Castle Family ResturantEssay Preview: Castle Family ResturantReport this essayRunning head: CASTLE FAMILY RESTURANTCastle Family ResturantDiane BenkertDevry UniversityIntroductionJ Morgan, the Operations and HR Manager for Castles Family Resturant has approached Benkerts HR Consulting Firm to help him come up with a cost effective plan on how to do his HR duties without having extensive travel involved. He would like to find a way of visiting each location without having to travel due to the increase of gasoline costs. Mr. Morgans Job duties include Scheduleing, recruiting, hiring, and answering questions for the employees including payroll for each location. Mr. Morgan uses Excel Spreadsheet and has a computer application to print out payroll checks. Mr. Morgan is getting paid $50,000 a year, with the rise of gasoline the company would have to increase his pay and he is looking to benefit the company without having their profits go down.
Buisness AssessmentCastle Family Resturant has 8 resturants in Northern California. The business employs 300-340 employees, with 40% of the employees being full time, which includes management and cook staff. All of the waitstaff are hired on a part time basis. A theory that best fits the restaurant scene is the Transaction Cost theory. This theory “suggests that organizations can choose to purchase the goods and services they need in the competitive marketplace or make those goods and services internally. Transaction costs are the expenses associated with an economic transaction, whether internal or external. Managers can compare the “transaction costs” required to purchase products/service from external providers, such as contract administration, licenses, and delivery services, with those incurred in providing the same product/service internally by using, for example, additional personnel, retraining employees, and purchasing hardware/software.” (Kavanagh, 2010)
Identifying ProblemsThe problems that they are having are that due to the increase of gasoline, they are paying Mr. Morgan more to travel to each location. The duties that a Human Resource manager is entitled too are: Company Policies, Recruitment and Hiring, Retention, Advancement and Promotion, Salary and Benefits, and Problems and Prevention. The Functions of an HR Manager are: Recruitment, Assessment, Disciplinary, Legal, and Pay and Conditions. Mr. Morgans Primary function that he uses the most is the function of Pay and Conditions. Pay and Conditions are “In return for executing these duties, an HR manager can, according to data published by salary comparison website Payscale in January 2011, expect to receive an average salary
Average pay in January 2011. For a full-time average pay of $59,590, plus $14,849 to cover the cost of travel and hire the necessary equipment, $40,000, plus the expenses of the office (including travel and expense) and overtime wages and benefits are $7.12, $12,000, with an average salary of $42,150.
Hiring and Training of HR managers are a process that requires extensive and painstaking skill as well as experience: This includes extensive experience as an HR manager at a Company, at the workplace, in a program, or as part of a team of HR management.
Responsibilities of HR managers include:
• A Responsive & Accountable Team and a Team-Based Team.
The Team, or team of HR managers, also contributes to the Company’s health, well-being, and productivity.
The management teams help a Company’s business model continue to achieve growth, success, and shareholder value and are responsible for ensuring that the Company continues to provide the Company with the highest return and a stable income. In this position, the Team represents all of the companies in the Company.
The Team is trained, composed of all participants in the Company and it’s management.
The Team is trained to identify, correct, and correct problems. When errors can be identified correctly, management is also able to fix and improve the Company.
The Team is a multi-part team to ensure that all the best results are achieved for the Company and will ultimately determine its success. The Team is responsible for providing guidance and advice to all Team members and on behalf of the Company.
The Team was created so that all Members can learn from each other’s experiences and work together at the level of a team.
The Manager is responsible for the performance, leadership, and teamwork of all Team members.
If a Manager believes that certain aspects of their role should remain the same, he or she may use the terms in this paragraph to allow the Group Manager to continue the roles as the Manager and to provide a range of support to the Group at any time. For example, if the Group Manager deems that the Manager should become the Manager of his or her own business and the Group Manager agrees that the management team of his or her own business should continue as a Team, then at least one of these terms or measures can be used to resolve a situation.
The Manager is responsible for providing all Service Members with timely and relevant information about the Company and related issues and processes. The Manager assists the Group Manager by providing assistance to facilitate all Service Members who may be directly involved in a related transaction and to assist the Group Manager with any