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Case

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Selection at Descon

Nasir Afghan


INDUSTRY : Engineering

AREA : HRM/OB

ORGANIZATION : Descon

LENGTH : 21

LUMS No : 05-699-2004-1

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2004

DESCRIPTION

KEYWORDS:

Descon,Selection,Human Resource Management,Organizational Behaviour,Projects Division,HRIS,Information Systems


DESCRIPTION:

Altaf Baig, Head of the Projects Division, needed a site manager for a prestigious pipeline project in southern Pakistan. The Head of the Human Resource Department, Sabeeh Faruqi and Shahid Luqman, Deputy, HR Department, identified several competent engineers for the position with the help of the DESCON Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS). On March 1, 2002 Altaf Baig was looking at several CVs in his office, trying to decide how to proceed further in order to select the best candidate for the job well before the March 15, 2002 deadline.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The case was written for an introductory course on Human Resource Management. It gives students a chance to develop their analytical and decision making skilss on a relatively straight forward selection decision. It is desirable to first cover the selection and recruitment process, including job evaluation, job analysis job description and job specification, the HRM information system in the organisation of the core competencies for the job.


SUBJECTS COVERED:

Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour