Assignment No.

2 - Chapter Case: Changes, Changes

1. Point out which changes are occurring in the business that affect HRM.

Changes occurring such as:

 Retirement of the five workers in next three years will affect the human
resource structure as they are experienced and deeply connected to the
organization and understands it historically. Their vision for the company's
growth is incomparable.
 Allowing employees to telecommute one to two days per week.
 Concerns over productivity if allowing work from home.
 Closing down the physical office and starting a virtual office.
 Hiring employees on contract basis rather than hiring them as full time
employees.

1. What are some considerations the company and HR should be aware of

when making changes related to this case study?

Some consideration that company and HR should be aware of when

making changes were the following:

 They should be aware of implementing the changes incrementally and not

in instant as it will directly affect the motivation of employees and would be
torturous. The less motivated employee will become less productive.
 They should be aware about the practical feasibility of the changes and
should evaluate the positivity of the changes proposed.
 They should take the collective views of their employees and take into
consideration while taking decisions on changes.

2. What would the initial steps be to start planning for these changes?

Diagnose the current environment of the organization is the first step after
you have decided to make some changes into your organization and decided on

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change agents who will carry the change incrementally. Understanding the
current motivation of the employees is effective way to start an incremental
process of change.

3. What would your role be in implementing these changes? What would

Jennifer’s role be?

My role is to give the idea to Jennifer about the effects of these changes
on the ecosystem of the organization and the identifying practicality of the
changes. Giving tasks to the change agents and identifying the sub-processes of
change to be proposed into the system. Also, motivating the employees about
the changes and overall change management.

Jennifer should be visionary. Her role is to give approval to all the changes
and be a director and a leader of changes proposed.

Essay Question 1-1: Look at the case "Changes, Changes" at the end of Section 1.4 of
the textbook. Focus only on the first paragraph issue of this small company. Five out of
the ten employees are retiring soon and business is growing by at least 10%. In
practical ways, how can you prepare the organization to move forward preserving the
valuable knowledge of its talent for the future?

Executives and HR management have always been focused on basic talent

management—acquiring, hiring and retaining talented employees. But, to drive optimal
levels of success, business leaders need engaged, high-performing employees. The
key to inciting a workforce to greatness is to align your talent management with
company strategy, define consistent leadership criteria across all functional areas, and
identify specific competencies (analytical, technical, education, experience) to cultivate
for continuing growth.
Most people learn through experience, so getting access to development
opportunities is a key for retaining top talent and keeping them engaged. When

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considering your most valuable employees it is important to be more purposeful in their

development and to plan for key experiences that will help to develop the skills they
need to become good managers or leaders.

To help preserve the valuable knowledge of an employee, a capability framework

can start to develop talent for succession planning. It supports the retention of
employees and can also provide measures for performance. It also makes expectations
clear to employees, articulate areas of development required to move into certain roles
they may be interested in, and it makes the process of development and selection fairer
and objective.

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