...(Re)Designing the HR Organization Amy Kates, Downey Kates Associates M 22 any HR functions have gone through the process of transformation over the past decade. This redefinition of the work of HR is intended to allow a more strategic focus on talent management and organizational capability while systematizing HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING 29.2 and controlling the cost of transactional work. Little formal consideration has been given, however, to how these new complex HR organizations should be configured to best achieve these goals. This article highlights the operational challenges created by the most common organization design used by HR departments—the business partner model—and presents an emerging model— the solutions center—that is intended to address these flaws. Each model is described and discussed and a set of considerations for the HR leader is offered in order to maximize the effectiveness of the chosen organization design. Over the last decade there has been a profound shift in the work of the HR function. The publication in 1997 of David Ulrich’s Human Resource Champions spurred HR leaders across various industries to realign their organizations in order to undertake “strategic business partner” work. At the same time, a focus on cost-cutting and efficiency aimed at staff functions in general—and at HR in particular—has pushed much HR transactional work into shared services or to outsourced vendors. For many HR departments, this process of “transformation...
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...Case Study the Calleeta Corporation Estephene Santana 07/20/2016 HRM320 Human Resources Information Systems Instructor: Dana Adams In spite of the way that Jan the CEO delved into different sets out to stay with the on top in the RFID business, a couple concerns were not very far away that would achieve some key issues among the people who supported the association. The business issues Jan saw herself facing were: • Diverse jams got to be frightened about how the RFID's could incite things like undesirable after of purchases related to the purchaser, and also manhandling other security issues the customers should not should be agonized over when purchasing RFIDs. • Because of the improvement of the association, Jan and John brought on some quarter century spotters, seventeen decision specialists and a sound favorable position package just to ensure they brought locally accessible the right laborer and kept them. Settling on each one of these decisions while dismissing the cost to support these sorts of favorable circumstances whole deal. • The current HRIS structure was not interfacing with the associations outside of the U.S. in this manner achieving a break when agents couldn't relate with the structure for required information. Without the climbs to the HRIS, the association seemed to dig more significant into its pockets unnecessarily, while giving passages would settle the short and whole deal issue. John Nosmas the VP of HR simply needed the best people on his staff...
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...Service Request SR-rm-022 BSA/375 JUNE 21, 2012 * * * Hugh McCauley, COO * Hugh McCauley, COO of Riordan has sent a service request to us. The service request SR-rm-022 stats that Riordan wants to make improvement on their current HR tools. They are currently using a variety of HR tools and would want’s us create one integrated application. To do this we will have to do a system analysis of their current system. An analysis will be made with recommendations to upgrade and consolidate their system. * The service request is basically a project statement. This is a document from the customer who clearly states what the project should deliver and outline the high-level work required for completing this project * (SR-rm-022). Riordan Manufacturing has 550 employees worldwide and has projected earnings of $46 million. It is a fortune 1000 enterprise with $1 billion in excess revenues. It is wholly owned by Riordon Industries and based in San Jose , California. * . We will use the joint application design (JAD) for our system analysis, this should help keep the analysis efforts to a minimum. Fact finding is at the core of system analysis. Interviewing of individuals who understand the current system and any known issues, including future activities needed...
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...Manufacturing, is a Fortune 1000 enterprise with revenues reaching over the amount of one-billion dollars. It is highly important to use methods of integrating new systems into Riordan Manufacturing. The method of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a great way to understand the problem, analyze the problem, design the solution, and implement the project. Riordan Manufacturing must revamp its out of date Information Systems, not only in the Human Resource section but in all other sections as well, in order to meet current industry standards, increase efficiency, lower overhead, increase worker productivity and many other factors which will add tremendous value to the company. These values are both tangible and intangible values that cannot be measured by a dollar value alone. This update is in accordance to Service Request SR-rm-022. The most efficient way to update the Human Resource Department would have to include hardware and software that is compatible in the companies’ various locations. Focus will be set on the Human Resource section but all departments will be effected by the new system since the current information systems are, (University of Phoenix, 2013), antiquated and there are severe deficiencies throughout the present Information Systems. Planning Project Scope and Feasibility Study In the analysis phase of...
