Day 1 - HR Primer (Chat function) by Jane Ho https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy en-us 2022-09-29 05:43:42 UTC 2025-11-21 07:57:13 UTC hello@padlet.com Generate Hypotheses https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318786786 - Changes in business activity are relative to the number of staff
- Involving the HOD increase their receptiveness to the recommendation/action plan]]> 2022-09-29 05:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318786786 Data Collection https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318791000 HOD provided the following data: 
- Average number of employees per quarter in each role
- No of headcount drivers
- Average tenure and salaries of each employee
- Estimated cost of hiring an employee by role]]> 2022-09-29 05:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318791000 https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318791306 1. Understanding and Defining the Problem
•Manage Labour costs for over and understaffing of each dept.
•Cut cost (over staffing) and improve productivity (understaffing)
•Identify the above by dept, job family and roles.
]]> 2022-09-29 05:56:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318791306 See you at 2.30pm for the presentation. Feel free to clarify any questions here. hannah_lin1 https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318798638 2022-09-29 06:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318798638 Testing hypothesis https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318811758 For Hypo 1 - 
Measure the business activity against the headcount driver for each quarter using weighted averages
Ranking the quarters to determine the min/mean/max performance of the business activity VS number of staff required 

]]> 2022-09-29 06:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318811758 Interpreting result https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318826359 - There is an overstaffing issue in the company. 
- Retrenchment cost will be $2,800
- Retrenching of excess employees will be cost-saving to the company in the long run
- Reassignment of employees from overstaffed department to understaffed department will reduce the retrenchment cost and also hiring cost to cope with peak period]]> 2022-09-29 06:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318826359 5. Interpret Results https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318828919 •Potential over 63 employees for job family of Technician and Sales
•Over staff in Job family Technician for Job role = Technical Officer and Technician. 
•Over staff in Job family Sales for Job role = Technical Sales officer. 
•Adjustment to retrench 2 Technicians (reduce), a cost saving of $12,800 per annum for 2 months breakeven time.
]]> 2022-09-29 06:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318828919 See you at 3.20pm after the break! hannah_lin1 https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318876024 2022-09-29 07:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318876024 Padlet link on Possible Barriers/ Gaps jane_ho https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318913408 2022-09-29 07:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318913408 Padlet link on Reflection jane_ho https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318964166 2022-09-29 08:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318964166 jane_ho https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318972606 2022-09-29 08:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jane_ho/yb0vnjg2sh2irywy/wish/2318972606