Answer to Question #213320 in Management for Nablis

Question

Human Resources - What is Heineken Breweries company’s human resource strategy? What are the constraints?

a. Does the company have a stable workforce or does it chase demand?

b. Describe work scheduling at the company.

c. Does the company have work classifications? If so, describe.

d. Discuss job design at the company. You should illustrate with an example. In your example, talk about the core job characteristics and how they are met by the example job. Discuss job enlargement, rotation, enrichment, empowerment, and/or teams if applicable.

Answer 1

Human Resources - What is Heineken Breweries company’s human resource strategy?

The company has segmented its operations into five regions, each with a human resource manager to oversee the operations of the company.

Its 125 brewers have adopted modern technologies in order to ensure efficiency in production. The company has been cultivating a culture of excellence across the countries of operations.

What are the constraints?

• management practices, 
• human resource capabilities,
• customer service,
• external orientation,
• internal communication,
• innovation
• and employee motivation.

a. Does the company have a stable workforce or does it chase demand?

Yes, it does have a stable workforce. However, due to Covid 19, it cut about 8000 jobs.

b. Describe the work schedule at the company

Heineken employs more than 85,000 people divided over different operating companies. With people working during the day while others work at night. This is due to the amount of work. In order for the company to manufacture and distribute its beer.

c. Does the company have work classifications? If so, describe.

Yes, it does. It has full-time, part-time and sometimes temporary employees.

d. Discuss job design at the company. You should illustrate with an example. In your example, talk about the core job characteristics and how they are met by the example job. Discuss job enlargement, rotation, enrichment, empowerment, and/or teams if applicable.

Retail Sales Manager is a company professional who monitors the daily activities of the store. He or she oversees sales and evaluates the sales team. He or she may interview and hire new sales staff, and assigns assignments to them. He or she ensures the proper execution of goals, especially in hitting sales quotas and volumes.