Coaxing the Corporate Will: Human Resource Management Practitioners and the Use of Strategic Agency at Royal Dutch Shell and Ford Motor Company, 1910-1950

This poster investigates how Human Resource Management (HRM) practitioners influenced corporate strategy at Royal Dutch Shell and Ford Motor Company between 1910 and 1950. By applying Strategy-as-Practice management theory and analyzing historical case studies, the research explores HRM actions during critical organizational junctures. It aims to establish a new narrative of HRM’s strategic value and identify actionable practices to enhance HRM’s role in corporate strategy.