Questions from Human Resource Management

Q: A risk of disciplining employees is that some employees retaliate. To

A risk of disciplining employees is that some employees retaliate. To avoid this risk, what organizational policies might encourage low-performing employees to leave while encouraging high-performers...

Q: List forms of behavior that can signal job withdrawal.

List forms of behavior that can signal job withdrawal.

Q: What are the four factors that influence an employee’s job dissatisfaction (

What are the four factors that influence an employee’s job dissatisfaction (or satisfaction)? Which of these do you think an employer can most easily change? Which would be the most expensive to chang...

Q: Why are exit interviews important? Should an organization care about the

Why are exit interviews important? Should an organization care about the opinion of people who are leaving? How are those opinions relevant to employee separation and retention?

Q: Give an example of voluntary turnover and an example of involuntary turnover

Give an example of voluntary turnover and an example of involuntary turnover. Why should organizations try to reduce both kinds of turnover?

Q: A member of a restaurant’s serving staff is chronically late for work

A member of a restaurant’s serving staff is chronically late for work. From the organization’s point of view, what fairness issues are involved in deciding how to handle this situation? In what ways m...

Q: For the situation in question 2, how would a formal discipline

For the situation in question 2, how would a formal discipline policy help the organization address issues of fairness? Situation from Question 2: A member of a restaurant’s serving staff is chroni...

Q: In what type of situation would an employer have a legitimate reason

In what type of situation would an employer have a legitimate reason for learning about an employee’s personal matters outside the workplace?

Q: Summarize the way organizations use information about jobs as a basis for

Summarize the way organizations use information about jobs as a basis for a pay structure.

Q: Pay structure consists of the relative pay for different jobs within the

Pay structure consists of the relative pay for different jobs within the organization. Establishing a pay structure simplifies the process of making decisions about individual employees’ pay by groupi...