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Human Resource Management
Describe some of the features of nontraditional compensations and benefits programs.You are the human resources director for the Kenbar School District and have been charged with totally redesigning
Describe the history of unions in the United States.You are the human resources director for the Johnsonville School District and have been charged with leading the upcoming school board union
Describe the impact of the emergence of teacher unions in the United States.You are the human resources director for the Johnsonville School District and have been charged with leading the upcoming
Media coverage of state and municipal opposition to union bargaining has caused controversy in this country, and some feel that unions are exhibiting too much power and influence, while others feel
Many states and local school districts have encountered severe financial deficits and cannot continue to offer educational programs and extracurricular activities. This situation has also, in some
List different teacher union organizations and the history to attempt to merge these organizations into one large union organization. What are the drawbacks to this?You are the human resources
The impact of collective bargaining on education has created an adversarial relationship between state government and union members such as the case in the State of Wisconsin. Discuss the
List different unions for classified staff of school districts in the United States.You are the human resources director for the Johnsonville School District and have been charged with leading the
With the increase of charter and private schools, many of these schools do not have collective bargaining or union representation as compared to many public schools. Discuss the fiscal and human
The State of Wisconsin legislation eliminated the collective bargaining rights of some public workers with the state. List the advantages and disadvantages in this decision.You are the human
List the advantages and disadvantages for having union representation for teachers in a school district.You are the human resources director for the Johnsonville School District and have been charged
In the school system you work or reside, how are resource allocation decisions determined? Is there a process for evaluating whether resources result in increased student performance?Bottom Falls
Utilizing the case study, how would you work with other administrators to ensure that staff is allocated and accounted for appropriately? What features would you look for in a software system for the
In your professional life, what choices have you made with regard to allocating human resources to improve achievement? How did you determine whether they were successful?Bottom Falls School District
What should be the role of the principal, superintendent, and board of education in allocating human resources and evaluating their effectiveness?Bottom Falls School District is growing rapidly. In
Using the process mapping technique outlined in the chapter, diagram your school district’s hiring process. Review your diagram and reflect on the process. Are there any ways it could be improved,
If faced with the task of having to significantly reduce the expenditures in a school or school district, how would you go about it? How would human resources affect your decision?Bottom Falls School
What are the pros and cons of giving principals control over a school’s human resource allocation?Bottom Falls School District is growing rapidly. In 2012, the district was composed of one high
Interview the administrator in charge of human resources in your district. Ascertain how well the current human resource software meets the needs of the district. What are the strengths and
Define HRM. Trace its evolution.
Bring out the paradoxes in HRM.
Draw a suitable organisational structure for a business unit with a turnover of (i) 50 crore, (ii) 200 crore, and (iii) 1000 crore. Also, sketch the HRM department for each.
Vybhav is a large 23-year-old Indian MNC with presence in 13 countries and a global workforce of 26,000. As a diversified corporation, Vybhav operates in four distinct industry verticals:
HSS Ltd. is a leader in high-end textiles having headquarters in Bangalore.The company records a turnover of 1,000 cr. plus a year. A year back, HSS set up a unit at Hassan (250 km away from
What do you understand by HRM environment? Why is the study of HRM environment useful for HR managers?
How do trade unions, organisational culture and conflict, and HR professional bodies influence an HR department?
Discuss HRM and its environment with suitable illustrations.
Describe how a proactive HR department would cope with the entry of MNCs.
What is the purpose of a code of ethics, such as the one suggested by NIPM? Can you suggest any deletion/addition to the code?
How can the role of NIPM be made more effective?
Going back to the opening case, what would you do if you were the CEO?
It was five years ago that Corporate HR function of Vybhav was re-structured to its present hierarchy. The HR structure was designed to meet needs of the organisation. There was a need for better HR
When the English writer George Orwell wrote his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty Four, way back in 1949, he couldn’t have seen the coming of an industry called business process outsourcing. His
What is SHRM? How does it differ from conventional HRM?
Define SHRM. Bring out its benefits and barriers.
Explain the SHRM process.
List the typical HR strategies.
What do you understand by the Best Fit Approach to SHRM?
Explain both Best Practices and RBV approaches to SHRM.
