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A company operates in a very cost-focused environment, keeping its customers in the forefront of every decision they make. A recent merger has doubled the company size and expanded the product offerings to better serve customers. Each of the merged organizations had a significantly different approach to HR's service delivery. However, despite these and a number of other differences, the merger went ahead.The merged company recently hired a new senior director of HR, selected primarily due to her expertise and experience in mergers and acquisitions. She reports to the CEO and the president of the newly merged company and has been tasked with leading the integration activities from an HR perspective.The HR director recognizes immediately that, aside from needing to get the new HR organization established, HR service delivery is critical due to increasing cost pressures, a larger global workforce, and increasing internal and external customer expectations. She has met with her new HR team and key business stakeholders to obtain valuable feedback and proposals.How can the director best gain support for the HR structural changes she wants to make?

Which strategy is most effective in motivating individual employee performance? 

The president of a global automotive business headquartered in the U.S. is conducting annual global all-employee meetings. The president travels with the executive staff, which includes the chief financial officer (CFO), the chief HR officer (CHRO), and the chief technology officer (CTO), to all the factories around the world to deliver key messages to the employees.The employees gather in large meeting rooms for the presentations, which focus mainly on successes from the past year and priorities for the new year, followed by a question-and-answer session. The president delivers most of the presentation, the CHRO presents on employee engagement and development initiatives, the CFO presents on the financials, and the others participate in the question-and-answer session.Within a two-week period, they travel to meetings in China, Malaysia, Ireland, and several large U.S. sites. In addition to the presentations at each site, they take facility tours and have one-on-one meetings with front-line employees of their functional organizations and with key talent while they are on site. It is a rigorous schedule, but it is very important to the president, who is committed to building a strong global team and organization.While the president is presenting to a room full of factory associates in Tianjin, China, the CHRO notices that many of the associates are whispering to each other. The president appears flustered. What action should the CHRO take to understand the reason for the employees' behavior?

A large multinational corporation hosts a competitive student internship program every summer to identify future talent and recruit candidates for part-time employment during the school year. Each year five interns are selected from over 200 applicants. Interns come from diverse backgrounds, and many do not have experience in a corporate environment.An HR manager leads a team of three HR staff who are responsible for successfully implementing the internship program components, including onboarding and training in business etiquette, team building, and computer skills. Several weeks after the start of the internship, the HR manager receives an e-mail from a senior VP stating that an intern has sent an inappropriate e-mail to the entire executive team. A few days later, the intern's supervisor notifies the HR manager that the intern appears unkempt and has been wearing the same clothing for several days in a row. In addition, the supervisor states that a written complaint was submitted by a group of employees alleging that the intern uses unprofessional language in common areas of the workplace. The HR manager sends the intern an e-mail requesting a meeting.During the meeting with the intern, the HR manager learns that the intern has limited exposure to corporate settings and is having difficulty balancing work and social commitments. What should the HR manager do?

Which issue identified during an environmental scan for a small, family-owned grocery store represents a threat to its competitive strategy?