LEGAL COMPLAINCE “XEROX”

Human Resource Based Case Study on Xerox

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Human Resource Based Case Study on Xerox

Introduction

Xerox Corporation (Xerox or “the company”) is a global enterprise for business process and document management. Xerox provides document technology, services, software, and various products for graphic communication and office printing environments. The company has a strong market position in various segments in which it operates, Strong market position and brand image provides Xerox an edge over its competitors, by allowing easier acceptance of its products. However, intense competition may lead to pricing pressures thereby affecting the margins and market share of the company.

Perhaps contrary to its reputation, Xerox (and similarly Ricoh) is a leading developer of inkjet technology. In the past, it has manufactured tens of millions of thermal inkjet heads (remember Xerox's ill-fated desktop inkjet printer sold under the Blue Dog advertising campaign in the early 1990s), and to date the company has manufactured well over one million piezo inkjet heads in Wilsonville, OR. Ironically, since Xerox acquired Tektronix's piezo technology, Xerox has never quite settled on how to position this technology in the office. The estimated 100,000 solid inkjet systems the company sells annually have become rather technology androgynous- they are neither sold as inkjet nor as electro-photographic printers (Yoshimori, 2005).

Answer 1)

Over the past decades, research on the contribution of human resources (HR), i.e. people, and human resource management (HRM), i.e. policies and practices, to organizational effectiveness has moved from operational to strategic: from examinations of discrete HR policies and practices to consideration of how the HR strategy supports, or even drives, the strategy of the organization or sub-unit. Human Resource management is focused on the overarching Human Resource policies of an organization or sub-unit, and their impact on performance. However, one of the most crucial decisions involves in making policies that are friendly and effective for senior management and middle managers and lower staff. Xerox has policies that Human Resource practices lead to greater organizational performance, but the implication of policies that are also relevant for creating a better relationship between higher and lower management.

HRs law is pervasive in every sphere of public school life; every administrator is expected to be familiar with the laws that define the HRs function and administration and be able to seek the appropriate legal help when they need it. They are expected to seek legal counsel when the need arises and comprehend their rights, obligations, and responsibilities as they provide oversight to public schools. However, it is important to recognize that everyone involved in the HRs function impacts greatly on the performance of employees. Though the establishment of the law may temporarily provide sufficient incentives and motivations for employers and employees to be on their guard, it will not lead to the development of the positive qualities of the human factor in the long term. To bring positive and long-term transformation into the Xerox environment, HRs administrators need to comprehend human behavior. Moreover, also be willing to devise effective and efficient techniques to be used to ...