202Hrm-Hr Service Delivery Of Yahoo Assessment Answer

Assignment

Yahoo to lay off around 1,700 employees

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has announced plans to lay off around 1,700 of the company’s employees – which is around 15% of Yahoo’s global workforce. 

In addition, the firm also plans to shut down offices in Dubai, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Madrid, and Milan

“Today, we’re announcing a strategic plan that we strongly believe will enable us to accelerate Yahoo’s transformation,” Mayer said in a statement. “This is a strong plan calling for bold shifts in products and in resources.” 

The cuts are expected to happen in the first quarter of this year. By the end of this year, Yahoo projects that it will have around 9,000 employees and less than 1,000 contractors.

Yahoo said the job cuts are part of a four-point “strategic plan for growth” that will streamline its product offerings and initiatives, and which should return the company “modest and accelerating growth” in 2017 and 2018.

The four-point “strategic plan for growth” includes prioritising growing engagement with its enormous user base. The focus will be on enhancing the user experience with Search, Mail, and Tumblr

The second point is investing in the Mavens strategy to counterbalance legacy business declines with an emphasis on mobile. Yahoos expects Mavens GAAP revenue to exceed $1.8 billion this year.

The tech giant is also looking to simplify its business by offering a smaller product portfolio, with plans to exit legacy products, including Games and Smart TV, which have not met growth expectations. 

Finally, Yahoo will try to cut down its operating expense by laying off workers and contractors. The move is expected to save US$400 million annually in cost. 

Shares of Yahoo were down 1.4% at US$28.65 on Tuesday

Your task is as follows:

1) Critically discuss factors which may shape the HR delivery structure.

2) Critically assess the impact of implementation on the organization.

3) Outline recommendations for the HR role and the structure of HR service delivery, providing a rationale for your suggestions. Submission TBA This assignment must be submitted via the module by 11.59 PM. Learning Outcomes:

1. Understand the reasons behind organization’s changing the structure and location of HR service provision.

2 Understand the different HR service delivery models available to contemporary organizations

3 Understand the challenges involved in maintaining and managing HR services and how standards are established and monitored.