There is a indeed a strong business case to embrace SHRM, as the latter is instrumental to achieve the organisation's long-term objectives, as well as promoting shared values and business culture among employees. This is confirmed by that fact that SHRM is largely shaped by strategic decisions taken at the senior management level.
Academics have started to study SHRM as a more rigorous, evidence-based approach to HRM, which incorporates data analytics and metrics, showed the potential to lead to concrete business outcomes.