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...(CFO), Dale Edgel, should be the second key stakeholder (Riordan 1, 2013). From there the list starts with the director of the Human Resources Department, Yvonne McMillian, as the third person of importance. Yvonne has the ability to direct the analysis team to the key users of the current system, plus provide permission for the team to conduct the necessary information gathering. Other key stakeholders include, but are not limited to * Andrea Gamby - Employee Relations Manager * Carl Green - Employee Relations Specialist (HQ) * Employee Relations Specialist from each Plant Site * Terri Carranza - Compensation & Benefits Manager * Anne Pham - Compensation Analyst * Silvija Peterson - Payroll Manager * Ana Richlich - Payroll/Tax Clerk * Eric Myers - Recruiter-Professional Staff * Marl Carillo - Training & Development Specialist * Chad Sterken - Safety Manager * Safety Technicians from each Plant Site (Riordan 2, 2013). This list should include the people directly affected by the proposed system changes. No matter what method of information gathering is used during the analysis phase, all cautions need to be taken to ensure that all areas concerned have equal input into the uses of the current system and the necessary requirements for the new system. Project Scope and Feasibility The Human Resources Department uses software originally designed for the Finance & Accounting (F & A)...
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...This memo will present the final budget proposal these expenditures include but are not limited to: wages, materials, travel expenses, and training materials. Steps have been put in place to minimize the overall cost of the training but not at the cost of quality of the project. Budgetary Numbers: Humane Resources Cost: While the Looney Tune Bank and Trust Corporation has many internal resources that will be used to make this training successful but there are certain task that must be outsourced. The internal resource includes one resource from project management, two resources from the training department, two resources from human resources, and two subject matter specialist from the IT department. External resources include three resources from a printing company and two resources from a travel agency. The overall cost of the wages for the human resources to complete the Being Compliant training project total $9,700 dollars. Material Resources Cost: Material costs include the materials for training packages, note-taking materials, and registration material. The material and printing cost are estimated at $1000. Traveling Expenses: The Human Resource Department has identified 25 branch managers that will be required to attend the training. The travel expenses will include round-trip airfare, two night hotel stays, and transportation to and from the hotel. Airfare is estimated at $250 per person for round trip economy tickets. Airfare costs total are estimated...
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...Human Resource Department Roles Audrick Willis HCS/341 May 8, 2013 Teletha Leonard Human Resource Department Roles Most organizations today have a human resource deparment. All HR deparments have roles that play for the organization regardless of the type and size. The purpose of the human deparment is to assist the human portion of the company. Its imporant that each organization has a HR deparment that is effiecient and has great quality this benefit the organization is varies ways. The functional roles of the HR deparment are very important towards the human because human are known to be very important to an organization. (Stringer) A very imporant function of the HR deparment is recruiment. The role of the recruiment function is to make sure that they recruit the right people for the job. (Stringer) They also then have made sure the each person they hired is in the correct job postions based upon their skills and abilities. This is a very important job and has a huge impact on the impact because as long as the employee do their jobs correct the organization will be a success. They also help with the interview process testing the employee abilities that they have for the job. Training the employees for the skills that are required for a job is also a functional role of the HR deparment. They have a trainging specialist that teaches the employees the learning objective and methods they need to do their job correctly. (Stringer) Most time the training is for leadership...
