Discipline: Human Resource Management

 If you were asked to take an assignment in a company-owned subsidiary in a foreign country what would be your main concerns before deciding? Explain your reasoning. 

  Bright Apparel Limited. discuss the following items that address the human resource (HR) implications for your company as it goes international as well as your role in HR in this growth.  Discuss current HRM practices that will need to be modified as the organization goes abroad. Discuss the three different types of HR structural forms […]

 What is white privilege and how does our society support “whiteness” as the norm (what is seen as “normal”)? Provide some examples from society to illustrate your responses. How can we, as a society, confront white privilege even when individuals may not know that they are benefiting from white privilege? 

  Project Implicit. (2011). Harvard.  After you take two of the Implicit Bias tests share your results here using the following questions: Which tests did you take? Why? What intrigued you about the test? What were your results? Analyze your results using concepts from this unit and/or previous units. Where you surprised by your results? […]

 Partnered Debate.Students will be assigned a partner to work with. Together, student partners will prepare both positions for the case study as outlined below: Question: You have a client who has been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and has less than 6 months to live. Instead of letting the disease slowly progress, the client […]

You will need to go to the survey web site at www.ebri.org /surveys/rcs/ Once you get to the EBRI website, you will want to click on “Retirement” and then click on “Retirement Confidence Survey” and answer the following questions. 1.  Based on the EBRI’s 2009 Retirement Confidence Survey results, what are workers’ expectations for retirement?  […]

You work for an organization that has an old policy prohibiting the use of temporary agencies for staffing because of a previous bad experience. Now, a department manager emails asking to use a temporary staffing agency to hire into hard-to-fill positions and save time in recruiting. Because it is an old policy, you are willing […]

You are an HR specialist for a company that manufactures shoes. Recently, you noticed that turnover has increased, specifically with newly hired production associates working less than 60 days. You designed an exit survey for those who recently resigned and have received 100 responses so far. Based on this feedback, you are asked to recommend […]

Your manager has asked you to create the content for the updated benefits website for your company. The existing website was missing important information about mandatory and discretionary benefits and, more importantly, did not align with the company’s organizational strategy—this one is a must. Your manager wants current employees and new hires to understand how […]

Issues and disagreements between management and employees lead to the formation of labor unions. Over the decades, the role of labor unions has been interpreted in various ways by employees across the globe. What are some of the reasons employees join labor unions? Did you ever belong to a labor union? If you did, do […]