Create a 1 to 1.5 page summary for each of the questions below that includes a m
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Question
Create a 1 to 1.5 page summary for each of the questions below that includes a minimum of two examples per question from your current/a recent workplace:
Who should play a role in determining how the organization is designed?
What are some of the most prevalent obstacles managers face?
Where do you see opportunities for managers to increase partnerships with their HR staff?
Create your report as a Microsoft Word document with a 1-page overview, followed by the 1 to 1.5 page response for each question; follow APA guidelines; limit quotations to no greater than one citation per response; limit visuals to no greater than one visual per response.
Explanation / Answer
As Dave Ulrich points out HR functions should not be limited to transactional people management. The Human Resource Manager should act as a strategic partner for ensuring organizational development and ensuring that the organizational goals are met.
As he points out a Strategic HR has the followng four functions:-
The HR manager should act as a:-
1. Business Partner
2. Change Agent
3. Administration Expert
4. Employee Advocate
Organizations design should help the organizations to achieve their mission and end state objectives.
Thus its the responsibility of the HR to help in Organization Structure Design along with the CEO/visionary and the Program and project Managers(tactical managers).
Most prevalent obstacles that managers face include employee challenges like competency mismatch, deviant workplace behaviour, resource availability, lack of unity of command, distributed ownership or lack of complete ownership etc. Most of these can be better managed by having a proper organizational design. Both departmentalized or matrix organizations have their own pros and cons and there is no one best solution.
Also, in the actively changing market scenarios its improtant for organozations to keep restructuring and tweaking their organizational design to achieve agility and better alignment to the goals. The managers may partnership with the HR to bring about these changes and stay more and more relevant to the markets.
Thanks!