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Gap Analysis: Riordan Manufacturing

Gap Analysis: Riordan Manufacturing
Linda D. Stuckey
Human Resource Management
University of Phoenix
Dr. Victoria Jones, Facilitator
January 31, 2007

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Gap Analysis: Riordan Manufacturing
As employees are gifted at solving difficult problems that arise from time to time, they can be careless about the quotidian responsibilities of their job. How can a general manager embrace the courage of employees to continue to bring strengthen to the workplace quotidian responsibilities? Within Human Capital Management, directors can align employees with their skill sets.
Riordan Manufacturing is faced with employee challenges that appear to employees to be without motivation, compensation, reward or recognition. How important is it that employees have the necessary tool to effective engage in assign responsibilities. Motivation is extremely important, for one it initiates an atmosphere of creativity. When workers are not taunted with compensation issues and benefits, implementing their skills into projects become rewarding.
Situation Analysis
Issue and Opportunity Identification
"Kossek quotes, "Too often, human resources (HR) innovations serve executive needs rather than employee needs. By implicitly focusing on quantity rather than quality of innovation, executives may be searching for HR "fixes" when they should be trying to understand what influences employee acceptance of innovations and what makes for a successful HR program" (1990) p. 50.
Within Riordan HR department, Yvonne did not fully comprehend the expectations of the employees and the importance of recognition, reward both intricately and externally within the organization. However, negating cognitively the implications of low morale, employee turnover and controversy created situations that were unrecognized. These unrecognized employee contributions to the organization also lead to missed opportunities to internally aligning employees to Riordan future plans.
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