Planning Benefits Strategically
Internal and external forces will greatly impact organizational strategies and this is also the case with strategies for planning employee benefits. On page 484 of the textbook, review the list of internal forces that influence benefit strategy and select any 2 that you feel might have the greatest influence and explain why. Then, select 1 external force influencing benefits strategy with the greatest influence and also explain why.
nternal factors include unions, cost management, total rewards philosophy, corporate restructuring, and business reengineering and quality movement (WorldatWork, 2007).