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Laxamana, Mutya Krista Y.

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Acacio, Rose Ann

Gasmin, Gie Carla

Lustre, April

Pastrana, James Emmanuel

Retanan, Edlyn

Umlas, CJ
Leader: Laxamana, Mutya Krista Y.

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Acacio, Rose Ann

Gasmin, Gie Carla

Lustre, April

Pastrana, James Emmanuel

Retanan, Edlyn

Umlas, CJ
 CASE STUDY 6
Anticipating Future Human Resource Needs in a Transportation Company

Facts:
“Ryan Palmara started his profession as a supervisor in a large private firm. His strong
preference in the study of Human Behavior and Psychology gave him the opportunity to analyze the
effective and usual manner of behavior of people he interacts with. His dream is to be a human resource
staff in a well-known firm. Hence, following his graduation, he enrolled in a Human Resource
Management course. Subsequently, Ryan was hired by a transportation company for a supervisory
position. Years later, because of his experiences and competencies, he worked in four other
transportation companies under the HR department until he became the HR Manager of DPL Transport,
who during that time was in its growth years.”

 Ryan Palmara has sufficient experience in handling a transportation company’s Human

Resource Department.
 He got a position as the Human Resource Manager of DPL Transport at a time of the
company’s growth years.

Problem statement:
“As a component of the HR Policy, Palmara thought of designing a flat organizational structure
for DPL Transport because he believed that a flat structure during growth years would mean easy
communication flow and more flexibility in terms of change.”

 Mr. Palmara planned on designing a flat organizational structure for DPL Transport. A flat
organizational structure has a lot of ups and downs, how can he make sure that he keeps
most of its ups and less of its downs?
 He believed that this kind of organizational structure for a company in its growth years
would lead to easy communication and adaptability to change once enforced properly. It
can even help lower the company’s costs of production. However, this kind of
organizational structure may also lead to the employees having a hard time adapting to the
changes this structure would bring. This may even lead to confusion of roles due to a lack
of managerial roles. Furthermore, a flat organizational structure means less job positions;
downsizing and layoffs would be a harsh problem to resolute, how can he solve this?

Questions for discussion:

1. Examine and discuss the implications of Mr. Palmara’s business strategy for its human resource plan.
2. What suggestions can you offer Mr. Palmara to help him in developing a comprehensive human
resource plan for DPL Transport?