You have just started a new accounting job. Your manager thinks
there are problems related to the system used to hire new
employees. As a first step she / he asks you lead a team to
interview the appropriate personnel and prepare both a context
diagram and a flow chart. The flow chart will be used to identify
the business processes related to this cycle and to identify
weakness in internal controls. After interviewing personnel, you
and your team prepare the following narrative. As a job vacancy
develops, the hiring manager of the requesting department must
first complete a Job Vacancy Form (JVF) (i.e. printed in
duplicate). The original copy is sent to the Human Resources (HR)
department where it is filed by date, and the hiring manager files
the duplicate numerically. HR manager assigns the job a position
number and then posts the opening company’s website. As applicants
apply for the position by US mail, email or posting to website.
Weekly, an HR supervisor prints applicants’ resumes and reviews
them to ensure that applicants meet job specifications. If
candidates meet specifications, they are sent to the HR manager for
further screening, i.e. “best fit”. As appropriate, copy of the top
3 candidates’ resumes is made and sent to the hiring manager, for a
phone interview. HR manager files the original resumes in a file
alphabetically. Candidates who do not meet job specifications are
send a letter of “regret” by the HR manager. Based on the phone
interview, applicants are elected for site visits and are
interviewed in person by the hiring manager, who then makes a final
selection. The final candidate then receives an offer letter.
(Assume the candidate takes the job as offered). The first day on
the job, the candidate reports to HR, where the HR manager prepares
a Position Hiring Form (PHF) (i.e. form printed in triplicate). The
1st copy of the PHF is filed manually in a secured cabinet, by
employee social security number. The 3rd copy of the PHF is stapled
to the original JVF and returned to the requesting department,
where it is filed by employee last name. The HR department forwards
the 2nd copy of the PHF to the Payroll Department. The Payroll
Department uses the PHF as an authorization document to create a
payroll record for the new employee. In the Payroll Department, the
employee information shown on the PHF is keyed in directly to the
company’s computer system by a clerk, who uses an online terminal.
Once submitted, the information is used to update the company’s
master payroll record. The clerk then files the PHF numerically for
reference. Required: Prepare a document flowchart in good form
using appropriate symbols and rules DFD.
You may use MS Visio, Excel or PowerPoint to complete this project
following the instructions provided to you.