Differences based on Industries, Stock Structures, and Market Sizes
Relationships between headquarters human resources departments/business
units and their subsidiaries are different based on divisional organizations of the
firms, not on industries. Because the J7 firm does not have distinct divisional
organizations, a headquarters human resources department of the firm has more
power. At the J1, J2, J3, and J6 firms that maintain strong divisional
organizations, business units play more crucial roles on evaluations and job
transfers of employees than headquarters human resources departments. At the
J4 firm that has many subsidiaries and several businesses, seven regional
headquarters in the world supervise their subsidiaries.