Chapter CC, Problem 27CC

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The types of human resources practices that need to be implemented in boundary less organizations, the types of principles of selection and hiring that are effective and the Big five traits and abilities that Newskool supervisors might want to use for selection.

Case Summary: Newskool Grooves is transnational company developing music software. Its founder and CEO is Gerd Finger. The company’s headquarters are in Berlin where new products are developed and organizational strategy is established. The final decisions to hire employees are always taken by Finger and he also put lots of emphasis on independent work styles. Employees want to work at this company because it’s cutting edge and the organization has a much decentralized culture.

Interpretation: Organizations with undefined and flexible organizational designs are called boundary less organizations. Internal and external boundaries of the organizations are eliminated by boundary less organizations. We are discussing in the given explanation below the types of human resources practices that need to be implemented in boundary less organizations, the types of principles of selection and hiring that are effective and the Big five traits and abilities that Newskool supervisors might want to use for selection.