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Human resource management in smaller organizations
Most small organization still use operating managers to handle their basic human resource functions. the case of a franchised operation, like a single McDonald's or Pizza Hut restaurant, or an individual retail outlet such as a Gap or Limited clothing store, the store manager generally hires new employees, schedules and tracks working hours for all employees, and disciplines problem employees. The franchiser or home office, in turn, generally suggests or mandates hourly wages, provides performance appraisal forms for local use, and may handle payroll services as well. independent business is generally operated in the same way, with the owner general manager handling human resource duties. Payroll and other basic administrative activities may be subcontracted to businesses in the local community that specialize in providing such services for other local organizations. Relatively little training is provided in these small organizations, and other human resource issues are relatively straightforward. Very small organizations are exempt from many legal regulations(again, we cover this topic more fully in Chapter Thus, a single manager can usually handle the human resource function in smaller without too much difficulty,
Human resource management in larger organizations As the firm grows be yond a certain size, however, a separate human resource unit becomes a necessity At first, the manager who had been handling the human resource duties may delegate them to a special assistant, or even to an individual human resource manager. But when an organization reaches a size of around 200 to 250 employees, it generally establishes a self-contained human resource department. While there is no standard approach, a firm of this size might have one full-time manager and single secretary or assistant to function as its human resource department. These individuals handle all of the firm's human resource administration As the firm continues to grow, however, more assistance is needed to staff the human resource department, and so that department also grows. Indeed, in very large organizations, human resource functions are themselves likely to specialize into subunits. For example, large firms might have one department to handle recruiting and selection, one to handle wage and salary administration, one to handle training and development, and still another to handle labor relations. Figure 1.4 shows how Texas Instruments has organized its human resource function