HRMT 4338
HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING
Course Project (30 %)
LK Business Supplies is a company selling commercial stationery to offices in and around ALKhobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Most of its business comes from general office supplies, such as paper, pens, printer cartridges etc., although it also supplies office machines.
The office is staffed as follows:
CEO
Manage
Admin staff 3
Sales Manage
Field Sales 6
Tele-sales 4
Customer Support 1
Warehouse Manage
Warehouse man 4
Driver 5
The tele-sales staff are involved predominantly in selling to small and medium companies and the field sales staff to larger accounts, with the focus on new as well as existing customers
Set up in 2010, LK Business Supplies has grown very quickly, but in 2017 it was still very heavily dependent on the corporate memory, skills and experience of its Manager, Sam Millwood,
other of the founder, Walt Millwood. The company expects to grow by 20% in 2018/19.
Until recently, Sam was responsible for just about everything. He had been involved since the company was founded, had held a variety of positions and had an intimate understanding of the organization's operations and history. And, of course, he had a direct line of communication to the CEO, his
other.
On April 5th, 2017, Sam was killed in a freak car accident on the highway. His unexpected death was a hammer blow and a huge shock to his colleagues. Everything he had known about the organization was "in his head." Although Walt had often asked him to document information and pass his knowledge on to others, this had never happened. Sam had always been “too busy”.
Walt Millwood has decided to retire and has sold the company to Chuck Wentworth. Chuck wants to invest a large sum of money in order to expand the company’s operations. He has hired you to draw up a consultancy report in which you:
1. Conduct a PESTLE analysis for the business [12 marks]
2. Identify likely future trends that will impact the business [12 marks]
3. Identify key problems that could impact future growth or profitability [10 marks]
4. Draw up a proposed organization chart for the company [ 5 marks]
5. Propose and justify new positions to help the company expand [15 marks]
6. Develop competency based Job descriptions / Person specifications for all management positions. [ 15 marks]
7. Explain the advantages of a succession management process [ 10 marks]
8. Describe the succession management process you are proposing [ 15 marks]
9. Document you report in a professional format, and upload on Safe Assign [ 6 marks]
Guidelines
1. Each group is to submit both a written report via Safe Assign and email a soft copy to your lecturer.
2. Use size 12, Times New Roman font, double spaced, minimum of 12 pages.
3. The report should have:
a. Cover page
. Executive Summary
c. Table of Contents
d. Introduction
e. Main Body
f. Conclusion
g. References
4. Tables, diagrams and figures should be sourced accordingly and include proper referencing and bibliography.
Plagiarism
Copy paste and plagiarism is not allowed. If your report shows more than 10 %, marks will be deducted accordingly.
Submission
18 April 2018
50 % of the total marks will be deducted for late submission