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Human Resources
at Ford
2004 Wheels Car of the Year
2002 Wheels Car of the Year
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Welcome to Ford
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Australia’s largest and most established car maker
Designs Develops and Manufactures in Australia
Over 5000 employees based mainly in B/M and Geelong
Global team in excess of 325,000
Home of the award winning BA Falcon and Territory
Active in over 38 countries.
Worldwide sales of $189 billion.
Assets over $338 billion.
Celebrating 81 years in Australia this year.
The Falcon is the only car designed & built in Australia
Ford Credit – our own financial institution that delivers
profit.
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Ford Motor Company
 Over 7 km of production line
 465 cars built per day (1 every 53 seconds).
 18 Hectares of under roof area.
 Over 65 nationalities represented
throughout the plant.
2004 Wheels Car of the Year
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Services
Brands
Our Brands and Services
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Our Business
AOC
Australian Operating Committee
HR
Purchasing
IT
Finance
Product
Development
Sales &
Marketing
Manufacturing
FCSD
Ford
Credit
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What is Human Resource Management?
HRM – Activities necessary for staffing
the organisation and sustaining a high
level of employee performance
HRM at Ford - When 5,500 people work
together as a confident, inspired and
motivated team, the rewards are great.
“People are the Company’s only sustainable
competitive advantage.”
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HRM at Ford
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HR functions:
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Recruitment & Induction
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Training & Development
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Line operators
Apprentices
Vacation Students, Co-ops and Graduates
GSRs
Payroll workforce (NB: NWGs)
Salaried workforce
Organisational & Personnel Planning (O&PP)
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The PDC process
The performance management process
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HRM at Ford (cont’d)
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Compensation & Benefits
Role of the ER assistant
 R&R
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Corporate Citizenship
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FECCS
Managing Diversity
Maintaining a fair and equitable workplace
 Worklife balance
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Labour relations (the HR co-ordinator)
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Benefits of effective HRM
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Competent, highly skilled employees
A lean, efficient human resource base
A diverse workforce
A mutually beneficial Company/Union relationship
An outcome in line with our Global Vision:
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To become the world’s leading consumer company for
automotive products & services, Ford must provide a
business environment that will allow all employees to
contribute their fullest potential.
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The HR Co-ordinator
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Structure in the B/M Plant
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HR Manager
Labour Relations Manager
HR Co-ordinators (4)
Industrial Relations impact (Awards, EBA)
Cross-functional impact (Safety, Workcover,
VRS, the medical centre)
Working with the Union (shop stewards)
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Ramp-up & Recruitment
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Ramp-up for Barra:
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Rebalancing in response to forecast need
to increase capacity 2002 – 2005
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Increasing production line speed
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Increasing work complexity
Recruitment / staffing issues
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380upd currently
412upd September 2002
Re-adjust again after September 2002
How many? How Soon?
Training & development issues
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Labour Strategy
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Outsourcing issues
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Impact on the shop floor
 Labour
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preference planning
Internal? External?
 Placement
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no industrial disruption
Working with external suppliers
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