Journal of Management Case Studies.
2016, 9(6):
580-595.
Since the concept of strategic readiness put forward by Kaplan and Norton, researches on strategic readiness of human capital have become prevalent. Based on literature review, 25 questions under 6 aspects, which represent how to assess and promote strategic readiness of human resource, are concluded. Taking Neusoft as a case, this paper constructs a theoretical framework of assessing and promoting strategic readiness of human resource, using the single case study method with document classification and data coding technology. The results show that: (1) the assessing process consists of determining strategic job families, constructing competency profile and evaluating strategic readiness of human capital; (2) the promoting mechanism includes talent acquiring, talent training and talent drain controlling. On the basis, the factors which affect the validity of three mechanisms mentioned above are analyzed. The results show that: (1) recruiting technology, organizational attractiveness and recruiters’ behavior have significance on the validity of talent acquiring mechanism; (2) goal orientation, attentional advice, advance organizers, and preparatory information have significance on the validity of talent training mechanism; (3) organizational/supervisor’s support, distributive equity, payment, promotional opportunities, and employee job autonomy have significance on the validity of talent drain controlling mechanism. Based on the theoretical findings, management implications are proposed to suggest how to assess and promote strategic readiness of human capital.