Discussion Question 1_01
You are a newly promoted Human Resource manager for a high tech global company. You have resources to focus on three (3) primary initiatives within your HR Department during your first year of tenure. Among the objectives are improving employee engagement, improving productivity, and maximizing your company's diversity advantages while minimizing potential barriers. What three changes would you initiate to address these objectives? Explain what you would do in detail. (30 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
Discussion Question 1_02
Over the last 40 years, federal legislation has redefined personnel management in U. S. organizations. Discuss the following: (20 points) (A 1-page response is required.)
- Describe the effect of the following legislations on organizations: Title VII of 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
- Show how these changes are "good business," that is, how they benefit the organizations and not just the employees within those organizations.
Discussion Question 2_03
Discuss the following. (30 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
- Describe the six (6) steps in performing a job analysis.
- Describe how information from a job analysis might be effectively used in recruiting, appraising performance, training, making additional job assignments, and showing EEO compliance.
Discussion Question 2_04
Describe five (5) items one might find in a job description. (20 points) (A 1-page response is required.)
Discussion Question 3_06
Imagine that you have a 3-employee office/apartment management company. They have all asked for increases in base pay. Maureen, 42, is a part-time business contracts manager and secretary; she gets $2200 a month. Buzz, 28, oversees building maintenance and rentals for the 4-story family-owned business office directly above your office. He also manages nine apartment buildings within the area. He gets $4,750 a month. Margaret, 36, handles legal matters and has responsibility for resolving all escalated tenant complaints as well as evictions. She earns $6,400 a month. Respond to the following. (30 points) (A 2-page response is required.)
- Outline a formal pay plan for your three employees using Dessler's 5-step process. In Step 2, Job Evaluation, use the ranking method to evaluate compensable factors.
- Describe the five (5) methods Dessler presents to perform a job evaluation, highlighting the advantages of each method.
Discussion Question 3_07
Several trends in our culture and economy will surely affect employee compensation and benefits in the near future. Describe how you anticipate the following to impact employee compensation and benefits in the next ten (10) years. (20 points) (A 1-page response is required.)
- Rapid Growth of the 'Underemployed/Unemployable'
- Executive Compensation
- Health Care Costs
- The Rise of Competency-Based Pay Practices
Discussion Question 4_08
You have just finished designing a course on customer service for a retail chain. List and describe the four (4) categories of training outcomes that you would use to determine the course's success. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)
Discussion Question 4_09
Your firm has been using a tried-and-true paper-based method of account management for 70 years. Upper management has determined that a new online version would be more effective. With training as one of your components, explain how you would bring about change in your organization using Lewin's 3-step model. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)
Discussion Question 5_11
Discuss the following:
- Explain the following third-party interventions: mediation, fact-finder, and binding arbitration. Provide hypothetical examples of each.
- Compare four (4) tactics that a union might use to break an impasse. Do not discuss the three (3) interventions discussed in "a" above.
| Discussion Question 5_12 |
You are an employee relations manager. Your last employee values and behaviors survey showed low ratings in the following three (3) areas:
- A casual regard for company property and minor theft
- Among the salesforce, a lack of concern for and failure to apply ethical principles when dealing with clients
- A lack of familiarity with company ethics policy.
Respond to the following. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)
- Access the Ashworth online library, ProQuest, and come up with three (3) creative initiatives to improve employee commitment to ethics in the workplace.
- Discuss three (3) methods to communicate your initiatives to employees. This item is "out of scope" for current budget, so you cannot use means beyond normal communication tools (weekly newsletter, etc.).
| Discussion Question 6_14 |
Discuss three (3) reasons why international business efforts fail. Then discuss the five (5) factors important in the selection of management staff for international assignments. Include coverage of three (3) components for each factor. (26 points)
Discussion Question 6_15
Describe the 4-Level training and development strategy to support expatriates in a start-up company that plans to sell American wine in France. (24 points) (A 1½-page response is required.)
