You are an HR professional in an organization with 1,200 employee and seven sites. The company you work for is involved in engineering. It performs construction design and also engages in research and development of engineering and construction materials. As the HR director, you report directly to the company's CEO. The company's founder is a scientist, and though present at one of the sites, he is no longer involved in the running of the organization. There is a six-member board of directors