Living Strategy: Putting People at the Heart of Corporate Purpose

Notes

1. I first described the short-and long-term cycle in Gratton, L. et al. (1999) 'Linking individual performance to business strategy: the people process model', Human Resource Management, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 17–33.

2. The key role played by performance management processes in firm performance is well understood. Within this discourse both John Purcell and John Child have made important contributions. Purcell, J. (1995) 'Corporate strategy and its links with human resource management' in Storey, J. (ed.) (1974) Human Resource Management: A critical text, Routledge, London. Child, J. (1974) 'Managerial and organisational factors associated with company performance', Journal of Management Studies, vol. 11, pp. 13–27. The 'softer' performance measures ...