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LO2 Identify the steps in the strategic management of human resources.
LO1 Discuss the objectives of human resource management.
_____ is the physical protection of people from injury or illness while on the job.
_____ are documents that provide information on a hazardous chemical and its characteristics.
_____ is the state of physical and psychological wellness in the workforce.
_____ is a set of counseling and other services provided to employees that helps them to resolve personal issues that may affect their work.
_____ are designed to cater to the employee’s physical, instead of psychological, welfare through education and training programs.
_____ is the science of fitting workplace conditions and job demands to the capabilities of the working population.
_____ is the body’s reaction to environmental demands.
_____ are factors that may, if extreme, cause people to feel overwhelmed by anxiety, tension, and/or pressure.
_____ is a constant lack of interest and motivation to perform one’s job.
_____ is the management of personnel, equipment, and facilities in order to protect them.
_____ is the use of tools and processes to protect organizational computer systems and networks.
Is there ever a reason why a company should be charged with a failure to abate a hazard in the workplace? Can you think of any situations that might cause such a charge that would be outside the employer’s control?
Can you think of some things that you might be able to institute at work for very little or no cost in order to improve work–life balance for your employees? Be specific in your answers.
Have you ever suffered from an MSD injury? Were you able to recover from it? What did you do to help you recover or mitigate the problem associated with the MSD injury?
Discuss the term ethics and the factors that commonly contribute to unethical behavior.
Briefly discuss each of the identified ethical approaches and the factors to consider in creating codes of organizational ethics.
Discuss the terms authority, responsibility, and accountability and how they relate to ethical behavior.
Identify some of the common ethical issues that managers face in business.
Contrast the concepts of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, diversity, and inclusion.
Define corporate social responsibility (CSR) and briefly discuss the “business case” for CSR.
Identify and briefly discuss the three levels of CSR available to the organization.
Briefly describe the concept of sustainability in a business context.
Explain strategies to recruit and hire people who match the demographics of the community the business serves and why it is ethical to practice diverse hiring.
_____ is the application of a set of values and principles in order to make the right, or good, choice.
_____ are our basic concepts of good and bad, or right and wrong.
_____ is the right to give orders, enforce obedience, make decisions, and commit resources toward completing organizational goals.
_____ is the obligation to answer for something or someone or the duty to carry out an assignment to a satisfactory conclusion.
_____ is the personal duty to someone else for the effective use of resources to complete an assignment.
_____ is the concept that organizations have a duty to all societal stakeholders to operate in a manner that takes each of their needs into account.
_____ is the thought that there are invisible barriers to advancement in business for women, as well as other minority employees.
_____ involves meeting the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
As the HR manager, how would you go about getting the senior executives of the company to buy into adhering to the code of ethics?
Give two examples of decisions that could be made in a company that are legal but are still unethical.
In your opinion, do companies have a social contract with society? Why, or why not?
If you were in charge, what would you do to help some disadvantaged employee groups gain equality in your company?
Discuss the reasons for increasing business globalization and the stages through which companies move from local to global operations.
Explain the five dimensions of Hofstede’s model of culture and how the GLOBE dimensions differ from Hofstede.
Briefly discuss the big-five personality traits in relation to international assignments and the advantages and disadvantages of parent-country, host-country, and third-country nationals for international assignments.
Explain the issues involved in negotiating the assignment and the potential effects of culture shock on the expatriate employee.
Briefly define the options for compensation of expatriate workers.
Discuss trends in globalization affecting businesses around the world.
_____ are groups of countries that form an association for the purpose of facilitating movement of goods across national borders.
_____ is a narrow-minded view of the world with an inability to recognize individual differences.
_____ is hiring another organization to do work that was previously done within the host organization.
_____ is the process of shuttering operations in other countries and bringing work back to the home country.
_____ is an employee who leaves their home country to go work in another country.
Is the use of a trade bloc simply another form of trade barrier that we shouldn’t use? Explain your answer.
How should countries manage transnational firms that have no real home country, including with tax policies and employment laws?
How would you, as the HR manager, prepare another employee for managing the workforce in a transnational firm?
Do you agree or disagree that people all over the world are getting more similar in their desire for certain products and services? Is this a good or a bad thing?
The United States is one of only a few countries that has a law like the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Does it put us at a disadvantage as compared to other countries’businesses? If so, should it be repealed? Why?
Would you ever consider sending someone to work in another country without cultural training if you were the HR manager? If so, in what circumstances?
