The human resource function at Harrison Brothers Corporation focuses on recruitment, training, performance management, and performance appraisal. Harrison's business strategy includes converting non-selling space to revenue generating space, building merchandise categories, investing in private brands, reducing costs through technology, and improving sales associate productivity. Harrison's recruitment is mainly through newspaper ads and referrals, selecting candidates based on motivation, personality, and drive in interviews. Over time, Harrison has increasingly emphasized performance management to align the organization with its strategy. Recommendations include more recruitment channels, improved compensation, effective training, 360 degree feedback, training for HR managers, shared responsibilities, and integrating HR with strategic development.

1. CASE STUDY: THE HUMAN
RESOURCE FUNCTION OF
HARRISON BROTHERS
CORPORATION
Submitted by
BORNA ROY

2. Explain Human Resource Management function at
Harrison Brothers Corporation
• Recruitment
• Training
• Performance management
• Performance appraisal

3. What is Harrison’s Business Strategy?
• (1) Convert non selling space into revenue
generating selling space, (2) Build up
underdeveloped merchandise categories, (3)
Invest aggressively in private brands like
Polo, Nautica and Tommy Hilfiger, (4) Reduce
costs through use of advanced computer
systems to project sales and manage
inventory, and (5) Improve productivity of
sales associates, buyers, and department
heads.

4. Elaborate Human Resource Structure and Staffing
function at Harrison Brothers Corporation.
• Their main sources of applicants for the organization are
those that respond to their newspaper ads and those that
have heard by word-of-mouth through present or past
employees. The company selects people based on how
well they do in the interview. The company places a lot of
weight on the applicant’s motivation, personality, and
drive. Little or no useful information is gained from high
school or college/university records or references, said that
although they don’t consider school records as that
vital, they do check the applicant’s application forms for an
indication of job stability.this is the recruitment structure of
Harrison brothers corporation.

5. Evaluate the Development of HR Function at
Harrison
• Earlier the hr function mainly emphasizes on recruitment and
staffing function also trainning although a trainer was also there
but gradually a lot of importance was given to performance
management and Performance management is often claimed to be
the area of human resource management which can make the
greatest impact on organizational performance. The use of
performance management systems to implement strategy has also
been viewed as an important part of the strategy process. The topic
has received renewed emphasis in recent years, primarily due to
increasing competition, which has forced organizations to examine
in detail the contribution of various parts of the business, and to
widespread restructuring initiatives, used to align organizations
more closely with the market place, which have involved
decentralization to business units and profit centres (1999).

6. Give your Recommendations for better function
of HRM at Harrison Brothers Corporation.
• More diversified channels of recruitment
• Better compensation structure
• Training should be made more effective
• 360 degree feedback system
• Training to hr managers
• Sharing responsibilities
• Proper implementation of PMS.
• Integration of hr and strategic development