HR

Managing Change in Organizations”  Please respond to the following:

  ·    Determine why change is so difficult for organizations. Propose ways
      that human resource (HR) specialists can assist in making change
      easier.

  ·    Propose two ways that HR can prepare its employees for the changes
      involved with moving from a domestic assignment to an overseas
      assignment. Respond and evaluate another learner’s comment. Ground
      students will do this through discussion.

“Future of Human Resource Management” Please respond to the following:

  ·    Examine three trends in HR. Provide probable causes for these trends.
      Predict how these trends will affect organizations in a single sector
      of your choosing.

  ·    Examine the duties and responsibilities of a HR specialist. Determine
      the contributions that someone in this position makes to an
      organization. Support your position

Strategic Approach” Please respond to the following:

  ·    Assess Southwest Airlines’ strategic approach to human resource (HR)
      management. Determine how its strategy increases organizational
      effectiveness.

  ·    Propose three ways that HR can use competitive advantage in the
      marketplace to recruit new applicants in general

“Diversity” Please respond to the following:

  ·    Go to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC)
      Website and review cases regarding diversity, located at
      http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/index.cfm. Note: Enter the Website
      and in the search box under “Press Releases” type “diversity”. Review
      three of the results of your search. Propose three ways that an
      organization can increase diversity within itself. Take a position on
      whether diversity is or is not important and determine how the
      methods you provided support your position.

  ·    Evaluate ways that an organization can measure and reward compliance.
      Determine if organizations that measure and reward compliance are
      more or less likely to experience lawsuits

“Job Applicants” Please respond to the following:

  ·    Examine two ways that companies can recruit qualified job applicants.
      Determine which method may be most effective and predict how it could
      benefit the company when hiring new employees.

  ·    Go to O*Net Online’s Website and review and compare several job
      descriptions, located at http://www.onetonline.org/, compare two
      different job descriptions. Recommend two changes to make the job
      descriptions more marketable. Provide examples to support your
      recommendations. Be sure to provide details of the job descriptions
      in case others want to use them

“Company Competitive Advantage” Please respond to the following:

  ·    Propose two ways that a company can gain a competitive advantage over
      other companies when striving to recruit job applicants. Determine
      whether technology has assisted or hindered the process.

  ·    Imagine you are head of the HR department, and you have been asked to
      review two applicants for the sales clerk position at your company.
      Alice, the first applicant has 10 years of experience in sales work,
      but can be easily distracted. She will not work on commission and
      cannot work weekends. She can be a little obstinate, but has an
      excellent job history. Mary, the second applicant, has one year
      experience, but very congenial and loves working with people. Her
      work schedule is very flexible, but she can become a little stressed
      at times and has been known for having to quietly leave and regroup
      for a short time. Determine which candidate would be the “right fit”.
      Support your decision by describing the thought process that lead up
      to your decision