The HR Director of Great Wall Golf and Country Club has put up her new HR plans. This report believes that the HR plans as drawn up are very good and, with certain recommended refinements, can help Great Wall to successfully maintain its status as one of the premier golfing resorts in China.
Aims of Great Wall Golf and Country Club HR Plan
The HR plan has very lofty aims.
1. To manage human resources effectively so that Great Wall would maintain its status as one of the premier golfing resorts in China.
2. To assess all aspects of HRM covered by the plan and rate its likely effectiveness
3. Indicate any gaps or omissions in the range of HRM issues covered.
From these aims, it is clear that upper management places a premium on the company’s human resources.
Introduction
In order to assess if the HR plan accomplishes the prescribed aims, several factors must be looked into.
1. Job analysis and design
2. Recruitment and Dismissal
3. Appraisal systems
4. Development of personnel
5. Compensation
6. Benefits
If done well, all these will form a framework for a good HRM system to support the company’s HR aims.
Job Analysis and Design
Job analysis focuses attention on the job content, the job requirements and the job context (1). Based on the job analysis, different jobs within the company can be designed (2).
The case study does not appear to have much information regarding this fundamental part of the HR plan in the company. The company has an organization chart for the Executive Committee (3), which appears to define certain functional levels of responsibilities, but we see no other evidence of a detailed job design for that. Evidence of detailed job design for those below the Executive Committee is virtually non-existent within the scope of the case study.
Job design is very important to an organization, since ‘productivity, job stress and quality of work life are tied to job design (4). It is unlikely, though, that this is a