HR Management and OBName;Institutional affiliationHuman Resource Management and Organizational BehaviorIntroductionThe human resource department of an organization is very critical in helping the organization to meet its mission, vision, strategy, and goals. The alignment of the department with the needs of the business is referred to as strategic human resource management. Organizations can have a proactive, a reactive or both approaches to Human Resource (HR) management. Proactive management involves anticipating the needs or problems of the organization, and coming up with HR strategies to prevent the problem before it occurs. Reactive HR management on the contrary, waits for problems to occur then coming up with measures to resolve the issue. A HR manager who waits for an employee in an important position to quit before thinking of a replacement or training another employee to take up the role is reactive. Reactive HR is similar to putting off a fire. In recent past, there has been a strong emphasis on the proactive HR help managers avoids overreliance on reactive HR. HR and OB Matrix relationshipsOrganizational behavior is a scientific approach to the study of the way people within the organization