Cesar Pastora
American Military University
HRM600
Xyz Comprehensive Human Resources Plan XYZ is an engineering firm specializing entirely in Civil Engineering. The firm applies for tenders on constructions of different structures such as; highways, drainage systems and buildings, from various tenderers within the country. The company has 300 employees in total: who include include head engineers who are in charge of the various departments within the firm. In this essay, an extensive human resource plan in the XYZ Company will be elaborated and discussed. The company has twelve departments altogether, meaning that up to twelve projects can be undertaken at a go and hence; each department would require adequate staff to avoid overworking of some workers. . “Since the inception of the of the first personnel departments, management practices have played a major role in promoting today’s HRM operations (DeCenco).” Therefore, after the subcontractors have been chosen, the company allocates the remaining staff to each department depending on the projects that they are undertaking: these personnel may include machinery operators, staff drivers and mechanics. Additionally, the firm also has a security detail which also accounts for the firm’s employees. Each departmental head in the organization is allocated a specific project and he is supposed to distribute the resources available to the employees under him. Under each departmental head, there are a minimum of five subcontractors, who may also be engineers or non-engineers depending on their speciality; these subcontractors include plumbers, electrical engineers, architects, plant engineers, carpenters and wielders.
The Organizational Chart
The firm faces stiff competition from both local
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