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Human Resources

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Case 1-1

3 ) Creating Saturn as a separate subsidiary was a stroke of genius as well as a potential problem . Saturn employees feel a sense of camaraderie not only with each other , but with the brand , the products and with management . While the employees accept ownership for the direct labor ' they do not actually own , nor do they have a share , in Saturn . Humans are predictable in that they always want more than what they have , especially when they work hard . The Saturn employees are currently satisfied with their

job situation , because it gives them the illusion of ownership and responsibility . What happens , however , when the employees want a cut of the profits ? They are , after all responsible for making Saturn a success , yet the lower-level employees (labor and salespeople ) aren 't the people who are getting rich . The next step in this revolutionary approach to the automobile industry is to offer the employees shares in the business , as Microsoft did in its early days

Case 2-1

3 ) Cal needs to suggest to Donofrio that a certain amount of funds be set aside to explore the problem of absenteeism before it gets out of control . Cal should utilize one of his human resource specialists (if he doesn 't have one , he needs to hire one , even temporarily ) in to explore the problem and create solutions . The first step would be to survey the employees about absenteeism without placing blame on any particular individual . Next , they should target...

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