Design the Strategies of Human Resources by Means of SWOT Method

Human resources are the basic column in organization and human resources management is considered as the strategic activity for maintaining and reinforcement the competitive advantage. Therefore، managing this vital resource requires strategic approach and strategic management. So، design the strategies of human resources is the first step of strategic human resources management. This paper aims to design the strategies of human resources in Mashhad Municipality، which was done by implementing SWOT method. Firstly، the main internal and external factors in relation whit human resource context were recognized and scored by human resource experts. After that، primary strategies of human resources were designed by using the SWOT technique and ultimately the appropriate strategies for human resource system have been offered by means of Internal-External quarterly matrix. Result showed that competitive and aggressive strategies were the best options for human resource system ofMashhad Municipality.