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Suppose you are a supervisor. What errors might you make when preparing the performance appraisal on a clerical...
In large corporations, clerical employees are often removed by several layers of management from the evaluation-writer. Also, because of the natural promotion patterns in place, an immediate...
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Why do you think human resources management is important to all managers?
A business's success relies on its people. To that end, human resources management is a critical part of any organization, and any manager can and should play a part in it. Human resources plays...
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What are some potential problems with downsizing as an organization's first response to a need to cut labor costs?
Since you have put this in the business section, I assume that you are asking about the business reasons (as opposed to reasons having to do with society as a whole) that downsizing can be a bad...
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Why is it important for Human Resource Management to transform from being primarily administrative and operational to...
I think that Human Resource management has to transform to being a more strategic contributor to business success because the demands of the workplace are rapidly changing. In any field, it is...
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What HRM functions must be performed regardless of the organization's size?
Human resource management functions must be performed by any business that has employees (human resources.) This includes the smallest family-owned and operated corner store to a large...
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Can an employer file a grievance against the union even if the labor agreement does not specifically refer to this...
A grievance is an official, written note that concerns a break in written agreements between management and the union. These include: a violation of contract a violation of practice or a past...
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Why should an organization seek to retain employees with performance or discipline problems rather than firing them?
When a company retains its employees rather than firing them, it can often save time and money. Whenever a firm hires a new employee, it must train that employee to do his or her job. Both the...
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Are targeted recruitment systems are fair, and why? Many organizations adopt a targeted recruitment strategy. For...
Like so much in the realm of human resources, targeted recruitment is a complex issue. I see how one could see it as blatently unfair. Yet, I think that there are some elements to take into...
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How does human resource development connect to adult learning?
Adult learning is an essential component of human resources development. Human resources development consists of inducting and training staff members when they are first employed by a company and...
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How difficult is it to reward people differently for performing similar work? A number of theories of motivation...
It can be difficult, but not impossible, to reward people differently for similar work. People can be hyper-alert to any treatment in the workplace that is perceived as unfair or unequal, and this...
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Which of the costs and benefits of voluntary turnover are most likely to vary according to type of job?
With voluntary job turnover (meaning, the employee has chosen to leave the company for whatever reason), there are different costs and benefits. These will vary based on the level of the employee...
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What are the advantages of having a centralized staffing function as opposed to letting each manager be totally...
One major advantage of centralizing staffing is specialization. Although unit managers may know the business of their units (e.g. manufacturing, web design, etc.) they are unlikely to be up to...
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Is the use of staffing technology and software wrong because it dehumanizes the staffing experience?
I think that you can make the claim of "dehumanization" to nearly every endeavor that uses technology in place of human effort. I think that the use of staffing technology could be dehumanizing if...
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What steps can a company take to align its compensation system with its general business strategy?
A company's business objectives are to prosper by way of growth and achieve healthy profit levels. They require motivated and trained employees to help them achieve these goals. Therefore, quality...
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What are ten sources of applicants that organizations use when recruiting?
Key to recruitment is using a wide range of sources to generate an extensive list of qualified candidates. There are traditional sources of candidates used throughout modern time and there are...
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Are employers required to have bulletin boards at the workplace?
Speaking of the United States legal requirements for workplace bulletin boards: Federal, state and local governments do issue legal guidance, rules, regulations and updates to existing guidance,...
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What are the rules for discharge for off-duty conduct?
In answering this question, we must first realize that the specifics of the case are very important. It is hard to give a blanket answer that covers all situations in which an employee is...
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How does the film "The Last Castle" show concepts of Human Resource Management?
Human Resource Management concerns the proper training and use of employees to the benefit of a company. Typically, HR Managers try to keep their employees working in the places most suited to...
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What are the similarities and differences between job analysis and competency models?
On one hand, some theorists and practicioners incorporate job analysis and competency modeling into a functional pair when discussing or performing job assessments for a business or corporation. On...
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Assess the attributes and potential drawbacks to having a formal Human Resource Management process.
I would say that there are more benefits to having a formal Human Resource Management process. The more formal the Human Resources process is in an organization, the more likely it is that there...
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What sorts of problems would an employer encounter in asking a job incumbent to write a task statement?
The most important problem that might be encountered comes from the fact that the job incumbent will have his or her own biases. The job incumbent may not have a good overall view of all the...
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How does the HR planning process facilitate the achievement of an organization's strategic objectives and how they...
Human Resources (HR) planning is an essential component of an organization's ongoing quest to meet its strategic objectives. This type of planning plays the pivotal role of making sure that the...
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Does an organization have any ethical responsibility to share with all of its employees the results of its...
The ethical implications of this question become much more obvious if you translate it from the jargon intended to obscure the underlying realities to simpler English. Assume you have a reasonably...
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What are some of the factors managers should consider in determining the level of associate involvement in managerial...
One factor managers should take into consideration when determining the level of associate involvement in managerial decisions is the sensitivity of the internal company information the associate...
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How have training, development, and learning programs contributed to General Electric's success
Jack Welch, longtime Chairman and Chief Executive of General Electric, knows quite a bit about how run an exceptionally large, and successful, corporation. One of Welch’s strengths as a corporate...
