The document provides information about assignments related to human resource management. It lists 7 assignment questions related to topics like the role of HR in achieving organizational goals, job analysis, social media policies during COVID-19, recommendations for an upcoming board meeting during COVID-19, HR structural alternatives, Larry Greiner's model, and corporate social responsibility. It also provides a case study on mergers and acquisitions. The case discusses how Cisco Systems handles human resource issues during acquisitions better than most companies by getting personal approval from CEOs before any layoffs and focusing on employee morale. Students are asked to investigate Cisco's approach and what makes their acquisitions successful from an HR perspective, and how Cisco differs from other organizations in handling employees

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MBA ASSIGNMENT ANSWERS 2020
SUBJECT : HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Answerall the questions.Each questioncarries 10 Marks.
1. Write a report to reflect your views on how can organizations achieve its strategic goals
with the right support from its Human Resource department. Your report should include
Introduction, Discussion on areas where HR can make a difference for achievement of
business objectives, Conclusion & References. (Consider your own organization for this
assignment or any other organization you have worked in the past).
2. What is “Job Analysis”, explain how does it impact the various components / areas in
Human Resource and Employee Lifecycle?
3. Human Resource function is under a great deal of stress during the recent COVID-19
Pandemic. What Social Media policies do you seem “Fit for Purpose” under current
circumstances of Post Pandemic situation faced by Human Resource department?
4. If you are one of the members of the HR Management Team, what will be your
recommendations for the up-coming Board Meeting during COVID-19 situation?
5. What are different HR Structural Alternatives and how effectiveness and optimization in
People Management relates to choices in various structural alternatives?
6. Write a note on Larry Griener’s Model and apply it on your organization. Explain how it
helps towards realigning and refocusing the people related objectives in your
7. Why organizations must consider CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) as a strategic
alternative? Select an organization and analyze the strategic intent of the selected
organization by using the CSR six stage
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1. Case Study:

2. In the past,the decisioncriteriaformergersandacquisitionswere typicallybased on considerations
such as the strategic fit of the merged organizations, financial criteria, and operational criteria.
Mergersand acquisitionswere oftenconductedwithoutmuchregardforthe humanresource issues
that wouldbe facedwhenthe organizationswerejoined.Asaresult, several undesirable effects on
the organizations’humanresourcescommonlyoccurred.Nonetheless,competitive conditions favor
mergersandacquisitionsandtheyremainafrequentoccurrence.Examplesof mergersamong some
of the largestcompaniesinclude the following: Honeywell and Allied Signal, British Petroleum and
Amoco, Exxon and Mobil, Lockheed and Martin, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, SBC and Pacific
Telesis, America Online and Time Warner, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe, Union Pacific and
SouthernPacific,Daimler-BenzandChrysler,FordandVolvo,andBankof AmericaandNationsBank.
Layoffsoftenaccompanymergersor acquisitions, particularly if the two organizations are from the
same industry.In addition to layoffs related to redundancies, top managers of acquiring firms may
terminate some competent employees because they do not fit in with the new culture of the
merged organization or because their loyalty to the new management may be suspect. The desire
for a good fit with the cultural objectives of the new organization and loyalty are understandable.
However,the depletionof the stockof humanresourcesdeservesseriousconsideration,justas with
physical resources.Unfortunately,the waythatmergers and acquisitions have been carried out has
often conveyed a lack of concern for human resources.
The cumulative effectsof these developmentsoftencause employee morale and loyalty to decline,
and feelingsof betrayal maydevelop.Nonetheless,suchadverse consequencesare notinevitable. A
few companies, such as Cisco Systems, which has made over 50 acquisitions
(https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/corporate-strategy-office/acquisitions/acquisitions-list-
years.html),are veryadeptinhandlingthe humanresource issuesassociatedwiththese actions. An
example of one of Cisco’spracticesisillustrative. At Cisco Systems, no one from an acquired firm is
laid off without the personal approval of Cisco’s CEO as well as the CEO of the firm that was
acquired.
QUESTION:
1. Investigate the approach that Cisco Systems has used in its many successful acquisitions. What
are some of the human resource practices that have made its acquisitions successful?
2. Do a research on what is different about Cisco Systems in comparison to other organizations in
terms of handling employees?
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