ConocoPhillips



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ConocoPhillips

Introduction

ConocoPhillips is the third largest, United State integrated oil company. The company got formed in the year 2002. It is only behind by Exxon Mobil and ChevronTexaco corporations. The company got formed by the merger of Conoco Inc. and Phillips petroleum organization by $ 15.12 billion. The firm has two other core activities; the processing, gathering and manufacturing of natural gas which is performed, through Duke Energy. The second core business is the marketing and manufacturing of petrochemicals, which is performed through Chevron Phillips corporation. The exploration activity of the firm is spread in twenty nine countries (Sam & David, 2002).

Discussion

Nature of organization, size and HR challenges

ConocoPhillips is the largest oil producing country in United States and fourth largest company globally. The company is currently operating more than forty countries. The total assets of the company, worth $86 million, with over 35,000 employees. The company got formed in 2002 with a merger of Phillips petroleum and Conoco. The management of the company analyzed the market and decided to centralize the functions through “self-sever” intranet portals. Front end user usability challenges were faced due to intranet portal. The portal applications of the company get overly complex, inconsistent and unorganized which leads the company in deep trouble. The navigation puts HR department under immense pressure due to navigation problem. The HR department of ConocoPhillips is totally computer based the entire HR activities take place online. The total employees of this company are 35,000 which is an enormous counting. Human resource department at times fails to entertain each and every individual on time. The size of the business is growing steady pace new employees are hired when needed. HR express of the company is facing immense challenge in satisfying each and every customer. Although, Human resource department is highly automated, but there is also a chance of human error. The automated HR is monitored by the humans, so there is a fair possibility of mishap. These are the few challenges which ConocoPhillips is facing; the HR express is trying their level best to improve the standard of HR department. Company believes that, their human resource is diamond of the company and they value their Human resource (www.humanfactors.com).

Legal Concerns

Every company has to follow the rules and regulations, which are set by the higher authorities of the State. The company rules and regulations are set by the Public policy committee of the board of directors (Embree, 2002). The policies and guidelines primarily associated with the United State domestic political activity. It has no concern with the global legal policies; company has to follow the local rules and regulations that are set by the higher authorities. Foreign immoral act practices are covered in the legitimate concerns. The organization is legally bounded to perform fraud activities. Violation of the rules and regulation will ruin the image of the organization, and company might face massive penalty.

After going through the legal rules and regulations, it is highly recommended to the company to stay away from unethical ...