Question

1. List five ways entrepreneurs can use their small size to improve their HR processes.

2. Discuss how you would choose and deal with a professional employee organization.

3. Describe how you would create a start-up human resource system for a new small business.

Answer 1

1. Following are five ways entrepreneurs can use their small size to improve their HR processess.

• As the number of employees are lesser, formulating HR policies is easier.
• Communication is better in a small sized organization.
• Establishing or changing organizational culture is comparatively simple in case of smaller sized organizations.
• Monitoring and controlling processes and people is simpler.
• Making strategic changes is facilitated.

2. I would choose and deal with a professional employee organization based on their response quality, i.e, how fast and how effectively the respond to requests and changes in external and internal factors. Also, an organization which is professional and ensures their employee grow along with the company's success, would receive highest preference.

3. Firstly, understand the HRS requirement for the firm. Then, do a market reasearch to identify the various available HR systems . Study their implementation and compare the pros and cons. Finally, select the best system that matches your organizational requirement. Prior to implementation, employees must be informed regarding the new system, trained and resolve queries, if any. Furthe, plan the implementation strategically to ensure no lapse of gap in the system is caused. After implementation, observe the functioning of the new system and make changes if required. Employee involvement is very important in this case.