Have you ever spent more than six months in a foreign country? Did you feel culture shock? If so, what did you do to get over it?
Can you think of some instances in which symbolic communication might be critical? Give examples.
Describe the role of OSHA in a worksite inspection, the types of violations OSHA looks for, and employer rights during the inspection.
Discuss the value of EAPs, EWPs, and ergonomics to companies and employees.
Identify the causes of stress and how it can be managed.
Costco has gone head to head with the likes BJ’s, Target, and Sam’s Club and has come out the winner. Offering over 3,700 discounted household products to over 71 million people across Asia, Spain, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, and 44 states in the United States, like their competitors, they
Unilever is an international consumer goods manufacturer based in London and the Netherlands. Their products include beauty and personal-care goods, food and refreshment items, as well as home care goods. They are one of the leading soap manufacturers in the world, employing more than 155,000
Sandy Clark has worked for Healthy Meals Company for 10 years in a facility that cooks and packages prepared, frozen meals. Sandy is part of a crew that provides cleaning and sanitation services for the equipment used to prepare the meals. She has always sustained an excellent work record with no
In Los Angeles, just outside of the city and near the beach, is the Cool Brands Shoppe that has some of the latest fashions for men and women. Targeting the 18 to 29 crowd, owner Maddie Gilmore makes sure the store is stocked with the absolute latest fashions. According to Gilmore, “We’re more
Discuss the major reasons why companies use incentive pay.
Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of individual and group incentives.
Briefly discuss options for individual incentives.
Briefly discuss options for group-based incentives.
Discuss the major reasons why incentive plans fail and the challenges involved.
Identify the guidelines for creating motivational incentive systems.
Discuss the issue of executive compensation and how the major provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act affect the issue.
Debate in support of or against incentive programs.
_____ is compensation that depends on some measure of individual performance or results in order to be awarded.
_____ reinforce performance of a single person with a reward that is significant to that person.
_____ provide reinforcement for actions of more than one individual within the organization.
_____ avoid providing their maximum effort in group settings because it is difficult to pick out individual performance.
_____ is a lump sum payment, typically given to an individual at the end of a period.
_____ is a payment typically provided to a salesperson for selling an item to a customer.
_____ is a program to reward top performers with increases in their annual wage that carry over from year to year.
_____ provide a portion of company proceeds over a specific period of time (usually either quarterly or annually) to the employees of the firm through a bonus payment.
_____ is something that the employee feels they have a right to receive from the company.
_____ are valued returns (such as incentive pay for performance) to the individual in exchange for doing something that the organization desires of the employee.
_____ provide executives who are dismissed from a merged or acquired firm with typically large lump sum payments on dismissal.
_____ are extra financial benefits usually provided to top employees in many businesses.
Do you think that incentive programs can really work to align the company’s goals with the employees’ goals?Why, or why not?
Have you ever been a “social loafer” in a group? If so, why did you not put out your best effort? What could the group or the company have done to limit your social loafing?
Do you feel that merit pay programs would cause you to work hard, knowing that the average merit award is only between 1% and 2%? If not, how big would they need to be to cause you to pay attention?
Do nonmonetary rewards ever motivate you? Why do you think you answered the way that you did?
Which of the 12 guidelines for creating incentive systems is the most important in your mind? Why did you choose this one?
If you were a compensation consultant to a company, how would you recommend it provide incentives to the CE O and other executives? Why?
Is the Dodd-Frank Act a good or bad idea? Why?
Discuss the strategic value of benefits programs, why these programs continue to grow, and considerations that need to be taken into account in providing benefits.
Summarize the major components of OASDI and the Medicare program.
Identify the statutory requirements other than OASDI, including those required if organizations choose to provide health care or retirement plans for their employees.
Briefly describe the main categories of voluntary benefits available to organizations.
Discuss the organization’s options when providing flexible benefit plans and how benefit plans need to be communicated to employees.
Discuss the trend toward unlimited time off and assistance with helping employees make the best benefit decisions for their lifestyles.
_____ is an insurance program designed to provide medical treatment and temporary payments to employees who cannot work because of an employment-related injury or illness.
_____ is a measure of how often claims are made against an insurance policy.
_____ provides workers who lose their jobs with continuing subsistence payments from their state for a specified period of time.
_____ is an illness, injury, impairment, or physical or mental condition that involves either inpatient care or continuing care for at least three consecutive days.

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