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Clearwater Blectronics now has $1,600$ employees and an HR department with several employees. However, it was not always that large. In its second year, the company was growing steadily and hired its $40$ h employee. At that time, the CEO decided to hire an HR generalist to manage all human resources functions. Why was this decision the best thing for the company at the time?

The company was past the start$-$up stage, and someone handling HR would help recruit better applicants.

The CCO believed HR was important to the strategic mission of the firm, and the company needed someone qualified to handle a wide variety of HR responsibilities.

The CFO, who had been handling the HR functions, was overwhelmed by all the HR tasks as well as the overall company responsibilities and needed someone dedicated to HR $.$

The company needed someone who could manage complex HR reporting functions in a timely manner as well as manage the time$-$consuming task of recruiting.