BUS115MOD3
Melissa Bell
BUS115/ASH
November 15, 2014
1. ABC Company has hired you as the Human Resource Manager. Though the company has experienced sales growth in each of the last four years a hiring freeze has been in place. That freeze has been lifted and it is clear that some departments are understaffed.
Chapter 10 in the e-text describes the role and functions of human resource management. In one paragraph, describe the plan and activities you will use to determine the personnel needs of ABC Company. First is what are the needs of the company; deciding what types of individuals are need in order to suite the companies demands and conserve the expenses of hire. Then what types of individuals are going to be selected, going through applications, resumes and once selected their references. Setting up interviews, and scaling employees for those best suited, consulting with department managers and having them perform their own interviews if necessary. Performing job offers and salary/benefits negations to signing contact papers of the details of the job expectations, employee benefits, salary, and all other details that the position may include. In order to fulfill my needs as an HR manager I would first, assess the past, current, and future projections of the company and its needs. Then I would look at economic growth or decline and see how that has affected the course of business followed by forecasting the internal employees and the external employees against the trends of the company. Are employees happy or is there high turnover? After this would become the recruitment phase in which advertisements for hire would need to be placed among the market.
2. Chapter 8 in the e-text addresses models and concepts of employee motivation, providing strategies and techniques for improving motivation.
Employee motivation and job satisfaction levels are suffering. Write a three to four sentence paragraph describing which strategies and techniques you would use and how you would
BUS115/ASH
November 15, 2014
1. ABC Company has hired you as the Human Resource Manager. Though the company has experienced sales growth in each of the last four years a hiring freeze has been in place. That freeze has been lifted and it is clear that some departments are understaffed.
Chapter 10 in the e-text describes the role and functions of human resource management. In one paragraph, describe the plan and activities you will use to determine the personnel needs of ABC Company. First is what are the needs of the company; deciding what types of individuals are need in order to suite the companies demands and conserve the expenses of hire. Then what types of individuals are going to be selected, going through applications, resumes and once selected their references. Setting up interviews, and scaling employees for those best suited, consulting with department managers and having them perform their own interviews if necessary. Performing job offers and salary/benefits negations to signing contact papers of the details of the job expectations, employee benefits, salary, and all other details that the position may include. In order to fulfill my needs as an HR manager I would first, assess the past, current, and future projections of the company and its needs. Then I would look at economic growth or decline and see how that has affected the course of business followed by forecasting the internal employees and the external employees against the trends of the company. Are employees happy or is there high turnover? After this would become the recruitment phase in which advertisements for hire would need to be placed among the market.
2. Chapter 8 in the e-text addresses models and concepts of employee motivation, providing strategies and techniques for improving motivation.
Employee motivation and job satisfaction levels are suffering. Write a three to four sentence paragraph describing which strategies and techniques you would use and how you would