Business Environment, Mergers And Acquisitions

Human resource is an appellation used in referring to the workforce of an organization or company. Human resource management is involved in the act of putting together employees in an organized manner to assure the objectives of the organization are achieved in a competent and experienced manner. Human resources are the most important services of any organization since they are the catalysts of non-human resources and the medium for developing competitive advantages and sounds of creativity. No organization can exist without a human resources department (Walsh, 2009). A company without an HR department would be reducing its operations and could collapse within a short amount of time.

Human resources (HR) professionals have an awkward position in corporations. Other departments worry about their objectives and strategies, whereas the HR department must apply their targets and strategy to the overall business’s goals to produce results. Regardless what other departments engage in, HR’s visibility, impact, and value in companies such as Best Buy is crucial to stay in existence.

In an era of organizational flux due to competition and globalization, companies and employees are faced with constant change. Leaders must be able to adapt to change as the environment shifts. HR has been known as the organizational change agent, administrative expert, and employee advocate. More recently they have been regarded as business strategic partners for many organizations. In order to be successful and remain competitive in today’s market, Human Resources (HR) must be considered a strategic partner if an organization wants to flourish. Top executives today commit significant resources to ensure that their company’s functions are capable of rapid change and achieving their

The role of a Human Resource department is ever changing in today’s volatile business environment. Over the years HR have become strong strategic partners within an organization by providing functions such as recruitment,

The HR Department wears many hats and is most cases responsible for many areas: budget controlling, conflict resolution, training, employee satisfaction, cost saving measures, strategic planning, and of course the big one…the hiring of the “right “individuals. The hiring process needs to be an organized and well thought out set of procedures from identifying who will be needed to the hiring and training of that individual. There are many steps, some of which have legal ramifications, so the procedures need to be followed and reviewed to ensure that the procedures are not only capturing the best candidates but the procedures comply with all of the laws.

With reference to your own research and the item above, do you think that takeovers and mergers inevitably improve the performance of the businesses involved?

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

This course prepares human resource managers to comply with human resource laws and regulations across all jurisdictions. Students learn how to manage human resource functions within a regulatory

The role of a Human Resource department is ever changing in today’s volatile business environment. Over the years HR have become strong strategic partners within an

Apply the theories reviewed in class related to analyzing an HR function and determining the type of HRIS application necessary to automate and create a strategic alliance for this HR department. Students will have an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts to a professional business application.

1.      Economies of scale. An amalgamation company will have more reasons at its command that the individual companies. This will help in increasing the scale of operations and the economies of large scale will be available. These economies will occur because of more intensive utilization of production facilities, distribution network, research and development facilities, etc. these economies will be available in horizontal mergers were scope of more intensive use of resources is greater.

* For the corporation that has acquired another company, merged with another company, or been acquired by another company, evaluate the strategy that led to the merger or acquisition to determine whether or not this merger or acquisition was a wise choice. Justify your opinion.

Mergers and acquisitions are a stressful time for any company, regardless if they are the purchaser or the company being acquired. It is important to remember that the goal of this acquisition is meant to positively impact both companies and every one involved is responsible for continuing to bring the customers value. Every department involved is going to have a unique set of challenges and the human resources department is no different. Human resources are going to be responsible for managing any problems regarding employees as this merger continues. In order to prepare for any anticipated problems this report is going to focus on three specific areas; sharing information with employees, managing personnel changes and lastly managing geographical consolidation.

Legal, Safety, and regulatory issues all have a large impact on the human resources process as they relate to the statement “Common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigation.” In today’s society litigations seem to be an increasing greatly, and administrators do their best to create human resources processes that avoid any possible litigations on them and or their organization.

Whether an organization consists of five or 25,000 employees, human resources management is vital to the success of the organization. HR is important to all managers because it provides managers with the resources – the employees – necessary to produce the work for the managers and the organization. Beyond this role, HR is capable of becoming a strong strategic partner when it comes to “establishing the overall direction and objectives of key areas of human resource management in order to ensure that they not only are consistent with but also support the achievement of business goals.” (Massey, 1994, p. 27)