3HRC Understanding Organisations and the Role of Human Resources

Mechanical- the branch of engineering dealing with the design, construction, and use of machines. These engineers may face problems such as making an engine more efficient.

“The task of drafting a product was no longer left with the craftsmen, thus the creation of the design profession.” (Hauffe, 1998, p.11)

They provide verbal and written technical support to a variety of assembly manufacturing processes. They often work under the supervision of a manufacturing engineer in managing equipment builds. For every project, they read schematics and interpret assembly drawings in order to arrange components and properly assemble them into final products. They determine the appropriate tools, materials and processes to build equipment. They may be required to develop new work parameters and develop troubleshooting procedures for mechanical and electrical

In-process inspection and test to determine the status of the process (rather than for product acceptance). .

Research and Development Department is at the core of a jewelry company such as Tiffany & Co. at Tiffany & Co., this department is constantly working to make the company an international trend-setter. Thus, the team constantly develops new collections for

5. Organizational/administrative – these designers are tasked to simplify and minimize the amount of effort required (for example, creating a excel template for accountants)

Testing: It runs all the necessary testing to check the system if there is any problems or issues that need addressing.

Manufacturing- to be able to manufacture and create the designs we have produced, also each part of the final product should be fully functional and contribute towards the finished product.

Job Description: Execute and lead all product research and development activities for approved business initiatives in a cross-functional and collaborative manner in an effort to support in coordinating design, development, validation, and documentation of systems & components. Provide technical support in response to customer needs and typically interacting with engineers at commercial, industrial, and other

Dedicated Engineering and Research & Development Activities – the company has a very strong R&D having over 3000 engineers and scientists

Inside the company communications are promoted between the different areas. At the time when the company is developing a new project they promote a team of different departments working together to have the better outcome of the project. As the company involves employees in product development, the result will be not only in a better product design, but also it “adds impetus of an immense pride of association factor: We came up with this as a team. Everyone wins, including customers and shareholders."

Understand design from a technical perspective, i.e. producing patterns, toiles and technical specifications for designs;

This stage of the testing is important to the finished product, as it verifies whether the project meets the functional, technical and system requirements. The testing must be conducted in a similar environment in which resembles the production

Through staff induction we ensure that each of our new employees receive our company handbook which includes each of these three documents. The new employee’s team leader takes the employee through handbook and given the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback based on each of the topics. This is done as it forms an instant bond and understanding between the employee and organization.

* Product-level: product group management team of technical & commercial representatives meeting once a month to review results, suggesting corrective actions, resolving interfunctional differences