1. Case Study: Cypress Semiconductors
HR Management
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2. Cypress Semiconductors: Five Factors
Environment Dimensions:
Social
Political
Legal
Economic
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3. Cypress: Company Culture
Company Culture Characteristics:
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4. Cypress: Employment System
Hiring
Alignment with Cypress goals? Culture?
Fit with other HR Systems at Cypress?
Headcount
Retention
Promotion
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5. Cypress: Performance Management System
Performance Evaluation
Alignment with Cypress goals? Culture?
Fit with other HR Systems at Cypress?
Merit Pay
Equity Pay
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6. Cypress: Consistency of HR Systems
How Consistent are Cypress’ HR Systems in terms of:
Single employee consistency
Among-employee consistency
Temporal consistency
Where are the inconsistencies?
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7. Cypress: Recommendations
What changes would you recommend to make to the Cypress HR System?
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Cypress: Epilogue
Fiscal year 2000
$1.3 billion in revenues
Over 4,400 employees
Fiscal year 2001 expectations
Revenue down 20-30% from 2000
Profits less than 2000, several unprofitable quarters
10% across-the-board reduction in non-manufacturing functions of the firm in 2001 expected in 4th quarter.
Cypress expected to be solidly profitable in 2002 after its steepest sales drop in its history in 2001.
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