Ranganathan also talks about how firms can use inplacement as a means to deal with potential redundancies, which is when organisations retain the existing employees and reassigns them to other roles within the firm. Inplacement redeploys critical human assets to other roles within the organisation, rather than losing them completely (Papalexandris, 1996). As pharmacists are highly skilled workers, they can take up a number of jobs within the organisation. Boots can redeploy pharmacist to areas such as clinical research, pharmacologists, research scientist and use them as medical sales representatives (2015). With the introduction of these robots, somebody will have to be responsible for their smooth running and supervision. As such, pharmacists can be trained into knowing how to deal with potential breakdowns and make minor repairs if necessary, thus avoiding the need to dispense with the worker entirely. Similarly, given the various other divisions within Boots outside of its retail stores, management could relocate the already highly-skilled pharmacists from the shops to other areas, e.g. R&D department, new product development division, analytical scientist or retrain them to become a Boots’ Optician (Boots, 2015). Also, another option Boots could consider is linking up with hospitals by helping to reduce readmission rates by …show more content…
From a HR perspective, downsizing often results in discrimination litigation and negative outcomes for survivors, such as lower job satisfaction and higher levels of stress (Campion, 2011). It is the HR manager’s responsibility to ensure that the HR goals are aligned with the business goals, all the while minimising the negative effects on both terminated and surviving employees, while avoiding legal problems that could result from downsizing. As such, according to Campion, there are 8 reasonable HR practices when downsizing a company’s
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,
Question 1: What are the challenges faced by Right when the downsizing effort no longer is a popular human resource strategy?
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
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
The effect of mismanaged LAYOFFs on the remaining workforce and the effects, lack of management preparation, the human condition, and lack of mitigation strategies. We think that the problem with this article is that not enough managers or HR personal, know how to let a person go from their employment effectively. They sometimes don't realize the impact that it has on the other employees morals. Also, that sometimes companies don't take a closer look to make sure downsizing will be the answer to cutting costs like they think that it will. Every HR or manager should be let go in their lifetime so
When making this type of decision to downsize your unionized plants, employers want to be sure the decision is made fairly and does not give any discrimination towards the 200 employees that would be terminated.
The recommendations do not go beyond the law requirements. Other factors were the company was within legal compliance because the HR manager responds quickly with an action plan that was received by the employees, and the leadership teams. The above was an important because it is essential to maintain loyal and committed employees. Cascio, 2009, stated that the most vital assets are people, there can be no true ownership. The best that corporations can do is to create an environment that makes the best people want to stay.16 Therein lies the challenge of managing human
During the time that an organization is downsizing the supervisor and the managers has to be compassionate, respectful, and honest. They also have to be organized and continue to talk about the progress they are making (Quast, 2014). The regulatory guideline states that if there would be more than 50 employees that were being laid off all at the same time, the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act has to be performed. Under the WARN Act, it “protects workers, their families, and communities by requiring employers to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs”(United States Department of Labor, 2009). If the organization does not give the workers the 60 days notice then
Downsizing or layoffs at a company, whether it is in WeaveTech or any other company have its legal risks that are associated with the exercise. The potential legal risks associated with the downsizing situation would be discrimination, such as how to select the employees that will be laid off (Benn, Dunphy, & Griffiths, 2014). This could bring about discrimination claims as some of the employees may argue that they were terminated because of their gender, age, race among others. Also, there could be legal issues if the WeaveTech did not give a sixty-day notice since it has more than a hundred employees as this is a requirement by the law under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN). Other legal issues that could get WeaveTech
As employee turnover increase, it is the role of the HR manager to keep that from happening, by being more engaged with employers, Richard P. Finnegan introduced this in his book ‘The Rethinking Retention in Good Times and Bad, Breakthrough Ideas for Keeping Your Best Workers’. Mr. Finnegan spoke of the ten principles he believe will decrease the employee turnover, in addition to improving HR and employer’s relationship, he conducted research through surveys, and through experience.
Downsizing is never easy on the Human Resource department. In fact, if not handled properly, it could be detrimental to the overall organization. Here are some challenges that come along with downsizing: Addressing the shifting morale and needs of the surviving employees, maintaining the productivity and profitability of the organization, and retaining skilled, and qualified employees.
No matter what the size of a business, it is important to have a Human Resource Management (HRM) plan in place. According to Dessler (2013), small companies employ over half the population working in the United States and many individuals graduating over the next several years will either work for a small business or become an entrepreneur. Many small businesses do not have a dedicated human resource manager, so it is imperative that the business owner has a set of “practices and policies to carry out the personnel aspects” of the organization (Dessler, 2013, p. 2). In this paper, I will look at five areas of HRM necessary for a small business owner to have established policies, in order for the business to succeed and grow, “a company’s human capital is defined as the collective productive capacity of its employees” (Endres, Chowdhury, Camp & Shulze, 2013, p. 64). HRM is the process and function of effectively and fairly managing that human capital. The areas of HRM to be discussed are: recruiting, hiring, training, talent management and compensation, which all have an impact on the bottom and line play a key role in the overall strategy of the business.
Human Resource management has a high impact on the overall organization being managed. HR management makes certain that human talent is used successfully and resourcefully to accomplish organizational goals. As an organization core competency, human resources has distinctive competencies that generates high value and sets apart an organization from competitors in areas such as productivity, quality and service, employee skills, and innovative changes. HR management activities can be grouped into categories which include strategic HR management; equal employment opportunity; staffing and talent management; compensation and benefits; and employee and industry relations. This paper will
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)
Many steps can be taken to ease the transition of the employees after downsizing occurs. For the employees who were let go from the company, reasonable severance packages should be offered to help the person until a new job is found (Roger & ME, Micheal