Questions from Human Resource Management

Q: Discuss how the following trends are changing the skill requirement for managerial

Discuss how the following trends are changing the skill requirement for managerial jobs in the United States: Increasing use of social media. Increasing international competition. (c) Increasing work...

Q: Suppose you have taken a job as a trainer in a large

Suppose you have taken a job as a trainer in a large bank that has created competency models for all of its positions. How could the competency models help you succeed in your career at the bank? How...

Q: What ergonomic considerations might apply to each of the following jobs?

What ergonomic considerations might apply to each of the following jobs? For each job, what kinds of costs would result from addressing ergonomics? What costs might result from failing to address ergo...

Q: Modern electronics have eliminated the need for a store’s cashiers to calculate

Modern electronics have eliminated the need for a store’s cashiers to calculate change due on a purchase. How does this development modify the job description for a cashier? If you were a store manage...

Q: What skills are important for success in human resource management? Which

What skills are important for success in human resource management? Which of these skills are already strengths of yours? Which would you like to develop?

Q: Assume you are a manager of a fast-food restaurant.

Assume you are a manager of a fast-food restaurant. What are the outputs of your work unit? What are the activities required to produce those outputs? What are the inputs?

Q: Some organizations have detailed affirmative-action plans, complete with goals

Some organizations have detailed affirmative-action plans, complete with goals and timetables for women and minorities, yet have no formal human resource plan for the organization as a whole. Why migh...

Q: Review the sample transitional matrix shown in Table 5.1.

Review the sample transitional matrix shown in Table 5.1. What jobs experience the greatest turnover (employees leaving the organization)? How might an organization with this combination of jobs reduc...

Q: In the transitional matrix, which jobs seem to rely most on

In the transitional matrix, which jobs seem to rely most on internal recruitment? Which seem to rely most on external recruitment? Why?

Q: Why do organizations combine statistical and judgmental forecasts of labor demand,

Why do organizations combine statistical and judgmental forecasts of labor demand, rather than relying on statistics or judgment alone? Give an example of a situation in which each type of forecast wo...