This document discusses strategic human resource management and training and development. It defines strategic HRM as activities linking the HR function to organizational strategy to improve performance. Traditional HR focuses on the short-term, while strategic HR takes a long-term view and integrates goals and policies. The document outlines the benefits of strategic HRM, barriers to it, and describes the systems model of training which includes need assessment, design, evaluation and implementation. It also discusses the roles, purposes, steps and methods of training and development including on-the-job and off-the-job training.