Gladwell Grocery Stores Case Scenario
Gladwell Grocery Stores has
ten (10) stores in upstate New York. They have approximately 400 – 440
employees. Most of the employees are part time, with approximately 45% of them
full time. The operations manager, Tom Bell, also acts as the HR manager and
travels to each location each week to take care of recruiting, scheduling,
hiring, and answering questions for the employees as needed. He also takes care
of payroll using Excel spreadsheets and has computer software to print payroll
checks.
Mr. Bell approaches you, anindependent HR consultant and owner of your own
consulting firm,for a proposal. He would like
to greatly reduce his travel to each location each week, due to the increase in
gasoline costs. He is curious to know if there is anything you can suggest in
helping him complete his HR tasks more efficiently and in a cost-effective
manner. He hopes there is some way he can do part of his HR tasks from his
office instead of traveling to each location every week.
Assignment
Read the details of the
Gladwell Grocery Stores case scenario. In this assignment, you will provide Mr.
Bell with an assessment of the current business based on the details of the
scenario. You will describe the company in terms of size, industry, type of
business, number of stores, etc., and explain to Mr. Bell why you think
Gladwell Grocery Stores can benefit from an HRIS.
Assume your role as an HR consultant,
and prepare a business assessment that addresses the following criteria.
Write a two to three (2-3)
page paper in which you:
Introduction
1.
Assess the current situation
for the company, focusing on the issues that the HR manager is currently facing
from not having an HRIS in place.
Business Assessment
2.
Develop a business assessment
for the company, focusing on managing employees from an HR perspective in a
grocery store environment and retail industry.
Identifiable Issues
3.
Create a list of the key HR
functions that you believe will be beneficial to the organization. From the
list, choose one (1) HR function that will be the focus of your business
proposal moving forward. Explain the main reasons why you chose that HR function
and validate your reasoning with research and theory.
Conclusion
4.
Explain two to three (2-3)
reasons why the company would benefit from adopting an HRIS. Focus on how the
HRIS would address the HR function you identified in your business assessment.
References
Use at least (3) quality academic resources in this
assignment. Note:Wikipedia and similar Websites
do not qualify as academic resources.
Format
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1.
1.
Typed, double spaced, using
Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2.
Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the
course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page
length.
3.
Include a reference page.
Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not
included in the required page length.
