Using Human Resource Development answer the above questions.

CASE INCIDENT Abel, a cement production company, experienced a significant decline in the demand for its products, during the economic recession of 2007-2009. To keep losses to a minimum, Abel realized it must cut costs. One of the major areas for cost cutting was direct labor. Abel employed approximately four thousand people. At an emergency meeting of the board of directors, a decision was taken that the company required only about two thousand employees. Abel organized a team consisting of Line managers, HRD professionals and HRM practitioners to conduct a careful analysis of skill requirements, performance evaluation records, and seniority inventory of the organization's employees. Interestingly, 40 percent of the organization's four thousand employees were appraised as redundant. Management subsequently advised the bottom sixteen hundred employees on this list that they were being fired. These employees were given two weeks' notice of their impending dismissal. Enclosed in their final pay envelopes, were letters of termination, plus one week of additional pay for each year of service. Reports reaching the CEO's desk informed that some organizational employees, were demotivated, their productivity levels declined, while they showed signs of depression; and were engaging in 'on-the-job alcohol use.' QUESTION 1: You are an HRD consultant, hired by Abel, to provide recommendations for improving the attitude and work behavior of employees. Discuss in detail your recommendations, and one (1) HRD program available to the employees. (30 marks) Question: 2 Some private sector organizations experience challenges, such as employee turnover, high absenteeism, and low productivity during the peak production season. Discuss any two (2) HRD interventions which organizations can implement to address these challenges. ( 30 marks)