Wilson Brother Limited Case

This case involves a male and female Hispanic, entering TJ Maxx during business hours, and concealing various items in their bags. The suspects attempted to leave the store without paying for the items. Loss Prevention Agent Sergio Castro made contact with the suspects at the front entrance and retrieved all of the loss except for a black Michael Kors purse, valued at $159.99.

After reviewing the Wilson Brothers Case Scenario, as Director of Human Resources for the organization, what conclusions can you draw with respect to the status of the company’s compensation strategies that are currently in place? What would you do to begin to address this situation? (3 Marks)

I, Marion Forbes the recently appointed senior human resources manager at Hallington Utilities Services (HUS), am facing with a dilemma; work out HR strategies with the Organizations mission and handle employee’s issues and concerns. HUS has made changes due external and internal factors encountered in the market as well as the new regulations happening within the sector. All are very complicated and my main issues are privatizing, downsizing, unionization, motivation, training and compensation. With the information collected, I need to figure out

Indicative Content: Understand key contemporary business issues affecting the HR function within private, public and third sector organisations. Types of organisation; the role of management within them; ways in which HR is delivered; the main functional areas of management; the search for sustained organisational performance, business

| Explain how different organisational structures and management roles can impact on the HR Function (AC: 1.3)

I have been asked to provide a report that supports the retention of the HR function within our organisation. In this report I will explain how Human Resource activities support the organisations strategy and how HR professionals support line managers and their staff.

Further to the recent organisation re-structure forecasting the closure of the HR department, the following report has been created to highlight the importance of the HR activities and the support it offers within the organisation.

- outline services to be offered and working assumptions between HR Strategy and its customers;

Based on our projections for the years 2002-2004, the biggest driver that effects debt is the company’s operating expenses. Based on the history of the upward trend of operating expenses, our recommendation is that The Body Shop needs to concentrate on lowering the operating expenses, and keeping those expenses around 45% or lower in order to avoid borrowing money. Our 45% recommendation includes a safety net which will prevent having The Body Shop borrowing cash if sale do not continue to climb at a significant rate.

The aim is to prepare a briefing for the new HR Director, who has requested the review of

Question-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 Newcombe?

Grommet Industries is facing some very tough business decisions to stabilize the company and restructure to stimulate growth. The HR issues that I am now asked to address in our meeting with Mr. Ramon include identifying the issues we are facing, the options we have to work with, and strategies to use for implementation.

Wilson Brothers Plumbing is in need of some serious human resources changes to help the flow of the company. It is important that with the expansion of the company and demand of the labor that the following is strongly considered. Areas to improve upon are as follows; manpower planning, personal vs. organizational goals, recruitment process, performance management, as well as salary and benefits. Overall the Wilson Brothers need a better way of managing the new hire employees into the business.

Also, McCain might want to consider transferring the old HR department’s organization to a new one in order to meet the challenges in the dramatically changing business environment. For example, one of many other forms of HR structure is made up of three main departments: HRBP (human resource business partner), COE (center of excellence/expertise), and SSC (shared service center). This type of organizational structure allows the HR unit to respond to the market rapidly. Surely there are many other forms, and regardless of which particular one it is, Harrison Brothers needs tofind one type of structure that meets the needs of their own strategy and allows the HR unit a crucial role to play.

How has HR progressed from the 1980’s to now? Provide examples of both Transactional and Strategic HR responsibilities