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Three to four paragraphs addressing HRM changes in technology, diversity, globalization, and ethics
For each selected law or issue, locate a present-day court case that has challenged your selected law or issue.
What, if any, are the implications for HR departments in managing the employer-employee relationship in the context of the law or
issue?
For each law or issue selected, write an example of a HR policy that shows compliance with the laws or acts discussed.
Include an overview of the process and steps of HR planning, recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and hiring of employees.
Cite two to three references and use APA in-text citations when necessary.
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Reflect on your personal career development. Where do you see your career in 5 years? How can your company or your future
company assist you with your career development? Will your companys career development opportunities be sufficient for your
needs?
Describe the general function of performance management systems. If your assigned company does not use a performance
management system, would you recommend it use one?
Suggest two job evaluation methods for each of the positions your team has chosen. What would be the advantages and
disadvantages of these methods, based on the positions you have selected?
Compare and contrast possible compensation plans for the two positions.
Explain the importance of providing employee benefit plans to employees working in the chosen positions.
____a) controlling.
____b) leading.
____c) organizing.
____d) planning.
____e) adapting.
6. Chris is a human resource professional who is currently working with line
managers to reward those employees who are creative and innovative.
Chriss work is aligning HR strategy with which organizational strategy?
____a) Cost differentiation
____b) Customer intimacy
____c) Customer/Market focus
____d) Product differentiation
____e) Motivation
7. Kai, a human resources manager in a service organization, has rewritten
the policies and procedures manual and all job descriptions to remove any
idioms, and arranged for translations into six languages. This is an example
of which part of the dynamic environment of HRM?
____a) Employee involvement
____b) Technology
____c) Inception
____d) Labor unions
____e) Workforce diversity
8. Which of the following is NOT an external influence that affects HRM?
____a) Labor unions
____b) Laws and regulations
____c) Job design
____d) The dynamic environment
____e) Current management practice
9. Sofia graduated from college about 10 years ago with an HRM degree.
She has developed job analysis and job evaluation materials for three
different organizations. She is well suited for which senior HRM position?
____a) Compensation and benefits manager
____b) Employee relations manager
____c) Labor relations manager
____d) Training and development manager
____e) Employment manager
10. How has Sarbanes-Oxley affected HRM?
____a) HRM now monitors financial reporting to shareholders.
____b) HRM must coordinate visas, work visas and travel arrangements.
____c) HRM now supervises executive loans.
____d) HRM must certify financial reports.
____e) HRM must create the environment where whistleblowers can come
forward without fear of reprisal.
11. Comparable worth means that equal pay is provided for equal work,
regardless of gender or ethnicity.
____a) True
____b) False
12. The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994
prohibits employers from discriminating or retaliating against a job applicant or
employee based on prior military service.
____a) True
____b) False
13. Which of the following is NOT true regarding Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964?
____a) It prohibits discrimination in hiring, compensation, terms, conditions,
and privileges of employment based on race, religion, color, sex, or national
origin.
____b) It protects employees 30-65 years of age from discrimination.
____c) It prohibits retaliation against an individual who files a charge of
discrimination.
____d) It prohibits retaliation against an individual who opposes any unlawful
practice.
____e) It specifies compliance based on the number of employees in the
organization.
14. Executive Order 11246
____a) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, and national
origin, by federal agencies as well as those working under federal contracts.
____b) added sex-based discrimination Executive Order 11375.
____c) granted the enforcement powers for the EEOC.
____d) affords EEO protection to pregnant workers.
____e) increased mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70.
15. The progressive discipline process starts with a written warning, followed by
a suspension, then a written verbal warning, and ending with a dismissal.
____a) True
____b) False
16. Chris and David both arrived one hour late for work today. Chris was fired.
David was given a verbal warning. Such disparate treatment for the same
offense could be considered fair and equitable for all of these reasons EXCEPT:
____a) Chris was a long term employee. David was a new hire.
____b) Chris comes in late three or four days a week. He has been warned
repeatedly about consequences for such behavior. David has never been late
before.
____c) Chris has proven to be an unreliable employee. He is inaccurate and
late in written work. He often misses meetings that he says he attends. David is
a reliable employee in other aspects of the job.
____d) Upper management demands that time rules be followed by all
employees.
____e) Chris missed the annual board review. David had nothing scheduled
until noon.
When she questioned her boss, she was told that her new job was easy and that
only an idiot would not perform as well. What rating error is evident?
____a) Attribution theory
____b) Halo error
____c) Similarity error
____d) Low appraiser motivation
____e) Inappropriate substitutes for performance
23. Shameka is the new compensation manager of a large manufacturing
company. She is currently redesigning the pay structure. She wants to be able to
break down jobs based on identifiable factors and the degree to which these
criteria exist on the different jobs in her company. What job evaluation method
should Shameka use?
____a) Classification method
____b) Point method
____c) Ordering method
____d) Ranking method
____e) Broad-banding method
24. When the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation takes over an underfunded
pension plan, if there arent enough assets in the pension plan to pay the
retirement obligations, then taxpayers will make up the difference.
____a) True
____b) False
25. Donna, a 45-year-old bank manager, is married to Darren, a 40-year-old
economist with a real estate development firm. They currently waive all
optional portions of Donnas retirement package. Darren received a letter from
his employer stating that the firm is changing retirement and benefits plans the
first of the year. How can they determine which of their company pension
retirement benefits plans should be changed or kept?
____a) Social Security Administration Review.
____b) COBRA
____c) Summary Plan Description
____d) HIPPA
____e) Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Publications
Essay
1. Describe the differences one may encounter when recruiting globally.
2. What should be considered when developing a policy on employee use of
social media?
3. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of searching social media as a
screening tool for applicants.
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of (a) individual incentives,
(b) group incentives, (c) organization-wide incentives?
5. Describe the difference between a defined benefit pension plan and a
defined contribution pension plan.