Saturday, February 12, 2011

HR and Restructuring

When restructuring, HR professionals may come across scenarios where there is a surplus of employees who may not fit within the company's new strategy.

Key points to remember:
- conduct systemic evaluation of new business needs to ensure right changes are being made
- identify critical work activities and job specification through job analysis
- evaluate internal and external candidates to fill new roles
- proceed with layoffs, as necessary

Key Terms
This week’s HR terminology includes:

Job Analysis: the process used to collect information about the duties, responsibilities, necessary skills, outcomes, and work environment of a particular job. This information is used to put together a job description.

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