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If an employer does not provide a bulletin board at the workplace, do the employees have a right to provide and mount...
Employers are required to post certain information. They do not have to allow workers to post their own bulletin boards. First of all, the federal government of the United States requires...
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If a company has a bulletin board at the workplace, does the employer have a right to restrict what can be posted on...
This question relates to whether or not employees have the right to freedom of speech in the workplace. Workers in the private sector are not generally protected by the First Amendment at work....
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Identify and discuss the learning principles to consider when designing a training program.
The first thing that needs to be taken into consideration when designing a training program is prior knowledge—in other words, what the students already know about the topic at hand. For example,...
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Assume the position of a consultant hired to assess the approach towards human resource management taken by a client...
In order to answer this question, you need to understand what the difference between traditional human resources and strategic human resources is. In a nutshell, traditional human resources is...
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Discuss the relative effectiveness of engineering versus management controls to improve job safety and health?
Let's compare the relative effectiveness of engineering versus management controls to improve job safety and health. Engineering job safety and health within a company entails forecasting potential...
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What is Strategic Human Resource Management and why is it important? (How does it differ from Human Resource...
Strategic Human Resource Management adds value to a company because human resources are one of a company’s most valuable assets. Recruiting, training, evaluating, and retaining employees is...
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In Human Resources what are the goals of employee selection?
There are at least two important goals of employee selection. First, human resources departments are trying to select employees who will be good at their jobs. The departments and others involved...
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I need help with completing an assignment responding to the following prompt. Human resource management is the...
Your first task here is selecting a position about which to write. Strategically, you should choose an exempt rather than hourly position, perhaps with technical or managerial responsibilities, as...
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Why is it important for Human Resource professionals to know if a law applies to an organization?
The HR manager is not only responsible to the company for access to qualified personnel, etc., but is also the expert on benefits, hiring ethics such as gender equality, firing criteria, on-the-job...
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What are benefits of knowledge, skill, and ability (KSA) in formal job descriptions that have to do with safety, even...
The major benefit of including KSAs that are about safety in a job description is that they get the applicants to understand how important safety is to the firm. If a job description includes KSAs...
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What are the Human Resource Management implications of technology?
Technology and e-commerce change the ways one needs to think about staffing. A business model based on people all showing up to an office at the same time and interacting via face to face meetings...
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What is the communication process in a organization?
There are many ways of looking at communication in an organization. There is vertical communication, and there is horizontal communication. There is formal communication, and there is informal...
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What special efforts are needed to manage workforce diversity?
There are several important strategies necessary for managing diversity in the workplace. First, it is important to ensure that nothing in the workplace creates an hostile environment for diverse...
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What is the overall importance of motivation as it relates to management, and what are the benefits of having a fully...
A major part of effective management to promote motivation and build morale in the workplace requires a manager with excellent leadership skills. An effective leader should demonstrate management...
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I have an customer service representative employee who suffers from nasal allergies. He makes horrible noises,...
This is a hard situation. Here are the steps to take. First, you did the right thing in speaking to the person. Sometimes this is all that it takes. Sometimes people do not know what they are...
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What are the implications of including false information on a resume just to enhance it?
There are some fairly intense implications for embellishing or including false information on a resume. In general, I would say that it is wrong to do so. I think that not being able to act in...
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What are some ways to work with a hyper-emotional employee?
If an employee is emotional to an excessive degree, the best thing to do (assuming the employee is worth keeping) is to give that employee feedback in ways that are designed to be factual and not,...
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How can companies validate the statement that "Our human resources are our most valuable assets"?
Companies can validate the statement that "Our human resources are our most valuable assets" through the use of policies designed to reflect that motto. Any discrepancy between image and reality...
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How does the S.W.O.T. Situational Planning Strategy apply to the situation of a Medical Center administrator?
A medical center administrator has to be aware of everything at once to keep the medical center running smoothly. All health care providers face pressure not only to demonstrate their ability to...
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What can a company do to orient a new person in their job?
There are many things that a company can do to help a person in a new job. In light of this, let me name a few of them. First, it is most important that company hire and place people in the right...
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What are some benefits of unpaid internships?
Regardless of their lack of remuneration, unpaid work is highly beneficial for anyone who wants to establish a valid and strong reputation in a field of work where there is competition to get in....
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What is the relationship of job satisfaction, organizational commitment and work outcomes?
Job satisfaction should help to increase organizational commitment and better work outcomes. If a person is satisfied with his or her job, they will be far more likely to work harder and longer to...
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Does management have to pay union officials for all of the time spent investigating and processing grievances during...
The answer is yes in almost every case. Being that there are so many different labor sectors ranging from mining, to manufacturing, to education, among hundreds of others, there may be a few...
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What are some benefits of employers investing in an applicant tracking system?
The main advantage of the applicant tracking system is that the business knows what type of person applies for the job and how many accept employment if it is offered. An applicant tracking system...
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Does an employer have to allow union solicitation information to be displayed on company bulletin boards?
In general, employers do not have to allow union solicitation materials to be posted on company bulletin boards. However, companies also do not have a blanket right to ban all such materials....
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