ASSESMENT 1) From Mclean she views her role as HR manager to be involved everything that has to do with the running of the store. She wants to be involved in everything to do with managing the store. Even though She is strategically focused, have a strong work ethics and has a retail experience that doesn’t make define her role as a HR manager as she needs expertise in HR , she is too involved and has to know her role a HR manager .

2) Harriman Brown’s Business strategy a) To increase productivity in every aspect of the organization by decreasing productivity. b) To invest more into new brands and product that attracts sales c) To reduce cost by developing and introducing new technological means to predict sales and manage inventory efficiently. d) To improve, attract and retain high quality employees to manage the organization effectively.

3) The structure of HR in the organization is highly decentralized. Mclean as the
Manager doesn’t delegate and give roles to be carried out by the HR team. She does the entire interview by herself and wants to get involved in everything where by she runs out time to get things accomplished.

4) From the table: a) We can see that store managers don’t think more on performance management of employees. b) On remuneration its clear store managers share the views on remuneration and benefits to the employees of the organization. c) Store managers want training and development. d) Store managers don’t think about occupational health and safety within the organization. e) Store managers and HR managers share a common view on the importance of staffing in the organization.

From the table we can see that there is big distinction between the store managers’ views and that of the HR mangers in the responsibilities of HR functions in the organization.

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