INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Submission deadline for Individual Assignment: 06 Mar 2015

This case is about a new HR Policy initiative started by Mr. Paulen at Vietnamese

accounting Company. Shortly after, he joined the company. The Company was plagued

with many problems and lost its dominance in providing accounting services. The

companys board appointed Mr. Paulenas the new CEO and assigned him the task of

reviving the company's fortunes. As soon as he took over as the CEO, he started to focus

on changing the culture at the company as a major strategy to turn around the company

and make it competitive again.

One of the new HR policies he implemented was cancelling the work from home option

for the companys employees. The new HR policy was severely criticized by both

analysts and employees of the company on the grounds that it would take away the

flexibility enjoyed by its employees. Some analysts even said that this new HR policy

could have negative results on a company which was looking to hire more talented

people. But Mayer defended the new HR policy saying that it was necessary given the

present condition of the organization.

Assignment

Issues:

Discuss and debate the pros and cons of the new HR policy which banned the

work from home option for all its employees.

Analyze the reasons which led to implementing the new HR policy asking all its

employees to work from their offices.

Understand issues and concepts related to work-life balance and how HR policies

can be formulated to support work-life balance.

Appreciate the importance of culture for the long-term success of companies.

Understand the link between an organization's culture and its business strategy.

Suggest future initiatives that should be followed by the HR team at the company.

Use what you have learned, use your experience, and use your creativity. In other words,

I encourage you to not blindly copy what you have learned in class or from others.

Show your own approach,

Requirements:

Using Microsoft Office Word for the Individual Assignment.

The minimum and maximum lengths of each individual assignment are 7 A4 pages and

14 A4 pages respectively.

Font of writing: Times New Roman; Font size: 13; Spacing: 1.5.

I will not tolerate plagiarism. If you use other documents within the body of your text

make sure that you have properly cited those documents. You have been warned.