information is available at www.shrm.org/books.

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