QUESTION 18 You are a human resource manager for ABC Corporation. ABC recently a
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QUESTION 18 You are a human resource manager for ABC Corporation. ABC recently acquired XYZ Corporation: all of the XYZ employees will now work for ABC. ABC has a fairly formal work environment; employees have a dress code, must work during set hours, receive annual performance appraisals and, if appropriate, annual raises. ABC also has a fairly formal corporate structure, where each employee reports to a boss, that boss reports to a boss, and so on up the line. You learn that XYZ has a much more relaxed culture Employees dress as they wish, often in jeans and T shirts, and often come in late or leave earty and do much of their work from home or other places. Performance reviews are rare, and raises happen whenever the president of XYZ feels they are called for. Finally, there s no real structure at XYZ: employees often walk into the president's office with questions or complaints. What concerns do you have for this merger? As the HR manager. what steps can you take to make this transition work smoothly for the employees of ABC and XYZ? For the toolbar, press ALT+F10 (PC) or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac). T T T ArialExplanation / Answer
18- In this case the most important question for Human Resource point of view is corporate culture. Both ABC and XYZ have different corporate culture where the former has formal culture with systematic structure and disciplined approach where the latter has a casual structure and rarely any formalisms prevail. The major challenges for the HR department are the synthesis of the culture and how XYZ employees will fit into the culture of ABC.As an HR manager I would like to implement certain things with the approval and consent of higher management from both ABC and XYZ so that a better and conducive work environment will be practiced in the combined entity.