Sumerson Company Training and Develpopment

Section I:

Human Resource Problems


One of the biggest problems to be faced at Sumerson Manufacturing is going to be developing a plan from scratch to staff a new plant. This is the first time the company has ever built and staffed a new plant. There is no past experience to go on and help with the plan of training and development in the new plant.
The next problem is going to be taking forty-nine members of management from the various twenty-one plants, and move them to the new plant. They will be placed in second and higher level management positions. For most of these managers this will mean a promotion. Each manager will need to be trained in their new management position.
The front-line management, like the foreman and supervisor, positions at the new plant will be offered to the non-management employees of the current plants of Sumerson Manufacturing. Few current employees are expected to make the move to the new plant. Sumerson wants to have employees i...