Questions from Human Resource Management

Q: After asking a production supervisor to review several job descriptions for positions

After asking a production supervisor to review several job descriptions for positions he supervises, he returns them an hour later with a note that they are all ok. You explain that you are concerned...

Q: When proposing that your organization investigate flexible scheduling and other flexible workplace

When proposing that your organization investigate flexible scheduling and other flexible workplace options, the CEO replies that she has no interest in “getting involved in that type of chaotic workpl...

Q: The only employer brand that matters is salary. If an employer

The only employer brand that matters is salary. If an employer pays a competitive or slightly higher salary with competitive benefits, they'll get the same applicants everyone else does.” Evaluate the...

Q: What do you think of realistic job previews? Would you be

What do you think of realistic job previews? Would you be more likely to choose a position where recruiters emphasized only the positive aspects of the job?

Q: The HR Director of a manufacturing company learns the hard way that

The HR Director of a manufacturing company learns the hard way that doing the right thing can be complicated when she handles a sexual harassment complaint and ends up with at least one retaliation co...

Q: "All former employers will tell me anymore is the dates of

"All former employers will tell me anymore is the dates of employment. Period. Calling them is a waste of time.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement. Explain.

Q: Untrained interviewers can make mistakes that are very costly to the organization

Untrained interviewers can make mistakes that are very costly to the organization.” Discuss errors in perception and selection that interviewers can make and how to avoid them.

Q: Describe what a socialization program might look like if management desired employees

Describe what a socialization program might look like if management desired employees who were innovative and individualistic.

Q: Anne and Ed are disagreeing over the content of the employee manual

Anne and Ed are disagreeing over the content of the employee manual of their new start-up. Anne wants to keep the content to a bare minimum or have no handbook at all because a lawyer friend of hers w...

Q: It's a dog eat dog world out there" according to Jackson

It's a dog eat dog world out there" according to Jackson, president of Onleo as he defended their use of relative standards to evaluate employees. "If Onleo falls below 10% market share, we're finishe...