Clearwater Electronics now has $1,600$ employees and an HR department with several employees. However, it w that large. In its second year, the company was growing steadily and hired its $40$th employee. At that time, the $$ire an HR generalist to manage all human resources functions. Why was this decision the best thing for the co

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

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

The CEO, who had been handling the HR functions, was averwneimed by all the HR tasks as well as company responsibilities and needed someone dedicated to $HR,$

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