Mount Ridge Case

. - Discuss the relationship between corporate human resources structure and operations at the plant level. What impact, if any, did that relationship have on the situation described by Newcombe?
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In this case, the lack of professional ethics of the superintendent was clear. In order to have a positive impact in the other workers and maintain the loyalty she should apply a sanction. In other hand, she should correct the notice of termination and evaluate the benefit of having a proactive worker in the company. She should persuade the worker for the good of the company, and offer better work conditions. Avoid futures penalties for the company if the problem reached the department of labor should be the priority in these
Cost is one of the aspects with the great impact on competitive advantage. The strategy was to have the highest proportion of the market where they are most competitive. The company used a new technology called cogeneration which facilitates cost efficiency. Another strategy was hiring a director to human resources in order to organize a system in human resources department. With this strategy the human resources department was centralized and there was no close relationship with the others areas of the