Question

Dronexx Electronics Expansion

Dronexx Electronics developed a revolutionary method of drone fast-food delivery that could pick up orders from a fast-food location and keep the warm food warm and the cold food cold until delivery at a Specified GPS address up to 8 km away depending on the size of the order. The head of research and development, guy Jiang, estimated that Dronexx Electronics could become a supplier to every fast food chain in the world. The future success of the company seemed to hand on securing the broadest possible patents to cover the still secret technology.

The human resource director, Jackon Huang, recommended that Jiang become a project leader in charge of developing and filing the necessary patent information. Jiang and Huang developed a list of specialists who would be needed to rush the patent applications through the final stages of development and the patent application process. Most of the needed skills were found among Dronexx Electronices present employees. However, after a preliminary review of skills inventories and staffing levels, a list of priority was developed. It required the following

- An experienced patent lawyer with a strong back ground in electronics technology

- A patent lawyer who was familiar with the ins and outs of the patent process and the patent office in Hull, Quebec

- Twelve engineers and software developers: three electronics engineers with prototype development experience, four full stack programmers, and five junior programmers

- An office manager

Jiang and Huang wanted these 15 people recruited as promptly as possible.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

What other actions should the human resource department take now that there is the possibility of rapid expansion?

Answer 1

The responsibilities of HR department are plethora, especially in the case scenario above. Apart from the arduos task of recruiting the 15 people, they have related tasks to ensure the smooth expansion.

• Estimating the cost effectiveness of the expansion. We have seen a lot of companies facing terrible failures and go bankrupt despite a promising start. How qualified are the current employees to handle this expansion? Is the management system efficient enough? All these questions when answered points to one direction: how cost effective is this move.
• Supplementing the growth in business. When we consider expansion, we essentially mean that the business increases in multiple manifolds and a higher number of employees need to be managed. So, the HR department needs to expand as well, but showing more efficiency.
• Ensure employees' adaptability to change (change management). In the advent of expansion, it won't be surprising to endure changes in the organizational frameworks. So, the burden falls on the HR department to ensure that the employees are intimated about the changes if any.
• Employee engagement. When HR has a great rapport with the employees, it spreads a positive narrative within the employees. This engagement generates greater work efficiency and job satisfaction. All these factors together ensure that the expansion process of Dronexx electronics is smooth

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