What is the purpose of the FMLA and who does it cover?
> Presented below is selected financial information for two divisions of Yono Brewing. Instructions: Supply the missing information for the lettered items. Lite Lager $ 300,000 (c) $1,200,000 13% (d) $ 204.000 Lager Contribution margin Controllable m
> Lisah, Inc., manufactures golf clubs in three models. For the year, the Big Bart line has a net loss of $10,000 from sales $200,000, variable costs $180,000, and fixed costs $30,000. If the Big Bart line is eliminated, $20,000 of fixed costs will remain.
> Presented below is selected information for three regional divisions of Medina Company. Instructions: (a) Compute the return on investment for each division. (b) Compute the residual income for each division. (c) Assume that each division has an invest
> Crede Company budgeted selling expenses of $30,000 in January, $35,000 in February, and $40,000 in March. Actual selling expenses were $31,200 in January, $34,525 in February, and $46,000 in March. Instructions: (a) Prepare a selling expense report that
> The Pletcher Transportation Company uses a responsibility reporting system to measure the performance of its three investment centers: Planes, Taxis, and Limos. Segment performance is measured using a system of responsibility reports and return on invest
> The Dinkle and Frizell Dental Clinic provides both preventive and orthodontic dental services. The two owners, Reese Dinkle and Anita Frizell, operate the clinic as two separate investment centers: Preventive Services and Orthodontic Services. Each of th
> The West Division of Nieto Company reported the following data for the current year. Sales …………………………………..$3,000,000 Variable costs ………………………..1,980,000 Controllable fixed costs ……………600,000 Average operating assets ………5,000,000 Top management is unhap
> The Sports Equipment Division of Harrington Company is operated as a profit center. Sales for the division were budgeted for 2014 at $900,000. The only variable costs budgeted for the division were cost of goods sold ($440,000) and selling and administra
> Deitz Inc. has three divisions which are operated as profit centers. Actual operating data for the divisions listed alphabetically are as follows. Instructions: (a) Compute the missing amounts. Show computations. (b) Prepare a responsibility report for
> The Mixing Department manager of Malone Company is able to control all overhead costs except rent, property taxes, and salaries. Budgeted monthly overhead costs for the Mixing Department, in alphabetical order, are: Actual costs incurred for January 20
> Fultz Company’s organization chart includes the president; the vice president of production; three assembly plants—Dallas, Atlanta, and Tucson; and two departments within each plant—Machining and Finishing. Budget and actual manufacturing cost data for J
> Venetian Company has two production departments, Fabricating and Assembling. At a department managers’ meeting, the controller uses flexible budget graphs to explain total budgeted costs. Separate graphs based on direct labor hours are used for each depa
> Sales budget data for Palermo Company are given in BE21-2. Management desires to have an ending finished goods inventory equal to 25% of the next quarter’s expected unit sales. Prepare a production budget by quarters for the first 6 months of 2014. Data
> Kirkland Plumbing Company is a newly formed company specializing in plumbing services for home and business. The owner, Lenny Kirkland, had divided the company into two segments: Home Plumbing Services and Business Plumbing Services. Each segment is run
> As sales manager, Joe Batista was given the following static budget report for selling expenses in the Clothing Department of Soria Company for the month of October. As a result of this budget report, Joe was called into the president’
> Mike Trusler has prepared the following list of statements about budgetary control. 1. Budget reports compare actual results with planned objectives. 2. All budget reports are prepared on a weekly basis. 3. Management uses budget reports to analyze diffe
> Donnegal Company makes and sells artistic frames for pictures. The controller is responsible for preparing the master budget and has accumulated the following information for 2014. Donnegal has a labor contract that calls for a wage increase to $9.00 p
> Chandler Ltd. estimates sales for the second quarter of 2014 will be as follows. Month Units April ………………………………………………………. 2,550 May …………………………………………………………2,475 June ………………………………………………………..2,390 The target ending inventory of finished
> Garza and Neely, CPAs, are preparing their service revenue (sales) budget for the coming year (2014). The practice is divided into three departments: auditing, tax, and consulting. Billable hours for each department, by quarter, are provided below. Ave
> Green Landscaping Inc. is preparing its budget for the first quarter of 2014. The next step in the budgeting process is to prepare a cash receipts schedule and a cash payments schedule. To that end the following information has been collected. Clients us
> LRF Company’s budgeted sales and direct materials purchases are as follows. LRF’s sales are 30% cash and 70% credit. Credit sales are collected 10% in the month of sale, 50% in the month following sale, and 36% in th
> The controller of Trenshaw Company wants to improve the company’s control system by preparing a month-by-month cash budget. The following information is for the month ending July 31, 2014. June 30, 2014, cash balance ……………………………………………………$45,000 Dividend
> Danner Company expects to have a cash balance of $45,000 on January 1, 2014. Relevant monthly budget data for the first 2 months of 2014 are as follows. Collections from customers: January $85,000, February $150,000. Payments for direct materials: Januar
> Each day, Adama Corporation processes 1 ton of a secret raw material into two resulting products, AB1 and XY1. When it processes 1 ton of the raw material, the company incurs joint processing costs of $60,000. It allocates $25,000 of these costs to AB1 a
> (a) “Standard costs are the expected total cost of completing a job.” Is this correct? Explain. (b) “A standard imposed by a governmental agency is known as a regulation.” Do you agree? Explain.
