Leading and managing the HR PROJECT

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Schedule and budgeting exercise for Project scenarios

Aundi Sims

HRM517

Dr. Christopher Rice

January 28, 2024

The Process required in order to move to a Centralized HR Structure includes the following details;

1. Establishing a more centralized HR department

This particular step is critical in this process since it involves fishing the market for competent human resource and then hiring a HR director and essential HR subordinates for the director who will lead the centralized function of the organization. After hiring the required staff members, the group needs a decent set up office space for their operation supplemented by technology and also various essential infrastructure for the HR team.

2. Smooth Transition of the current HR generalists

With the hired help in the organization, a change of leadership from the current staff to the new staff will be essential. The first step would be communication of the decided changes and new structure to the current HR staff, then offering of positions in the centralized structure on the HR team or other sections of the business and provision of training on new policies procedures and different associated systems.

3. Implementing the new HR systems

This particular step is easily achievable in three steps that is,

- Selecting HRIS system for maintaining employee records, payroll, etc.

- Put in place centralized recruiting and onboarding processes

- Developing company-wide training programs and learning management system

4. Rollout of the new HR structure

This last step simply smoothens the change by;

- Communicating the timeline and changes to managers and employees

- Phase approach by department/region to transition to new structure

- Seeking feedback, address concerns, iterate on processes as needed

On the case of the budget process, I would:

- Break down each of the above tasks into smaller activities

- Estimate time and resources needed for each activity

- Research actual costs of any tools, technologies, or vendors

- Apply appropriate overhead and padding to come up with budget

This phased, iterative approach allows for flexibility to start centralized HR function while refining the processes over time. Feedback mechanisms also help adapt the structure to fit the organization.