This document contains four papers from a symposium on strategic human resource development (HRD). "The GEICO Challenge Session: A Model for Integrating Human Resource Development and Strategic Planning" (Clyde T. Conine, Jr., Bill P. Criswell) reports on a study that delineated the nature of the integration of HRD into the strategic planning process of GEICO, a nationwide insurance corporation. "Strategic Alignment and Performance" (Steven W. Semler) develops a model of strategic alignment that is based on earlier theoretical perspectives on organizational alignment and describes the relationships between the elements of strategy, structure, culture, and performance. A definitional context for scenario and strategic planning and a model illustrating the use of scenario planning as a means to leverage three key roles in strategy formation and implementation are presented in "The Role of Scenarios in Business Strategy and Human Resource Development" (Susan A. Lynham, Joanne Provo, Wendy E.A. Ruona). "Strategic HRD Aligning and HRD Effectiveness" (Ida A.A.M. Wognum, Roel J. Bosker) reports on a study that examined the relationship between strategic HRD alignment and HRD effectiveness in companies from two sectors: industry and financial and commercial services. (MN)