LB Brands,a Western Canada marketing company,had grown to 100 employees.Joan Farris the Vice President of Marketing spends much of her day developing and coaching people and helping to solve problems.She has a prescribed employee performance management process.She feels that decisions concerning her employee staffing,training and performance appraisals are her responsibility.Jay Carter,the Vice President of HR,feels that LB Brands must have consistent HR practices and that staffing,training and performance management decisions must be centralized in the HR department.
-Please refer to Scenario 1.1.Which of the following competing demands does Jay Carter try to balance in his role as the Vice President of HR at LB Brands?

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Jay Carter is trying to balance competing demands between employee concerns and HRM challenges. He believes that consistent HR practices should be in place and that decisions concerning staffing, training, and performance management should be centralized in the HR department. This conflicts with Joan Farris' belief that these decisions are her responsibility.

LB Brands,a Western Canada Marketing Company,had Grown to 100 Employees