Abstract
In this document, we focus on the analysis of the human resources function of a huge company, which is unique because it is in the perspective of a merger between Alcatel and Lucent. We have first presented an overview of the merger to position the sector, and concluded this part with a SWOT analysis, in order to identify the main opportunities to improve the human resources within the company. In a second part we positioned the human resources in the company with a summary and overview.
The main part deals with the strategic and HR planning with the different values and the strategic and HR goals in terms of capabilities and capacities needed to reach the objectives. We have also analyzed how the workforce is involved in order to achieve the mission statement and match with the corporate values.
Later, we analyze the HR plans and methods of hiring and succession planning. Finally, we conclude with an analysis of the differentiating factors of cultures between the French and American management.
Human resources represent a major department, which has an essential role in leading a company on the path to success. This is the basis of each company, because it is the guide of all the directions of the board, and allows the creation of the environment of the company, and the guidance of all the people who are going to work within the company. In fact, it is a way of controlling the internal and external environments of the company.
In our case, we chose to study the strategic analysis of the Human Resources of the company Alcatel-Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent is a very specific company and has a system which faces many issues related to the restructuring of the organizational alignment.
Through this analysis we are first going to present the company Alcatel and its merger with the company Lucent. It will be interesting to see why they decided to merge, and the reasons why it makes thing harder, as seen by the fact that both companies were in troubles as a result of it. We are also going also to identify the main strategic goals reached, and those formulated in order to be reached. Moreover, it will be necessary to pay attention to the workforce engagement of the company, it capability and its capacity.
In the second part, we will talk about the succession planning which plays a major part in the case of Alcatel-Lucent. In fact, is the main reason why I chose Alcatel-Lucent as the subject is that it is a merger in a very specific industry, and requires building a complicated Human Resources management, because of the need to deal with the HR department of each respective company. This is the factor which will bring us to an analysis of the cultures of Europe for Alcatel and America for Lucent.
