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Bandage Automotive
Human Resource Management
April 28, 2011
I. Because of the size of the company, among other factors, I might have discovered Bandag Automotives HR management function should be reorganized because their company isn’t organized efficiently and effectively. The employee morale and productivity is declining. Great planning, organizing, leading, and controlling aren’t well established. The focus is more on the financial aspect and not the employees. Although the company’s sales and profits have increased, their human resources and equal employment issues have decreased. The executive assistant handles some of the day to day HR activities except for the activities being outsourced which include: an employment agency that does their recruiting and screening, a benefits firm that administers their 401(k) plan, and a payroll service that handles their paychecks. These activities should be handled within the company and not outside. The company is performing informal salary surveys and using these results for awarding annual merit increases that are just the cost of living adjustments. There is a lack of familiarity and knowledge of benefits, changing federal and state regulations and legislations. There aren’t any codes of conduct or standard procedures in place for employees or management to abide by, with the exception of the HR forms II. I recommend that the HR function be reorganized as follows: a. Hiring HR specialists within the company, as oppose to outsourcing. b. HR training in many employee-related and legally-related topics is mandatory, especially for managers and supervisors. c. Implementing performance management which will provide goal setting, performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, and performance development. d. Counseling or coaching is part of the day-to-day interaction between a supervisor and an employee who reports to her, or an HR professional and line managers e.
Human Resource Management
April 28, 2011
I. Because of the size of the company, among other factors, I might have discovered Bandag Automotives HR management function should be reorganized because their company isn’t organized efficiently and effectively. The employee morale and productivity is declining. Great planning, organizing, leading, and controlling aren’t well established. The focus is more on the financial aspect and not the employees. Although the company’s sales and profits have increased, their human resources and equal employment issues have decreased. The executive assistant handles some of the day to day HR activities except for the activities being outsourced which include: an employment agency that does their recruiting and screening, a benefits firm that administers their 401(k) plan, and a payroll service that handles their paychecks. These activities should be handled within the company and not outside. The company is performing informal salary surveys and using these results for awarding annual merit increases that are just the cost of living adjustments. There is a lack of familiarity and knowledge of benefits, changing federal and state regulations and legislations. There aren’t any codes of conduct or standard procedures in place for employees or management to abide by, with the exception of the HR forms II. I recommend that the HR function be reorganized as follows: a. Hiring HR specialists within the company, as oppose to outsourcing. b. HR training in many employee-related and legally-related topics is mandatory, especially for managers and supervisors. c. Implementing performance management which will provide goal setting, performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, and performance development. d. Counseling or coaching is part of the day-to-day interaction between a supervisor and an employee who reports to her, or an HR professional and line managers e.
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