The New Director of Human Resources

CASE#1

1/ 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 Newcomb?

The corporate human resources has limited access at the plant level. The human resource department at the corporate have developed human resource tool for the entire company, but it was back to address human resource issues at the plant level. There was no effective communication between human resource department at the corporate and the plant level. There was need of human resources department at the plant level but corporate office was failed to address this issue. Plant supervisor has the right to recommend human resource department about the salary increase

And promotion of the plant employee. The basic philosophy of the company is to value its employees as much as its clients, management was committed regarding this philosophy but its implementation at the plant is not becoming successful. The human resource department has developed employee handbook as well as supervisors manual but operation in the plant was not happening according to the rules and guidelines provided by the corporate human resource department, many of plant supervisors were functioning indiscriminately.

This relation has negative impact on the situation described by Newcombe. If there were human resource department at the plant level Bud Johnson had not to ask for raise and promotion because human resource department would evaluate the performance and decide independently. Newcombe has also realized that plant supervisors are not following the company policy. Johnson’s performance was extra then his job description, he was quick learner, dedicated to work, was performing equipment operators job. But his supervisor denied his increment even after talk; his supervisor had no rational reason of termination of Johnson by stating that he left to take another job which was not true. The...