Describe an organisation you know well. In what ways did its HR policies and practices contribute to firm’s strategic management process?
“HR managers should have a seat at the strategic management table, but only when they earn it”. Discuss.
Why HR managers are getting alienated from grass root employees?How can that be reversed?
What do you understand by HRP? What is its importance?
Explain the various steps in the HRP process.
How are personnel needs and personnel supplies estimated?
Define HRP. Bring out the factors influencing such a plan.
Explain the techniques of employee demand forecasting.
Explain the barriers to HRP. Bring out the requisites for effective planning.
How can redundancies of labour in public sector units be removed?Discuss.
“As organisations become more global, HRP becomes more important and complex”. Elucidate.
Suppose HR planners estimate that because of several technological innovations your company will need 25 per cent fewer employees in three years. What actions would you take today?
How is organisation-wide planning different from HRP? How are they similar?
How can organisations develop accurate HR plans when there are so many rapidly changing environmental factors over which managers have little or no control?
Why should HR plan be integrated with the overall organisational strategic plan? How can this integration be achieved?
Why is it important to use computers and quantitative techniques in HRP?
What can an organisation do when shortage of labour is anticipated?When internal supply exceeds demand?
The die was cast. Prem Nath Divan, executive chairman of Vertigo, the country’s largest engineering project organisation, decided to switch tracks for a career in academics. Divan was still six
Define job analysis. What are its uses?
What do you mean by job analysis? Explain the process of job analysis?
Give the meaning and techniques of job design.
Bring out the factors affecting job design.
From an HR manager’s point of view what are the uses of job analysis?
Define job evaluation. Bring out its pros and cons.
Bring out the methods of job evaluation.
Why do you think that job analysis and TQM are inconsistent?
Discuss the sources of error that can distort or render job-analysis information inaccurate.
What are the differences among job rotation, job enlargement, and job enrichment?
An individual hired for a position finds out that the work he was asked to do was not the work he was hired to do. Is it possible? Discuss.
“Smaller organisations do not need job analysis for their jobs because most of their employees conduct a myriad of activities, too far-reaching for a standard job analysis.” Give your view point.
Which approach of job design did H.P. follow? (Read opening case).
“Job rotation, job enlargement and job enrichment are simply attempts by managers to avoid indi viduals at work”. Comment.
Why is job evaluation confined to large organisations?
In 1997, Vybhav hired Han Associates (HA) to design and help implement a Competency Framework across its verticals globally. It turned out to be a very comprehensive 22 month project from start to
Business magazines and newspapers regularly publish articles about the changing nature of work in the United States and about how many jobs are being changed. Indeed, because so much has been made of
Define recruitment. Bring out its purpose and importance.
Bring out the factors which influence recruitment.
Bring out the internal sources of recruitment.
Explain the external sources of recruitment.
Explain the recruitment process.
What are the philosophies of recruitment?
How are yield ratios used in recruitment?
Why is it important for organisations to do an effective job of recruiting?
Why is it important for recruiters to have a thorough understanding of labour markets and how they work?
How can a company determine if its recruitment processes are working effectively?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various external recruitment sources? How do they compare with the internal sources?
Write a recruitment ad for a job you have held.
What are your views on having some form of temporary or leased employees instead of having permanent ones?
How and why recruitment methods be evaluated?
The staffing team at Vybhav has the following hierarchy:One of the key initiatives of staffing team at Vybhav is the newly launched on-line tool for Corporate Referral program. Previously each
Rudely shaken, Vijay came home in the evening. He was not in a mood to talk to his wife. Bolted inside, he sat in his room, lit a cigarette, and brooded over his experience with a company he loved
What is selection? What is its importance?
Define selection. Explain the process of selection.
What are the common interview problems? How can they be overcome?
Bring out the types and purposes of employment tests?
Bring out the various factors which influence the selection process.
List the advantages and disadvantages of having a complete medical examination given to all new employees.
What is the relationship between selection, recruitment and job analysis?
If you were the chairman of your company, what considerations would guide your judgement on the following employment issues:(i) Hiring of relatives of employees?(ii) Promotion from within vs
Explain, in some detail, how you would go about analysing and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of an employee selection programme.
Design a process for promoting internal candidates. How does the process differ from the one used for selecting external applicants?
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