Doris Washington recently assumed her new position as HR Director at the XYZ Company, a software development firm with approximately 350 employees. Her staff includes a seasoned generalist as well as a benefits clerk. During her first 90 days on the job, Doris has noted the following issues that seem to be embedded in XYZ\'s culture: 1) managers create their own interview questions; 2) for some employees, their compensation is simply determined by managers, not based on training, experience, geographic region, and so on; and, 3) the company seems to draw new employees from only two sources, one is the university from which the President of the company graduated.
While Doris has been contemplating these trends, the CEO has asked her to attend a strategic planning meeting about opening the company\'s first location on in Toronto, Canada in approximately nine months. She needs to provide a recommendation to the CEO that can be used appropriately.
Instructions:
Solution
1.
Four potential issues faced by Doris as a HR director are listed below:
2.
Key issue: The Company does not follow a standard process for hiring the employees as managers of the company uses their own set of interview questions.
This would be one of the most difficult problems for the company, because uneven hiring process might result in hiring of incompetent employees. In future, such employees would not be able to contribute towards the company
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Doris Washington recently assumed her new position as HR Director at t.docx
1. Doris Washington recently assumed her new position as HR Director at the XYZ Company, a
software development firm with approximately 350 employees. Her staff includes a seasoned
generalist as well as a benefits clerk. During her first 90 days on the job, Doris has noted the
following issues that seem to be embedded in XYZ's culture: 1) managers create their own
interview questions; 2) for some employees, their compensation is simply determined by
managers, not based on training, experience, geographic region, and so on; and, 3) the company
seems to draw new employees from only two sources, one is the university from which the
President of the company graduated.
While Doris has been contemplating these trends, the CEO has asked her to attend a strategic
planning meeting about opening the company's first location on in Toronto, Canada in
approximately nine months. She needs to provide a recommendation to the CEO that can be used
appropriately.
Instructions:
Solution
1.
Four potential issues faced by Doris as a HR director are listed below:
2.
Key issue: The Company does not follow a standard process for hiring the employees as
managers of the company uses their own set of interview questions.
This would be one of the most difficult problems for the company, because uneven hiring
process might result in hiring of incompetent employees. In future, such employees would not be
able to contribute towards the company