> Explain the differences in philosophy of the Calm Waters and White-Water Rapids views of change.
> Why is evaluation of training effectiveness necessary?
> What are the similarities and differences between training and development?
> Explain the purpose and benefits of an effective onboarding process for new employees.
> How do the types of validity differ? Explain their use in evaluating testing and in preventing discrimination.
> What mistakes could employers make that would influence a qualified candidate to turn down a job offer?
> What are the advantages of conducting background investigations on applicants and what do employees need to consider when conducting the investigations?
> Explain the advantages and disadvantages of searching social media as a screening tool for applicants.
> Explain guidelines for developing effective interview questions that respect the legal rights of the applicant.
> Describe the differences one may encounter when recruiting globally.
> Elyse took over as president of a home healthcare supply company when her father retired. Soon after, many other longtime employees also retired. Replacing the lost experience was difficult and the new employees just don't seem to be able to fill their s
> Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the external recruitment alternatives.
> Present the advantages and disadvantages of promote from within policies.
> What are some challenges to effective recruiting?
> Explain the importance of essential functions as they relate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
> Identify the advantages and disadvantages of the observation, structured questionnaire, and diary job analysis methods.
> Explain how you would do a job analysis for the position of “Successful HR Student” and create a job description using the elements in this chapter. Explain your choices of essential functions and job specifications.
> Describe the progressive discipline process as it would apply to an employee with a minor violation of workplace rules as opposed to a serious violation.
> Explain the potential advantages and disadvantages of having organizational policies that deal with workplace romance.
> What is employment-at-will? How does it affect employees? Employers?
> Discuss issues involved in using honesty tests to screen job applicants?
> This case concerns a casino employee placing a “Dilbert” cartoon on the company bulletin board, which management found offensive. The employee was fired for misconduct and denied unemployment benefits. The employee appealed to an administrative judge, cl
> What should be considered when developing a policy on employee use of social media?
> What should an organization know about employee records?
> Explain how the two types of sexual harassment differ.
> Explain why an employee might file a claim of retaliation and why retaliation claims are on the rise.
> What is an adverse impact? How does it differ from adverse or disparate treatment?
> Select one of the cases concerning employment discrimination that seems to be most important to fairness in employment and explain your reasoning.
> Which of the HR functions seem to be most important and why?
> Explain ways that a talent management strategy improves an organization's ability to attract and keep talented employees.
> What role does HRM play in the strategic management process?
> This case allows students to study and discuss a variety of discipline issues. An accountant at an excavation contractor and his boss share a mutual gun collection hobby, often bringing guns to work. The accountant upsets an administrative assistant by b
> Explain what ethics are and how organizations and HRM can promote ethical behavior.
> What are the necessary ingredients for a successful employee involvement program?
> What is the purpose of a continuous improvement program? What role does HRM play in assisting continuing improvements?
> Explain the roles HRM plays in dealing with current employment challenges such as mergers, offshoring, the economy, and ethical issues.
> Explain which of the advances in management seem most and least important in the evolution of HRM.
> How is the role of HR demonstrated in each of the four management functions?
> How have globalization and changes in workforce composition contributed to the need for understand diversity and inclusion in our organizations?
> Describe the collective-bargaining process and how it differs for private-sector and public-sector employees.
> Explain the three pieces of legislation that have been most important in defining the rights of management and unions.
> “Social Security should serve as a foundation for employee retirement programs. Therefore, Congress should explore more extensive revisions to the program to ensure that the next generation of retirees will receive the benefit.” Do you agree or disagree
> The case focus describes how Abercrombie & Fitch recruited employees based on an image the company wanted to project and staffed their stores with sales people that were primarily white and athletic. The female employee who thought she was being hired fo
> When interviewed about his new business venture, a local entrepreneur told a reporter "I'll provide every benefit I'm required to by law, and the minimum amount of health insurance I can buy to stay legal. He went on to explain that "voluntary benefits l
> Employers in many other countries are required to provide generous paid leaves compared to the U.S. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of requiring U.S. employer to provide a minimum amount of paid time off.