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...MGMT 591: Leadership and Organizational Behavior Project Proposal Overview of Organization The organization that will be the topic of discussion in my final project is Wal-Mart, which is one of the largest retail chains in the world. Their famous slogan Save money Live Better is a basic belief of Sam Walton, who is the founder of the company. His beliefs are: Respect for individual, service to the customer, and strive for excellence. Sam Walton tried to adhere to his beliefs but when you have one of the largest retail chains and the growth of a company in this magnitude, you will also have an array of problems. I currently work in the Human Resource department and as a human resource specialist. As a Human Resource Specialist I facilitate orientations, administers, oversea facility training, monitor and track completion of training by associates, coordinate training and communicate training issues with management. With this position I hold, I have the opportunity to make suggestions with the training reports I receive and communicate to upper management the outcomes and personnel related issues within the company. My job also entails auditing personnel files, recruitment of employees, facilitating disputes, payroll, and evaluation process. Wal-Mart is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount departments stores and a chain of warehouse stores. Wal-Mart U.S. stores are the largest division accounting for $258 billion,...
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...in Albany, GA which produces their plastic beverage containers, a plant in Pontiac, MI which produces customized plastic parts, and in Hangzhou, China they have a plant the manufactures plastic fan parts. The Service Request SR-rm-022 has been issued asking to integrate the existing Human Resource tools into a single integrated application. This will be done using the existing tools found in the Human Resource System. This request will have an impact on all the listed locations of Riordan Manufacturing: Georgia, Michigan, San Jose, and China. Riordan is looking to update and become more advanced from the current information systems technology in the Human Resources department. The expected results will define business requirements in the development of the Human Resource system allowing the support of the objective of the above listed service request. The objective here is to create a system design that is detailed and a project implementation plan to complete the project. The Human Resources Department (HR) plays an important role in Riordan Manufacturing. The Human Resource department helps manage the day-to-day operation of the organization. Some of the responsibilities of the Human Resource department are but are not limited to: ▪ Employee Relations ▪ Training and Development ▪ Benefits/Bonuses ▪ Compensation/Payroll ▪ Organizational development I have been requested for my service as...
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...The Human Resources Department plays a big role for Riordan Manufacturing. The HR Department helps manage the daily operation for the company. Stakeholder can affect or be affected by the company’s actions as a whole. People who will be affected by the action and can influence it but are not directly involved with doing the work are stakeholders. Riordan Manufacturing in the virtual intranet site needs to improve the company-related information. Riordan Manufacturing works with a system called Human Resources Information System (HRIS). The company has been using this system since 1992 and was used as part of many financial packages. The system has been working successfully and been very reliable. But on the other hand their personal information has been restricted by the programs of data. The HRIS keeps track of employee information like: Personal information (name, address, birth data, etc.). Pay rate (Salary/Hourly), and Hire date. Riordan Manufacturing needs to update the Human Resource Department; HR needs to give classes on basic computer technology to their personal department. The business system needs to be installed that will track the information of the employees and collect the data, and also be able to send any new changes in the personal’s file to HR by alerts. The new system will keep track of new information affecting the hiring and firing of the company’s operations. HR should create specialist positions to data entry the information of any employee when they...
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...are a major relief of paperwork and allow the company to be more economically friendly or paperless. Information systems are vital for a company to take in mass amounts of information at a time whereas software applications do the work to divide the information and categorize them into their appropriate areas. Formtran is an example of a software application used for data management. Formtran can be used in accounting, human resources, marketing, and various other departments. This software application is fast data collection and provides ease of input for invoices, payroll, physical inventory, assets, capital expenditures, liabilities, accounts receivable/payable, and many more features to make a company’s accounting department information simple and easy to access. Accounting departments use information systems to maintain records of movement of funds in/out and around within an organization. Human resources information systems use one database that merges information retained from human resources management and information technology. Human...
