Assignment 4: Southern Company Case Study XXX XXXXX Professor XXXX XXXXX HRM 532 – Talent Management May 27‚ 2012 Abstract Southern Company is an electric utility company headquartered in Atlanta‚ GA. The company owns electric utilities in Alabama‚ Florida‚ Georgia‚ and Mississippi and services roughly 4.4 million customers. Southern Company also provides fiber optics and wireless communications. Southern Company brands are known for excellent customer service‚ high reliability
Premium Management Leadership Human resource management
Write a paper of no more than 1‚400 words that evaluates alternatives an organization must consider to realize growth. Identify the best value discipline‚ generic strategy‚ and grand strategy for your organization. Recommend a strategy or combination of strategies the organization should implement. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Call centers or customer service centers as they are now called have a role in most large
Premium Management
Organizational staffing model Orientation‚ Training‚ and Development Lecturer Giang Nguyen Recruitment Selection Adapted from 3 Exhibit 10.1 1.1 Legal aspects of staffing • Federal‚ state‚ provincial and local laws influence every aspect of talent management. • When a possible legal issue arises‚ the manager should review the relevant legislation in depth and confer with a company specialist in employment law. Lecturer Giang Nguyen 4 1.2 Strategic human resource planning • The process of
Premium Human resource management Human resources Recruitment
Report 2001: Building America’s Workforce for the 21st century. (2001). Washington‚ DC: Employment Policy Foundation. Retrieved December 21‚ 2007. http://www.epf.org//abor01/getpdf01.asp. Axelrod‚ E.L.‚ Handfield-Jones‚ H. & Welsh‚ T.A. (2001). War for talent: Part two. McKinsey Quarterly Number 2. Retrieved December 18‚ 2007. http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com Booz-Allen & Hamilton Caplan‚ Gayle‚ and Mary Teese. Survivors: How to Keep Your Best People on Board after Downsizing. Palo Alto‚ CA: Consulting
Premium Employment Talent management Commercial bank
diverse workforce. In the 1993 piece Cox states‚ "A major competitive factor for organizations is attracting and retaining the best available human-resource talent in the context of the current workforce demographic trends."(1)The other piece‚ from 2001‚ there is also a statement regarding human capital. "Given today ’s increasingly diverse labor market‚ organizations that are best at attracting‚ retaining‚ and using the skills of diverse workers
Premium Organization Management Organizational studies
How Google Inc. Rewards its Employees Posted Nov.25‚ 2010 under LEADERSHIP‚ Leadership Trends‚ MANAGEMENT Contemporary companies are constantly finding new ways and approaches to recruit top talent‚ retain top talent‚ and find innovative ways to motivate employees for maximum output. The theory behind how managers can more effectively motivate and reward employees goes back to the turn of the century. New innovative companies are inventing ways to do just that. Google Inc.‚ Cisco Inc.‚ and Wholefoods
Premium Motivation Maslow's hierarchy of needs Google
employer brand is essential for competitive advantage. With the liberalization of the Indian economy in 1991 and subsequent economic reforms‚ Indian companies are becoming internationally strategic to utilize the employer brand to attract and retain talent which leads to expand and growth of the business. This paper gives some concept on employer branding and also to examine how Indian organizations with a positive corporate reputation can attract and retain employees. It also focuses to explain the
Premium Brand Brand management Branding
Four Seasons Hotel Singapore Human Resources Deepens Employee Engagement through Comprehensive HR Strategy to Develop and Retain Talent Summary OPPORTUNITY The hotel’s approach to human resource management could be a competitive differentiator‚ to help it attract‚ recruit‚ develop and retain talent through the employee lifecycle ACTION Developed and put in place a structured and comprehensive HR strategy with two main prongs: Building partnerships with hospitality schools; students come in
Premium Human resource management Employment
Eastman Kodak’s (EK) Mission Statement At Kodak‚ we believe that by doing well by shareholders also means doing right by customers‚ employees‚ neighbors‚ and suppliers. With that in mind‚ Kodak operates its facilities‚ and designs and markets its products and services ‚ not only to increase shareholder value‚ but also to promote development of the individual‚ the well being of the community‚ and respect for the environment. Kodak Values & Mission All of us at Kodak work from a set of core
Premium Ethics Natural environment Environment
Stephanie Smalls MGT 210 Tanglewood Case #5 1a. Yes‚ the evidence does prove that disparate impact discrimination is present. Historical Hiring and Promotion Data: Applicant Flows Occupational category Total White* Total Non-White African- American* Store Associates External hires Applicants 18023 15193 2830 595 Hires 4145 3464 681 143 Selection ratio 23.00% 22.80% 24.06% 1.05 24.03% 1.05 Shift leader External hires Applicants
Premium Discrimination Minority group Management