Staffing Plan Paper Magdy Joseph Zakhary MGT 431 May 29th, 2012 Linda Armstrong Staffing Plan Paper Pacific Gas & Electric (PG & E) has a stated goal of becoming the “Number one utility provider in the United States.” Currently employing approximately 20,000 personnel that take care of approximately 15 million customers throughout the utilities nearly 70,000 square miles of service territory, it would seem that PG & E is heading in that direction. The company is currently traded on the New York Stock Exchange and despite some public relations issues and a few minor operational concerns, is extremely profitable and stable. Anticipating, forecasting and planning for the various staffing needs for such a vital organization is a daunting task that falls upon the shoulders of Human Resources Senior Vice President John R. Simon. Mr. Simon, by trade, is a Lawyer, graduating from Georgetown University. Mr. Simon also holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from Colorado College.
The sociological experience I would like to talk about is one that each member of this world is in each day whether they know about it or not. I am talking about the power and control of the world’s elite. The top 1 percent of the earth’s population makes 500 thousand plus a year. This capitalistic group controls a third of this countries wealth. This power elite owns most of Wall Street and the conglomerate companies in the world.
The AICPA was founded in 1887 and is the world’s largest association to represent accountants; they have over 350,000 members in 128 different countries ("About The Aicpa", 2006-2012). It is considered to be foundation of ethical reasoning in accounting because it covers everything from independence to due diligence and acts as a guideline for accountants to follow. After reading over the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct I feel that the three most important purposes are; to protect the investor, to protect the creditor, and to protect the employee. On the AICPA website one can find versions of the Code of Professional Conduct that date back to June of 2008 however, portions of the code have different dates such as January 12, 1988 that is listed as the date of adoption on the ET section 91-Applicability (AICPA 2006-2012). Although confusing, portions of the code have been around for longer than the code itself and is known as the foundation of ethical reasoning.
Revenues were $150 million, which represented over a 50% growth in the last five years. The Fargo Clinic’s physicians represented 70% of the total in the market. In the mid-1980’s, they embarked on a rapid expansion by purchasing many area primary care centers. This has provided them with a solid base of much needed primary care capacity from which to grow
Firm Research and Bid Strategy Business Description HA Corporation is a competitive firm that deals in the sale and distribution of household appliances throughout the country and has been operational for the last nine years. It is owned and run by six partners all of whom have an equal share of the business as well as responsibilities towards the company. HA is listed as a Fortune 500 company and has annual revenue of over $18 million, more than 700 employees. The company is mainly a dealership business. Appliances from different manufactures award the company’s clients a variety.
P & G spread out into other countries and became an international corporation in the early 1930s, in both areas of product sales and manufacturing. The company caters to the needs of consumers in more than 180 countries around the world (Procter & Gamble, 2011). Today P & G functions in almost 80 countries worldwide and employs over 130,000 employees. P & G’s global business unit focuses on consumer’s first, brands backed by guarantee, and competitors across the world. This unit is accountable for the shareholder returns from their businesses, innovation pipeline, and profitability.
The firm's clearing services offer teams who are multi- lingual, open twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week for client management. Over 99.9% of business is done through exchanges where the firm handles direct clearing memberships. J.P.M.C has an award winning platform MORCOM which was designed to achieve straight-through-processing allows clearing and settlement. This allows the firm to maintain their role as the leading business that benefits the clients, and shareholders. J.P.M.C promotes the awards they have won through the years to bring in other companies, or stockholders, clientel.
In a centralized structure, the senior management has the power to make decision and has a strong control over departments. In a decentralized structure, the power is distributed among the departments with different levels of independence (Sullivan, 2013). This student works for Kaiser Permanente and
This type of structure is vertical. The board consist of 15 members, including the head chairperson Sam Walton and Mike Duke the CEO. The committee also has inside directors. Target is another store that also has vertical structure with a board of directors. Target is also a discount store, but they offer a different spin.
Health South has a Human Resources department that helps the company with the decision making for the organization, which includes the hiring and firing of all the personnel and caring about the stakeholders. Health South, itself, has four leaders in their strategy and overall business development team. The board has to monitor the inside and outside of the organization. They also have to evaluate management proposals, decisions and actions to see if they would agree with them. The board is also responsible for the corporation’s mission.