Management and Human Resources

Paper Summary:

The paper examines the Goldberg, Silverman, Weinstein, Kantor and Company Chartered Accountants and their weaknesses in the areas of management and human resources (HR). The paper discusses the need to transform their group into a team with a leader who is not only well-liked but also achieves management goals. The paper relates that the working conditions for general employees is not good enough and addresses several HR and management issues. The paper looks at the need for performance-based policies, an improvement in conflict management, a focus on diversity and the implementation of training and development programs and succession planning.

Outline:
Analysis: Team or Group
Satisfaction & Dissatisfaction
HR Issues: Performance-based Policies
Conflict Management
Diversity
Training & Succession Planning

From the Paper:

"A Cross-Functional Team is formed when people with varied levels of skills, experience, backgrounds or departments are brought together for to accomplish a task as in the case of Stan's team. An important consideration here is the understanding of the difference between the team and the group. All teams are groups but not all groups are teams. A group is the mere assembly of people brought together while team members come together for a common cause and mission. The key difference between a team and a group is performance and not play or camaraderie. It is good that Stan plays around with his team and they all get along well with each other but the main purpose that is performance seems to be missing from the Stan's team."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Pawlak, J. 2005, 'Make HR Department a Partner in Achieving Goals', Daily Herald, 12 Sept., p.2.
• Lawler III, E. & Mohrman, S.2003,'HR as a Strategic Partner: What Does It Take to Make It Happen?', Human Resource Planning, Vol.26, No.3, p.15+.

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