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Columbus Custom Carpentry Case

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Columbus Custom Carpentry is a relatively small family-owned business that was started in 1946. The organization is rooted in the Midwest area of the country and focuses mainly on the production of antique and custom contemporary style doorwork. The organization currently has four locations and employs 135 employees. Even though the company operates in a niche market, Columbus Custom Carpentry has experienced great success resulting in annual sales of 15 million dollars. The organization is composed of several different departments, which are grouped into four different units. These units are administration, marketing, manufacturing and warehousing. Columbus Custom Carpentry has numerous problems dealing with internal and external compensation equity. The following team research conducted will examine identified human resource management issues dealing with topics such as pay equity, turnover rates, market pricing, and pay structure. The research will offer …show more content…

When making compensation decisions, whether it is internal or external, comparisons must be considered. However, employers must carefully balance pay structures, because internal and external comparisons may not converge. Therefore, employers may differ in the way they place priorities on internal and/or external comparison data when they are developing pay structures.
Also, diversity seems to be an issue as well. The company currently has 135 employees (94 males and 41 females; 115 white; 14 black; and 6 others). Salaries are top heavy, in that top management’s salaries are extremely high compared to the lower level employees. There are no job descriptions for any management positions. Therefore, job descriptions need to be written, and supervisory training should be provided as well, so managers will be more efficient and effective in managing their staff, which in-turn will reduce the turnover rate which has increased each year for the past three

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