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The European Building Materials Company (EBMC) utilizes a highly decentralized human resource approach. As such, the decision-making authority is moved to the lower tiers of the organization leaving very little to the small human resource staff at the head quarter. However, the organization should consider changing the approach to a centralized one. This would mean that most of the decisions would be made by the higher level of the organization’s hierarchy and as a result the organization would enjoy various improvements which include: Uniformity The centralized approach of management will bring uniformity in the company’s way of conducting business. This is because there are fewer centers of power unlike in the decentralized approach where different subsidiaries made their own independent decisions. With a centralized approach the organization can be able to create uniform and well defined policies which are to guide all the undertaking of all the branches. Thus, all the employees and staff members will be following the same guide lines all over the branches (Sinat, 2011). Decision making A centralized decision making would assist a lot to make quick decisions in the organization. This is because when a decision is made, there won’t be objections from other sources of power. For instance when the organization decides to acquire a new distributor in another country, the decision of hiring will come directly from the head office and hence there won’t be time consuming objections from the subsidiaries. This is boosted by the fact that when the central decision making organs decides on something there won’t be contradicting opinions from the organization (Sinat, 2011). Marketing It is paramount for the organization to hav... ... middle of paper ... ...ml#axzz1Vqlwts1Z Scribdi, (2008). Recruitment and Selection. Retrieved from: http://www.scribd.com/doc/3304161/IHRMRecruitment-Selection US Legal.com, (2011). Polycentric Staffing Law $ Legal Definition. Retrieved from: http://definitions.uslegal.com/p/polycentric-staffing/ Werner Steve & Gomez-Mejia Luis R, (2008). Global Compensation. Retrieved from: http://iese.academia.edu/berrone/Books/101418/Global_compensation._Foundations_and_perspectives Win America, (2011). Benefits of Repatriation. Retrieved from: http://www.winamericacampaign.org/2011/06/13/altmire-santorum-discuss-benefits-repatriation/ World Data Learning Commercial. Staffing Philosopher for Global Operation. Retrieved from: http://www.businessmanagementclassonline.com/businessmanagement-251-developing-a-global-management-cadre-staffing-philosophies-for-global-operations.html

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