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Canadian Human Resource Management A Strategic Approach 113th Canadian Edition Hermann Schwind, Hari Das, Terry Wagar - Solutions
Are there any changes you would recommend in the selection process?
What information would you consider irrelevant in the preceding selection profiles?
What additional programs could you establish in the Pacific Rim to improve the success of newly hired financial services advisors?
Is it important to have similar hiring processes for different regions of the same company? Why or why not?
How would you go about designing a selection process for the Pacific Rim operations from scratch?
What changes to the existing hiring process in the Pacific Rim would you suggest to Kym and Gang Lim to improve the success of hires?
a score of 70 or higher on the test?
a score of 60 or higher on the test?
If the numbers in Table 1 were true for operations in the Pacific Rim,how many people would Gang Lim have to interview to get 50 successful employees who have
Suppose your employer asks you, the human resource manager, to justify the relatively large recruiting budget that you have historically been assigned. What arguments would you provide? What indices or measures would you provide to show that your recruitment is cost effective?
“If a job application form omits important questions, needed information about recruits will not be available. But if a needless question is asked, the information can be ignored by the recruiter without any other complications.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why?
Under what circumstances would a blind ad be a useful recruiting technique?
Give three examples of how organizational policies affect the recruitment process. Explain how these influence a recruiter’s actions.
What background information should a recruiter have before beginning to recruit job seekers?
A well-known retailer of fitness fashion clothing is seeking sales associates. Turnover is high in that business, so recruitment is done on a regular basis.
The head pharmacist for a rural drugstore is retiring. The drugstore is located in a town with 5,000 people about 1.5 hours by car from the nearest metropolitan area.
Two more salespeople are needed for a medical supply company: one for local customers and one to open a sales office in Victoria, British Columbia. The majority of previous hires by the company are former nurses.
The office assistant, who manages all appointments and handles all filing in your client’s office, has the flu and won’t be in the office for three days.
The regular janitor for an elementary school will be unavailable in order to look after an ailing parent for approximately three months, although the length of time could be extended. The school has a tight budget for recruiting this temporary employee, although they must be screened to work in a
Would you use the information that Ryder has found on social media to supplement the applications, or ignore it? Justify your decision.
What would you do if you were in Jessica’s place? How would you approach the conversation with Ryder about the screening process?How might you bring the scoring criteria into the conversation?
Are assessments of candidate attractiveness relevant? Discuss.
Should male candidates automatically be rejected from the server positions? Why or why not?
Is it reasonable to use information from previous personal interactions during screening? Why or why not?
What potential problems do you foresee with Ryder’s approach to hiring?
How would you go about creating a diversity, equity, and inclusion program?
Why are diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives strategically important?
A job candidate answers yes to the question of whether they are a smoker. They are well qualified, but you decide not to hire them. Does the candidate have legal recourse?
Why is substance use a particularly tricky policy within Canadian workplaces?
What are the purposes of HR policies and why might you want to have them in place?
What is the purpose of privacy legislation in Canada, and what does it cover?
List the major prohibitions of the Canadian Human Rights Act.
How can HR determine which laws apply to the company in terms of employment standards, human rights, and privacy legislation?
What types of minimum standards are covered by employment standards legislation?
Does the “duty to accommodate” apply in this case?
Is it acceptable for Matt not to hire Catherine because she can’t carry the shingles to the roof?
Would an organization be able to immediately rectify an age effect?Why or why not?
What steps should Julio recommend to mitigate the relative age effect form of discrimination within the organization?
If you were in Julio’s position, would you suggest that this is discrimination?
LO7 List key measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the recruitment function.
LO6 Describe how to choose among the recruitment sources.
LO5 Explain how to generate effective recruitment advertisements.
LO4 Identify the appropriate recruiting methods for different types of jobs.
LO3 Describe the two most common methods of applying for a job.
LO2 Discuss the constraints faced in a typical recruitment process.
LO1 Explain the strategic importance of the recruitment function.
What are some of the security considerations organizations must understand when implementing a human resource information system?
Why are alternative work arrangements useful approaches for both the employer and the employee?
What are some popular approaches to matching the supply of and demand for human resources? Briefly discuss two approaches (each)for situations when demand exceeds and is less than supply of human resources, highlighting their advantages and limitations.
For a high-tech organization where the job specifications and customer needs continually change, which of the forecasting techniques discussed in the text are likely to be relevant? Why?
Discuss any three techniques for estimating the demand for human resources. Provide examples where relevant.
Identify and describe three internal or external drivers that would impact labour demand for a restaurant in a winter resort area.