> During a class discussion on ethics, a classmate proclaims “U.S. executives earn every dollar of their pay. Very few people have the skills to effectively run a multi-million dollar global enterprise. Supply and demand should set salaries and if those sk
> Would you rather work for an organization where everyone knows what others are earning or an organization where this information is kept secret? Why? Would it make a difference if you suspected that you were making more than coworkers with similar positi
> Performance appraisal is more valid and reliable when many perspectives are included. Supervisors should evaluate their employees, and employees should be able to evaluate their supervisors. And customers should evaluate them all.” Explain the advantages
> 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 finished. Why shouldn't our employees who are in the bottom 1
> 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 warned her that handbook are often misinterpreted and c
> Describe what a socialization program might look like if management desired employees who were innovative and individualistic.
> 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.
> "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.
> 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 complaint and possibly two. 1. Explain the concept of re
> 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?
> 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 statement from an opposing and agreement point of vie
> 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 workplace.” She went on to cite Yahoo and Best Buy as exampl
> 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 that new technology and changing work practices may re
> An employee is overheard telling a new worker, “Don’t rush back from lunch. You’ll make us look bad. Everyone takes an extra fifteen to thirty minutes. Every once in a while we get warned if the supervisor is in a bad mood, but he never does anything abo
> The social media policy in your handbook states “Employees are not to use social media during work hours and should make references the company online or on social media sites .” Evaluate the effectiveness of the policy. In what ways can it help or hurt
> A local employer confides to you that she secretly does internet searches of applicants before she calls them in for interviews. She tells you that she has a very established clientele and needs to make sure her new employees "fit in". She's particularly
> Affirmative action does not work. When you’re hired under an affirmative action program, you’re automatically labeled as such and are rarely recognized for the value that you can bring to an organization.” Develop arguments for and against this statement
> Here are the answers to the questions in the chapter opener. Do you agree with them? Explain why you agree or disagree.
> You have been offered two positions in HRM. One is a generalist position in a smaller business, and one is a recruiting position in a large corporation. Explain which of the two jobs you would prefer and why. Which will provide a better foundation for an
> 1. How are recruiting, job design and organizational strategy at Frito-Lay linked? How does one influence the other? 2. If you were an RSR at Frito-Lay, which of the changes would you find most beneficial? Least? How would the changes affect your motivat
> Juliet is the owner of a design firm that survived the recession, but just barely. Her firm has grown 25% each of the last 2 years, but she is wary of hiring any full-time employees. “Firing half of my staff was the most stressful thing I've ever done” s
> Diversity and inclusion is nothing new. Thousands of immigrants came to the United States in the early 1900s and they integrated into the workplace just fine. Pay them a fair wage and treat them equally. That's all workers want.” Evaluate this philosophy
> Aiden, founder of a growing company that creates software to help small businesses manage their money sees no reason to create a mission statement or undergo a strategic planning process. He states "It's my company. The mission is whatever I say it is. W
> After reviewing the chapter opener describing the efforts of Principal Financial Group to help employees manage their careers, explain which of the company’s initiatives you feel is the most valuable and why. Suggest additional career development activit
> Review the elements of Samsung's Global Services Group and Regional Specialists program in chapter in chapter five and on the Samsung website. Explain the benefits to Samsung and to the participants. Which program do you feel would offer the greatest adv
> In response to state budget problems, a bill has been introduced in your state legislature that eliminates a number of public-sector union activities, including the dues check-off and maintenance-of-membership clauses with the intent of reducing union me
> A colleague makes the suggestion that the company should invest in a new safety training program that consists of online videos, tutorials, and quizzes. Another colleague disagrees, stating "We developed 'Safety is No Accident' training program specifica
> After a local workplace was the site of a brutal employee attack on a supervisor, the V.P of HR told local media, "This was completely unexpected. Nobody saw this coming. There were no obvious signs of trouble before the employee snapped and attacked the
> Review the chapter opener about "industrial athletes" on page 285. Prepare a list of reasons that employers should take responsibility (and the expense) for making sure that employees whose jobs require physical activity keep fit. Also prepare a list of
> Rob Dow has problems recruiting and retaining good employees at his home services company called Outdoor Solutions. When he asks an acquaintance at a local staffing company for tips on finding good workers, she discovers that it isn't just a recruiting p
