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XYZ Corporation Case Study
XYZ Corporation Case Study
The XYZ Corporation is a small, independently owned company that sells and
services bulldozers andother construction equipment in a major metropolitan area. It
employs 308 full-time and 103 part-time employees in various capacities related to
sales and service.
In this corporation, the HR department is responsible for recruiting and hiring all
employees except the highest-level executives. The recruitment-hiring goal of the HR
department centers merely on replacing employees as their positions are vacated
through turnover or promotion. In general, the HR manager tries to replace someone
who leaves with someone whose education and experience is identical to that of the
original employee. The HR manager does not think he/she is or should be responsible
for comparing amount of work to existing numbers and skills of workers.
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