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    This document summarizes the key human resource issues facing Mount Ridge Engineering Systems, a company that designs, builds, and operates coal-fired power plants. The company is growing rapidly but lacks consistent implementation of HR policies and training across its five plants. Specific issues include weak connections between corporate HR and plant operations, supervisors not following policies, and outdated or insufficient policies. An example problem at the Edison plant involved an ongoing argument about an employee's promotion and issues with their performance evaluation and termination that did not follow regulations. The causes were identified as rapid expansion inhibiting policy dissemination, a lack of HR training, and lack of awareness of legal requirements. Recommendations included establishing training, redesigning termination processes, assigning HR

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    This document summarizes the key human resource issues facing Mount Ridge Engineering Systems, a company that designs, builds, and operates coal-fired power plants. The company is growing rapidly but lacks consistent implementation of HR policies and training across its five plants. Specific issues include weak connections between corporate HR and plant operations, supervisors not following policies, and outdated or insufficient policies. An example problem at the Edison plant involved an ongoing argument about an employee's promotion and issues with their performance evaluation and termination that did not follow regulations. The causes were identified as rapid expansion inhibiting policy dissemination, a lack of HR training, and lack of awareness of legal requirements. Recommendations included establishing training, redesigning termination processes, assigning HR

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    THE HRM Function - Mount Ridge Engineering System

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    This document summarizes the key human resource issues facing Mount Ridge Engineering Systems, a company that designs, builds, and operates coal-fired power plants. The company is growing rapidly but lacks consistent implementation of HR policies and training across its five plants. Specific issues include weak connections between corporate HR and plant operations, supervisors not following policies, and outdated or insufficient policies. An example problem at the Edison plant involved an ongoing argument about an employee's promotion and issues with their performance evaluation and termination that did not follow regulations. The causes were identified as rapid expansion inhibiting policy dissemination, a lack of HR training, and lack of awareness of legal requirements. Recommendations included establishing training, redesigning termination processes, assigning HR

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    A Case study on The HRM Function/Environment

    Mount Ridge Engineering Systems


    EMBA

    Background
    Designs, builds and operates standardized coalfired utility plants Sells
    steam to the industrial plant electricity to local utility

    Present 5 plants(approx. 45 workers per plant), 39 corporate staffs, 183 plant staffs Fast growing successful company

    Business Strategy/Goals
    Cost leadership efficient plants Low cost production competitive advantage Aggressive expansion plans 9 plants, 650 employees in next 2-3 years time No employee profit sharing plan Remain non union maintaining quality work life and attractive benefits

    HR Practices
    HR Director Joyce Newcombe Complete HR system developed
    Employee benefit packages Employee handbook Job description Salary program Supervisors manual, other personnel policies

    Philosophy- to place great value to company-client relationship, company-employee relationship Annual employee appreciation dinner Personnel operation centralized to corporate headquarters

    HR ISSUES
    relationship between corporate human resources structure and operations at the plant level weak/loose Getting management to understand legal and governmental regulations affecting HR Supervisors not following company policy No actual implementation of the HR policies at plant level Insufficient or out of date HR policies

    Typical Case : Edison Plant


    Eastern region of Kentucky 45 employees Larry Braxton Plant superintendent Bud Johnson auxiliary operator, sometimes performs job of equipment operator, solve problem no one else can handle

    HR Problem: Edison Plant


    on going argument between Braxton and Johnson Johnsons promotion to equipment operator Assignment beyond job description or employee handbook Johnson- dissatisfied with annual evaluation didnt follow personnel regulations before taking leave No proper termination policy

    Causes of Problem
    Rapid expansion preventing proper dissemination of human resource policies Lack of comprehensive human resource training program Lack of proper human resource related internal controls Lack of awareness regarding legal and governmental regulations affecting HR procedures

    Recommendations
    Setup training program for plant supervisors for better human resource practices and company policies Re-design the termination process and procedure Maintain a HR officer in each plant Setup an audit and supervising mechanism Setup a communication channel to file in complaints Make plant management aware legal and governmental regulations affecting HR

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