If you were hired as a human resource manager in a large firm in which the human resource function was poorly integrated with other functional areas, what steps would you take to improve this integration?
The steps to be taken to improve integration are:
All these will help to improve integration
If you were hired as a human resource manager in a large firm in which the...
You have just been hired as a Human Resource Manager in a small, but rapidly growing organization with 160 employees. During the interview and selection process, the CEO stated that the reason an HRM Manager was needed was because there was an increase in customer complaints concerning errors in shipments of orders. Errors included incorrect products and quantities, as well as increases in defective products. The errors seemed to be random; in other words, customers did not know if and...
Assume that you serve as a senior human resource executive for a large multinational firm with individual plants in Malaysia, Thailand, and Pakistan and with suppliers in Asia. A new CEO has been hired who is an advocate for rights of foreign workers, staking his personal reputation on the ethical and humane treatment of the company’s and suppliers’ employees. As the senior human resource executive, you conducted an inspection of international operations and became concerned with less positive treatment of...
You are hired as a Human Resource Consultant for a rapidly growing furniture manufacturing firm called X Unlimited. The CEO of X Unlimited does not know what Job Analysis is or why it is important to strategy. For this week's forum write a brief document explaining to the CEO what Job Analysis is, why it is important to the growth and performance of X Unlimited, and the job analysis method you would recommend for his company.
Imagine that you are the manager of the human resource function for an international company known as NXT, LLC. Consider carefully two probable differences between the HR functions performed internationally versus domestically. Explain how would you address these differences, given the importance of the HR function.
if you were the manager of a large firm that is unable to achieve economies of scale, would you recommend that the firm should cease operations and close? Why or why not?
SCENARIO ---> You are the manager of an Accounts Receivable unit in a large Accounting firm. You are switching to a new billing system and need to train your staff. The staff includes a Management team (17 people total - 7 on day shift, 5 each on evening and night shifts). Additionally, you need to train the employees which are 6800 total hourly employees on all three shifts. The training is on the new procedures and the new system. QUESTION...
How can a human resource manager use planning to compete in the health care environment? What is the key element of workforce planning? The biggest challenge? What is it that can done to capitalize on good planning and to tackle planning challenges? What steps can be successfully taken in recruiting for a healthcare administrative position? And what are key elements of good succession planning? Finally, what are some strategies to retain good staff once hired?
You are the Human Resource Manager for an organisation, an organisation of your choice. You can take your own organisation and have been asked by the CEO to investigate the impact of leaders on the operations of this ever-growing company. You will need to produce a report for the senior leadership team that includes the following: Question#3: There are different styles of leadership. Consider your company and its nature of business then justify that which style of leadership is appropriate...
Imagine that you were recently hired as a member of the surgical team at a local hospital. After your orientation period your manager asks you to lead a team to improve the performance of the surgical unit. Your manager believes that you are the best fit for this job due to the fact that you have not been in the culture for long. As part of your improvement process your team develops a dashboard to visually measure the four categories...
You are a business manager at a monopolistically competitive firm. One of your newly hired workers wants to know the following. (Please use the MR MC approach in your answer.) What are the steps required to determine the optimal level of output? What are the steps required to determine the price that corresponds to that optimal level of output? What are the steps required to determine if the firm has achieved maximum profits? What are the steps required to determine...