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Instruction
Read the following cases closely and answer the questions which come after the cases. 
Case I
BRICS is a new Organization investing in Marble Production in Ethiopia. The CEO and owner of BRICS 
Company is Mrs. Hariet Obang. Five years ago, Mrs. Hariet recruited 500 employees based on the 
strategic plan of the Company and the number of employees has now declined to 300. The cause for 
employee turnover is said to be lack clear compensation schemes as compared to other industries. This 
has caused a continuous decrease in performance and also marble production particularly in the last six 
months.
The CEO, Mrs. Hariet decided to undertake some reform to enhance performance and productivity 
basically by undertaking some changes in the areas of Human Resource. The CEO’s assumption is that 
she has few employees while she has failed to recruit new employees because of scarcity in the market. 
She is also intending to have included Human Resources into Organizational Plan and align with 
Organizational Strategy. 
However, unless she takes some measure in the coming few weeks she is going to be in trouble in terms 
of productivity and performance.
Based on the above case, advice Mrs. Hariet Obang in the following areas (5 Marks each):
1. Advice Mrs. Hariet as to how she can cope up the gap between decreasing employee, Scarcity in 
the market and highly affected performance and production?
2. Some people told Mrs. Hariet she has to open the vacant positions such as Drivers, Cashiers, and 
Accountants and so on to foreign citizens as scarcity is intense. What do you advice her based on 
Ethiopian HR Laws? 
Eshet G. (Ph.D)
2 | P a g e
3. An expert in the area complains that the employee turnover is caused by the compensation 
scheme and performance appraisal put in place. What do you think are actual factors that 
caused employee dissatisfaction in both cases? 
4. In Order to solve the above said discrepancy, Harriet approach and asked you to find out the 
basic cases of the challenge as the problem started just in the first year of the establishment of 
the Company. What could possibly be the cause(s)? 
Case II
( 15 Marks)
Assume that you are an HR manager in an Organization in Ethiopia. Assume also that there are excess 
employees in your Organization while the market is also good in accessing better employees. The CEO 
of the Organization in which you are working asked the middle manager to come up with an 
assessment that can enable him adjust the discrepancy created. 
If the HR middle Manager (the one assignment is given) in your Organization comes to you for pieces of 
advices as to how to go about it, what can you say to this manager? Tell him detailed information 
considering that you have prepared the said assessment report.Instruction
Read the following cases closely and answer the questions which come after the cases. 
Case I
BRICS is a new Organization investing in Marble Production in Ethiopia. The CEO and owner of BRICS 
Company is Mrs. Hariet Obang. Five years ago, Mrs. Hariet recruited 500 employees based on the 
strategic plan of the Company and the number of employees has now declined to 300. The cause for 
employee turnover is said to be lack clear compensation schemes as compared to other industries. This 
has caused a continuous decrease in performance and also marble production particularly in the last six 
months.
The CEO, Mrs. Hariet decided to undertake some reform to enhance performance and productivity 
basically by undertaking some changes in the areas of Human Resource. The CEO’s assumption is that 
she has few employees while she has failed to recruit new employees because of scarcity in the market. 
She is also intending to have included Human Resources into Organizational Plan and align with 
Organizational Strategy. 
However, unless she takes some measure in the coming few weeks she is going to be in trouble in terms 
of productivity and performance.
Based on the above case, advice Mrs. Hariet Obang in the following areas (5 Marks each):
1. Advice Mrs. Hariet as to how she can cope up the gap between decreasing employee, Scarcity in 
the market and highly affected performance and production?
2. Some people told Mrs. Hariet she has to open the vacant positions such as Drivers, Cashiers, and 
Accountants and so on to foreign citizens as scarcity is intense. What do you advice her based on 
Ethiopian HR Laws? 
Eshet G. (Ph.D)
2 | P a g e
3. An expert in the area complains that the employee turnover is caused by the compensation 
scheme and performance appraisal put in place. What do you think are actual factors that 
caused employee dissatisfaction in both cases? 
4. In Order to solve the above said discrepancy, Harriet approach and asked you to find out the 
basic cases of the challenge as the problem started just in the first year of the establishment of 
the Company. What could possibly be the cause(s)? 
Case II
( 15 Marks)
Assume that you are an HR manager in an Organization in Ethiopia. Assume also that there are excess 
employees in your Organization while the market is also good in accessing better employees. The CEO 
of the Organization in which you are working asked the middle manager to come up with an 
assessment that can enable him adjust the discrepancy created. 
If the HR middle Manager (the one assignment is given) in your Organization comes to you for pieces of 
advices as to how to go about it, what can you say to this manager? Tell him detailed information 
considering that you have prepared the said assessment report.

—Purpose of HR in different era in Organizations

                             HRM in Ethiopia