What are the key steps in workforce planning in organizations? Which of your actions, if any, would be different if you were planning human resources for a smaller firm (that employs fewer than 50 persons in all)instead of a larger firm (that has 500 employees)?
What is the impact of the TFW program on underemployed and unemployed domestic youth? What is the impact of permanent economic immigrants on those same youths?
Why might certain provincial jurisdictions allow TFW to stay longer than others? For employers who rely on TFW, what other drivers would employers need to adjust for when estimating labour supply and demand beyond the amount of time TFW are allowed to stay in Canada?
If temporary workers are allowed to apply for permanent residency after one year of work, how will this impact other new immigrants who may have less experience in Canadian workplaces?
Steve has recently begun to question whether InfoServe should promote from within or hire team leads from outside the organization.What are the pros and cons of each approach? Which approach would you recommend, and why?
How might technology solutions support Steve in his role at InfoServe?
What factors might be leading to the reduced number of applications at InfoServe?
What tools could Steve use to better understand the high turnover rate at InfoServe?
LO8 Discuss a diversity perspective versus an inclusion perspective.
LO7 Describe the strategic importance of diversity for Canadian workplaces.
LO6 Define harassment and the role that HR plays in addressing it.
LO5 List various types of employment policies that organizations may adopt.
LO4 Describe the purpose of privacy legislation.
LO3 Describe the purpose of equity legislation.
LO2 List the groups who are protected from discrimination under the CanadianHuman Rights Act.
LO1 Explain how HR determines the federal and provincial employment and labour standards that apply to various workers.
What factors need to be considered when redesigning jobs? Of these,which is (are) most important?
How can performance standards be set for production jobs when job analysis information is insufficient? How would you set performance standards for a software developer if you were the chief software developer?
Why are clear job specifications important? What are the costs of imprecise specifications?
Define job descriptions and job specifications, illustrating how the two are related yet different.
Suppose you work for an organization that does not conduct job analysis. What arguments will you make to introduce it? What method(s) of collecting job analysis information will you recommend and why?
Thinking through what you know about job enrichment, job enlargement, job rotation, and employee involvement and work teams, what job redesign techniques would you recommend for these jobs?1.. Metal Works: Basic metal skills include filing, thread cutting, and swaging; bending, folding, and
How can job analysis information help Maritime better meet its timelines and pricing estimates?
The table games have a clear hierarchy in terms of staff desire to work at them, with the craps table the most desired, followed by other table games, then the slots, then working as a cashier. How is job analysis useful in determining hiring, training, and compensation requirements across these
How would you go about conducting a job analysis for the cage attendant job? Referring back to Figure 2-2, make an action plan for each of the six steps.
What are some other strategies that Shea could use to enrich the cashier job?
What recommendations would you make for Shea to improve her implementation of job rotation? How could she make the system fair to all employees (including Angelo following his absence)?
LO7 Explain how data and analytics has contributed to enhancing HR service delivery.
LO6 Discuss the major contents of a human resource information system (HRIS).
LO5 Identify solutions to shortages or surpluses of human resources.
LO4 Explain the various methods of estimating a firm’s supply of human resources.
LO3 Discuss methods for estimating an organization’s demand for human resources.
LO2 Describe the human resource planning process.
LO1 Explain the importance of human resource plans for strategic success.
What are four trends (or attributes) in the Canadian labour market that have implications for a human resource manager? Explain your answer, citing which of the human resource functions will be affected and how.
Suppose your employer is planning a chain of high-quality restaurants to sell food products that it already produces. Outline considerations that may be made by a strategic human resource professional prior to a roll-out of the planned restaurants.
Identify and briefly describe three major external challenges (choosing one each from economic, technological, demographic, or sociocultural categories) facing human resource managers in Canada, and their implications.
Draw a diagram of a human resource department in a firm that employs over 5,000 persons and name the likely components of such a department. Which of these functions are likely to be eliminated in a small firm employing 50 persons?
What are the goals of a human resource department? Choose an organization that you are familiar with and indicate which of these goals will be more important in this organization and discuss why.
In retrospect, how might you have avoided the debate with Henri DeLahn by introducing human resource strategies during the growth phase of Canada Importers Ltd.?
What risks can you identify from a human resource perspective in Henri DeLahn’s arguments?
If you were Rob Whittier, how would you resolve this dispute?
What should Gail do now?
In hindsight, what should Gail have done before this eventful Monday morning?
What internal and external forces were influencing DigiTech?
What do you believe has led to the emergency meeting between Stephanie and Gail from (1) an organizational perspective and (2) a strategic HR perspective?
LO4 Discuss the role of human resource professionals in today’s organization.
LO3 Explain how human resource departments are organized and how they function.
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