Wgu Human Resources Task 1

Business Studies Task 1 – Human Resources

Introduction

The human resources function employs a number of strategies to respond to legal influences affecting the business. These influences include the employment contract, work health and safety(WHS) and worker compensation and Antidiscrimination and Equal employment opportunity (EEO). These influences are overcome with a range of strategies that help a business combat problems such as absenteeism and accidents and also reach benchmarks set and improve corporate culture. These strategies include leadership style, job design, recruitment, training and development, performance management, rewards and the management of workplace disputes. Exxon Mobil and KFC have effectively employed these strategies

This excellent drop in causality numbers can be credited to a few main factors. These factors are the strategy of properly training staff so they are fully capable of preforming the job they have been tasked and educating them on the risks they will be around. Exxon has begun to conduct safety training and safety meetings with their employees. This can be easily seen in their major projects group in Western Canada that have conducted safety orientations for over 72,000 of their employees. Exxon experienced 3 major casualties in 2014 which is way under the American petroleum Institute U.S. petroleum industry benchmark. However, Exxon continually works towards their ‘Nobody gets hurt’ vision by identifying from a set of data that most incidents happened in the final 20% of a construction project. Exxon responded to this by implementing the ‘finish strong’ program which helps management teams understand the undercurrents of how to end a project. This has proved extremely effective with 80% of safety incidents in 2010 happening at the end 20% of a construction project that number has plummeted to approximately 30% in 2013 and 0% in 2014. Therefore, through using the strategy of training to educate and prepare staff mixed with a strong proactive leadership style Exxon has been able to establish its self as an industry benchmark in the work health and safety department. By doing this Exxon has virtually eliminated the need to pay compensation for work place incidents allowing them to thrive and further establish and excel in the Energy industry. Exxon has extremely effectively employed the strategies of training and strong leadership style to not only educate workers on obvious potential risks but also identify areas of high risks and employee policies to combat