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to fifth place in physical security and cash role in making sure the new employees are handling sectors. The firm is thus close to integrated in a positive environment. The attaining its CEO's goal- to become one of result is that these workers are almost PROTECT: the three largest players on the global immediately familiar with the company's market within seven years code of ethics and its values of team spirit, Protect's executive team includes client focused, responsibility, integrity, some 30 vice president, each with clearly effectiveness, simplicity, flexibility and a company on defined roles and responsibilities. The commitment. company's human resources management However, because of the a winning course! s decentralized, with teams in Canada, corporation sustained growth strategy, the United States and Europe in order to R department of Protect Canada has to In light of your consulting firm's reputation, these employees are security officers. comply with the legislation and culture in apply short-term management approach, President and CEO of Protect has asked you Protect generally favours a decentralized each region. Up to now, Protect has applied while planning for the longer term. Given to recommend HR management strategies approach for each entity, apart from a. a rigorous management approach, the 30 collective agreements and the fact to build a sense of commitment and loyalty number of shared functions such as finance, maintaining the same organizational their potential legal implications of regional among the companies employees. At the marketing and communications structure across the board. It now realizes economic realities and has become more same time, he would like to maintain the information technology and purchasing, that it will have to adapt the structure to and more difficult to recruit a stable firm's growth objectives and management which are managed from its head office in meet these new challenges. workforce. Turnover in the security industry philosophy. You thus held several meetings Montreal. It has administrative staff of 450 CHALLENGES s higher than in other sectors; when the with various management representatives employees working in various branches Industry observers believe the Protect is on unemployment rate drops, it's harder to retained the following information. across Canada. Of these, 180 are based in a winning course. Extremely targeted, in recruit good candidates. In fact, employee BACKGROUND Montreal head office. terms of both geography and activities, its recruitment and retention represent Founded in 1970, Protect changed hands Listed on the stock exchange for the acquisitions have been well received by the significant challenges for the company, several times before being bought by its past seven years, the corporation has financial community, shareholders and particularly in Canada. Furthermore, the current President and CEO in 1999. The focused heavily on sales and profit growth clients. Not only has the firm enhanced its rate at which new public protection company is active in the following four in recent years and is now financially sound. value through these acquisitions, but has legislation is being introduced doesn't operating segments: consulting and Its success is largely due to a substantial also been able to successfully integrate suggest the situation will improve in the investigations, pre- employment screening, growth and the creation of synergies these newly acquired firms into its overall near future. Garden is currently counting on physical security and cash handling. between certain administrative and operations. the dynamism of its existing team to Protect has a well-established operational cost centers. Since 1999, To achieve this success, develop its employee's loyalty and enhance reputation: not only as a leader on the Protect has posted an average revenue management focused on the following four their sense of commitment and the international scene, where it has operations growth of 91.74%. Moreover, it hopes to steps: adaptation of the existing structure, organization. in Europe, Mexico and the Middle East, but reach its target annual revenue of CAN$1.4 elimination of duplication, job maintenance also as the second-largest cash handling billion in 2008 and job improvement. All of these steps can firm in North America. In addition, the While the internal growth explains a be quickly implemented. Each acquisition is company is considered to be the top large part (65%) of the corporation's managed according to its specific context Canadian player in consulting and success in the last five years, its acquisitions and employees are kept informed very early investigations, pre-employment screening have also boosted its earnings. In all, on in the process. and physical security. Protect has made 26 acquisitions in Canada, Changes are communicated in The corporation counts on 28,000 the United States and Europe since its collaboration with the management of the employees worldwide, mainly in the inception. These acquisitions have enabled acquired entities since Protect understands security and cash handling sectors, about the corporations to secure an advantageous the importance of both informal and formal 15% of whom work part-time. Most of position on the global market, propelling it modes of communication. The Pres./CEO and his management team play an active