Reference no: EM133009404

Raghav Chemicals Ltd. has planned for computerization of nearly 50 percent of the production operations and control. Ii has taken care of all resources in the computerization plan including human resources- The present inventory of human resources and future requirements of the production department were specified as given hereunder. Category of Human Resources Present inventory Requirements after Computerization Surplus Chemical engineers (Operation) 15 8 7 Chemical engineers (Maintenance and control) 10 6 4 Mechanical engineers (Maintenance) 2 2 0 Supervisors 10 2 8 Operators 30 10 20 Quality controllers 5 1 4 72 29 43 The human resource planners suggested the redeployment of chemical engineers in their newly started sister concern, i.e., Laxman Paper Mills Ltd., and retrench surplus of employees of all other categories. They also recommended to the management that there was no need for further recruitment or for any other action plan. The computerization was over by the end of 1998. When the management wanted to start the production on the newly computerized process, it was shocked to note that not many employees in the production department were suitable to the new jobs and the information supplied by the human resource planners in this regard did not match with the reality.

Questions:

-a) Identify the problem in this case.
-b) To what extent are the human resource planners responsible for the present state of affairs?
-c) What should the management do now to deal with the problem taking into account both the short-term and long term perspective?