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Abstract
InterClean developed a strategic direction roadmap which entails InterClean’s domestic and worldwide expansion of its full-service solutions packages. To achieve domestic market dominance InterClean has acquired EnviroTech, one of its major competitors. Acquisition of EnviroTech shall result in potential opportunities, but it will also bring staffing, leadership, and culture clash implications.
To achieve a sustainable competitive advantage InterClean required a new effective HRM plan to underline the overall business strategy. An end-state vision was crystallized, and a HRM plan was developed to achieve the vision. To align the HRM plan with the business direction, an optimal step-by-step solution framework was developed. The nine-step solution integrated effective change management strategies as well as suitable HRM strategies. The framework of the solution focused on the critical phases of planning, development and execution. The important HR practices such as forecasting labor needs, executing and interpreting skill inventories, management of voluntary turnover, executing training and development, and individual/team based pay structure were taken into consideration during the design of the framework. Measurable HR related end-state goals translated the vision into a concrete action plan. The measurement system in place serves as a mechanism to indentify gaps between the “actual” and “desired” states. Conducting employee and management surveys became the main tool to measure efficiency of the HRM plan.
In the process of developing an optimal solution, a set of alternatives was considered. As part of the risk assessment analysis for the plan, the major foreseeable risks, such as potenti ...