Growth of a Business

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GROWTH OF A BUSINESS

When a business grows in size it will need more staff to carry out:-

*Existing jobs e.g. in a chocolate factory it may need more people to operate the production lines it it moves from 4 to 5 lines.

*New jobs e.g. if a company expands to overseas it will need to recruit staff who are capable of speaking foreign languages.

When existing jobs are being expanded, human resource specialists simply need to copy existing practice on a larger scale. They can do this by interviewing more people and advertising more widely etc. More detailed thought is needed if new jobs are to be created. This is even more important if the jobs being created are different to the jobs that already exist within the company.

If Norwich Airport they would need to employ a lot more security guards. This would be due to the increased numbers of passengers going through the airport and the terminals. If Norwich Airport started to fly to new destinations they would need new staff who could speak the language of the country. They could do this training their existing staff to speak the languages or they could recruit externally people already with the capability to speak those languages.

CHANGING JOB ROLES WITHIN THE BUSINESS

In recent years there has been a decline in standardised jobs. The change of a job role is usually down to changing and advancing technology. This involves employees taking more responsibility in decision making. This is known as empowerment. The development of new jobs requires a lot of research. Looking at the best practice in an industry often does this. Sometimes it is done by looking at the development of new jobs particularly in the USA.
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FILLING VACANCIES CREATED BY RESIGNATION, RETIREMENT OR DISMISSAL

Vacancies come about for a number of reasons. This could include retirement, dismissal, expansion or even death. When some body moves on it is normally necessary to replace them. Before this is done the company will need to decide if it would be best to get a employee similar to the previous one or if it would be best to to get someone with new skills because the job has moved on and more skills are required to carry the job out properly.

In some cases this has ...

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