For each situation below, identify the specific environmental factor and then describe one impact on human resources management because of this factor. Your answer must be specific.

A new computer reporting system will be installed in the production area and all production employees will be required to use it. You believe that a large percentage of your production employees will have difficulty with the new system since most of the employees did not use reporting systems in the past Factor: Impact on HRM: Your company has just announced that they are going to be opening a manufacturing and distribution centre internationally in China. Factor: Impact on HRM: Your Canadian company has just announced that it will merge with a US competitor. The head office will be in the USA, but they will leave their research and development operations in Canada. Factor: Impact on HRM: A continual decline in sales has forced the company to downsize the workforce Factor: Impact on HRM: During the Covid-19 pandemic, office employees worked from home. Now that the vaccination rates have reached provincial targets, your organization has decided that that office employees will work a hybrid schedule Factor: Impact on HRM