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Brian Charles, the vice president of marketing for Sharpco Manufacturing, commented at the weekly executive directors’ meeting, “I have good news. We can get the large contract with Medord Corporation. All we have to do is complete the project in one year instead of two. I told them we could do it.” Charmagne Powell, vice president of human resources, brought Brian back to reality by reminding him, “Remember the strategic plan we were involved in developing and we all agreed to? Our present workers do not have the expertise required to produce the quality that Medord’s particular specifications require. Under the two-year project timetable, we planned to retrain our present workers gradually. With this new time schedule, we will have to go into the job market and recruit workers who are already experienced in this process. We all need to study your proposal further. Human resource costs will rise considerably if we attempt to complete the project in one year instead of two. Sure, Brian, we can do it, but with these constraints, will the project be cost-effective?” QuestionS Was Charmagne considering the strategic nature of human resource planning when she challenged Brian’s “good news” forecast? Discuss. How did the involvement in developing the corporate strategic plan assist Charmagne in challenging Brian? Strategic planning at all levels of the organization can be divided into four steps. Which step in the strategic planning process did Brian violate?

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a) Charmagne did consider the strategic nature of human resource planning when she challenged Brian because as per the strategic plan that all had agreed, the present work force who do not have the necessary skill to meet Medrod's particular specification would need to be retrained to meet the project's 2 year deadline .

b) The corporate strategic plan identified that the present workers do not have the expertise required to produce the quality that Medord’s particular specifications reqirement . Thus if the project has to meet its new deadline, there would be significant rise in human resource costs as it would require hiring people from the job market who have the necessary skills . Thus the involvement of Charmagne in the corporate strategic planning helped her to challenge Brian.

c) The four steps of Strategic planning process includes the following : -

Brian violated step 3 in the strategic planning process i.e Setting objectives and performance indicators. This step consists of taking into account what is possible within the available resources. Thus Brian failed to recognize that his current work is not skilled enough to meet Medord’s particular specifications requirement .

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