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...| The Massachusetts Trial Court | We’re Not Quite Done Yet | | | | Marissa Pina | May 11, 2015 | | Table of Contents The Massachusetts Court System: Massachusetts Trial Court 2 Functions of the Human Resources Department 6 The Massachusetts Trial Court Human Resources Department 8 My Role within the Human Resources Department 9 Old Practices 10 Turning Point 13 The New Hiring Process 14 We’re Not Done Yet! 18 Review of Kotter’s 8 step Model 22 Human Capital, the most Important Asset of an Organization 25 My Hopes 26 The Massachusetts Court System Massachusetts Trial Court Focus The Massachusetts Court System consists of the Supreme Judicial Court, the Appeals Court, and the Executive Office of the Trial Court, the 7 Trial Court Departments, the Office of the Commissioner of Probation, and the Office of the Jury Commissioner. For the purpose of this paper I will be discussing my place of work which is the Massachusetts Trial Court consisting of: Executive Office of the Trial Court, the 7 Trial Court Departments (Boston Municipal Court, District Court, Juvenile Court, Superior Court, Housing Court, Land Court, and Probate and Family Court), Office of the Commissioner of Probation (OCP), and the Office of Jury Commissioner. Exhibit 1 Massachusetts Trial Court is committed to fair and impartial administration of justice; protection...
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...SR-RM-012 PAPER Brandi Perez and Chin Song BSA/310 December 12, 2013 Fred Bennett SR-RM-012 PAPER Human Resource no longer mirrors its personnel department. How it appears on an organization chart varies by the type of company. How it functions reflects the growing emphasis on the role of human resources. Currently all of Riordan’s facilities are non union facilities, employee relations are part of the human resources department. Riordan Manufacturing’s business systems are outdated, most information like training, development, applicant information, analyses, and salary surveys are kept in an Excel spreadsheet. There is no central employee file area; managers are responsible for tracking FMLA absences or any other request accommodations under the ADA. Employee relations specialists are there to track information concerning complaints, grievances, and harassment, locked in files in their or managers offices. The company’s HRIS (human resource information system) was installed in 1992. HRIS system is a software or online solution for the data entry, data tracking, and data information needs of the human resources, payroll, management, and accounting functions within a business. It is a part of the company’s financial systems package and keeps track of the following employee information such as personal information, pay rate, tax exemptions, senority date, organizational information (department, managers’ name etc), and vacation hours. Any kind of changes to this information...
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...Functional Areas of Business Paper Christina M Williams MGT/521 August 3, 2015 Lloyd Krieger Functional Areas of Business Paper Many companies base their organizational structures on various functional areas, creating departments around these functions and assigning responsibilities according to employees' job titles and experience. A functional organizational structure groups employees by various skills and expertise, leading to greater efficiency. Some of these areas include management, law, human resources, leadership, accounting, finance, economics, research and statistics, operations management, marketing, and strategic planning. According to Robbins and Coulter study (2012), the management concept can be defined as an individual who is involved in the coordination and supervision of all work activities of their employees to make sure that the assigned activities were completed in an efficiently and effectively manner. This efficient and effective aspect of the managerial process requires that managers are doing the right thing within a rightful nature (Robbins and Coulter, 2012). Project managers handle making project goals their own and use his or her skills and experience to create a shared purpose within the project team. They enjoy the presentation of creating new challenges and the responsibility of stimulating business results. Project managers also work well under pressure and have the capability to adapt with change and run into many different situations...
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...of these areas include management, law, human resources, leadership, accounting, finance, economics, research and statistics, operations management, marketing, and strategic planning. According to Robbins and Coulter study (2012), the management concept can be defined as an individual who is involved in the coordination and supervision of all work activities of their employees to make sure that the assigned activities were completed in an efficiently and effectively manner. This efficient and effective aspect of the managerial process requires that managers are doing the right thing within a rightful nature (Robbins and Coulter, 2012). Project managers handle making project goals their own and use his or her skills and experience to create a shared purpose within the project team. They enjoy the presentation of creating new challenges and the responsibility of stimulating business results. Project managers also work well under pressure and have the capability to adapt with change and run into many different situations. This type of manager needs to think not only in terms of the "big picture" and the small-but-crucial details that come along with each task and project and know which is more important at the time. Project managers must have the skills needed to develop trust and communication among all of a project's stakeholders. This includes sponsors, those who will make use of the project's results, those who command the resources...
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