1. Philosophy: Expressed in statements defining business values and culture. It expresses how to treat and value people.
2. Policies: Expressed as shared values and guidelines. Policies establish guidelines for action on people related business issues and HR programs.
3. Programs: Articulated as human resource strategy. These coordinate efforts to facilitate change to address major people related business issues.
4. Practices: For leadership managerial and operational role practices motivate needed role behaviors.
5. Processes: For the formulation and implementation of other activities these define how activities are carried out.