Velina Jackson
Dr. Thomas Hennefer
HRM 599 Human Resource Management Capstone
January 20, 2017
A Growing Small Business
Lehigh Hanson is the company I chose as my business case. Lehigh Hanson has been supplying cement, aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, asphalt, and other building materials throughout the United States, Canada, and Germany. The high demands on performance and being open minded is what HR and management hold at high demands and they lead by example. To transition the Human Resource department in becoming an innovative and driving force of the organizations to become a driving force of the 21st century, the HR department needs some assistance. This paper covers the human resource management strategy
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Our brand is what we stand for and what keeps the customers coming back for our product. Our focus will be to partner with companies that will be building roads bridges, and buildings. We will partner with home builders, and move to more midsize companies. Our negotiation strategies set Lehigh apart and our commitment and loyalty to our customers is how our name gets out to other organizations by word of mouth and the marketing strategy plays a major part in our productivity. We believe that our success is highly dependent on our environmentally friendly practices.
The following is the human resource management strategy we plan to put in place to support the company’s business strategy:
1. Employee Competency
• The primary objective of the company is to ensure that it produces sustainable materials.
• The employees who have been employed should have the correct skills for the jobs they have been hired to do.
• All employees should be trained and sensitized on the advantages of using sustainable materials and procedures so they can understand the goals of the company’s strategy.
• The employees should be equipped with knowledge on sustainability.
• There will be a monthly training session to remind the employees of the importance of sustainable procedures and materially that are used.
• In case the company needs to hire new employees, their training must involve the company’s goals, mission and vision. They must also have
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