Managers and Hr Professionals at Sands Corporation

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Al Ain University of Science & Technology College of Business Administration Strategic Human Resource Management Section 61 Assignment 1 Student Name | | Student ID | | 5 Managers and HR professionals at Sands Corporation: Friends or Foes? Sands Corporation is a medium sized company located in the Midwest. It manufactures specialized computer equipment used in cars, serving as a subcontractor to several automobile manufacturers as well as to the military. U.S government contracts are an important part of Sands’ total sales. In 1965, the firm had a full time director (who was high school graduate) and a part time clerk. The department was responsible for maintaining files, placing recruitment ads in the newspaper at management’s request, processing, and handling other routine administrative tasks. Managers and supervisors were responsible for most personnel matters, including whom to hire, whom to promote, whom to fire, and whom to train. Today Sands employs 700 people. Personnel, now called the human resource department, has a full time director with a master’s degree in relations, three specialists (with appropriate college degree and certifications: one in compensation, one in staffing, and one in training and development, and four personal assistance. Sands’ top management believes that a strong HR department with highly qualified staff can do a better job of handling most personnel matters than line supervisor can. It is also convinced that good HR department can keep line managers from inadvertently creating costly legal problems. One of Sand’s competitors recently lost a $ 5 million sex discrimination suit, which has only strengthened Sands’ resolve to maintain a strong HR department. Some of the key responsibilities the company assigns to its HR department are: * Hiring the HR department

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