Questions and Answers of Human Resources Management

(A) By what percent might you expect the average cost of goods and services to change over the second 6-month period of 2014? First, calculate the percentage cost change for the period July through
(A) By what percent might you expect the average cost of goods and services to change between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015? First, calculate the percent cost change for the period January
Is it appropriate to utilize the same pay mix arrangement for clerical employees and sales professionals? Explain your answer and how the pay mix arrangements might differ.
Explain what the market pay line is. How is it used in the context of pay level policies such as market lead, market lag, and market match?
What are the sales objectives for the new sales representative?
What role will the compensation design play in motivating the new sales representative?
What kind of sales incentive plan do you recommend? Why?
Pay Range A: For a pay range midpoint equal to $47,500, calculate the minimum and maximum pay values for a 15 percent range spread.
What is the overlap between pay range A and pay range B?
Assume that you are an HRM professional whose responsibility is to develop a brochure for the purpose of conveying the value of your company’s benefits program to potential employees.Your company
Conduct some research in order to identify examples of innovative benefit practices.A useful starting point is an Internet search using phrases such as “best companies to work for.”
Do you think changing Superior’s time off policies will decrease unscheduled time off?
Beyond reducing occurrences of unscheduled time off, are there any other benefits to offering PTO?
Are there any disadvantages to offering PTO?
How much more money would you need to contribute to meet the allowable maximum contribution?
In 2015, the company offers a $0.75 match for each dollar that you contribute between 3 percent and 6 percent of your annual salary. How much is the company match based on your 10 percent
Based on the sum of your answers to questions 9-9 and 9-10, what is the difference between the IRS maximum annual addition for 2015 and the total contribution to your 401(k) plan?Question 9-9How much
Except for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the remaining legally required benefits were conceived more than a decade ago. What changes in the business environment and society might
In what ways may legally required benefits have contributed to an employee entitlement mentality regarding discretionary benefit offerings? Explain your rationale.
Conduct some research on the future of the Social Security programs (see the Web site www.ssa.gov). Based on your research, prepare a statement, not to exceed 250 words, that describes your view of
What are some advantages of implementing the HSA option?
What are some potential disadvantages of the HSA option?
The company chooses not to provide health insurance. How much will the penalty be based on the formula presented in this chapter?
The company prices health insurance for its workforce, and determines that the annual cost is$2,500,000. Based on your answer to question 10-9, how much money would it save by not offering health
The company is considering the purchase of a high-priced health insurance option. The cost is equal to $16,000 per employee for individual coverage and $30,000 per employee for family coverage.Half
How does a state determine if an individual is eligible for unemployment insurance benefits?
Define health insurance concepts such as insurance policy and premium, and explain the different types of health insurance programs. What are the main differences among these programs?
MyManagementLab Only—comprehensive writing assignment for this chapter.
Consult a recent news article about a company’s executive pay. Summarize the main issues detailed within the article.
What additional information about the CEO’s pay package should Don identify to potentially share with the employees?
How can Don explain the pay disparity to the employees to ease their concerns about the fairness of the CEO’s pay?
By what percent does annual median pay differ between the oil and gas extraction industry and the retail trade industry for (a) chief executives, (b) human resources managers, (c) accountants and
In the oil and gas extraction industry relative to the retail trade industry, what are the pay ratios between (a) chief executives, (b) human resources managers, (c) accountants and auditors, and(d)
In the oil and gas extraction industry, what are the pay ratios for the chief executives job to(a) human resources managers, (b) accountants and auditors, and (c) file clerks? In the retail trade
Discuss whether you believe that telecommuting arrangements should apply to certain job groups rather than all job groups in a company. Provide rationale.
Would offering telecommuting as an option benefit MedEx? How?
Are there any disadvantages or challenges in offering telecommuting?
Based exclusively on employing full-time workers, (a) How many are needed to complete the project? (b) What is the estimated total cost of wages and benefits?
Explain leased employee arrangements. Discuss employee benefits for leased workers.
For a country of your choice, conduct research into the cultural characteristics and summarize these characteristics. Discuss whether you feel that pay-for-performance programs are compatible and
Discuss your reaction to the following statement:“U.S. companies should increase base pay (beyond the level that would be paid in the United States) to motivate employees to accept foreign
How should Dale approach the determination of the consultant’s salaries as expatriates?
Should Jenkins offer any incentive compensation or additional benefits to the expatriates? Why or why not?
Calculate the (a) foreign service premium, (b) hardship allowance, and (c) quarters allowance.
Discuss the main differences between health care systems in the United States and one other country. Does it appear that the costs of health care programs are creating burdens for competitive
Describe the purchasing power exchange rate and indicate how it is helpful to compensation professionals whose work spans multiple countries.
What are some labor-related factors that Threads should consider when comparing Mexico and Canada?
What are some labor-related factors that would favor Canada as the location of the new facility?Or Mexico, for that matter?
What is the 5-year change in GDP per capita (2002–2006) for (a) the United States, (b) Australia,(c) Singapore, (d) Denmark, and (e) Italy?
What is the 5-year change in GDP per capita (2007–2011) for (a) the United States, (b) Australia,(c) Singapore, (d) Denmark, and (e) Italy?
State whether the rate of change for the more recent 5-year period (2007–2011) was lower than or higher than the rate of change for the earlier 5-year period (2002–2006) in each country: (a) the
Which factor do you think is most important when deciding whether to establish business operations in another country? Explain your rationale.
Explain why wages are increasing in China, and discuss how this trend will influence a company’s choice to conduct business there.
Discuss how companies stand to benefit from offering flexible benefit plans.
What are some factors that Alan should consider when determining whether to offer benefits to part-time workers?
Do you think the firm should offer benefits to part-time workers? If yes, should it offer paid time off, the 401(k) plan, and health insurance? Or only one or two of the benefits? Explain your
Calculate the average annual pay for each region: (a) Beijing, (b) Tianjin, (c) Shanghai, and(d) Henan.
Calculate the average annual pay for each industry: (a) agriculture, (b) manufacturing, (c) scientific, research, and technical services, and (d) health and social service.
Which industry displays the (a) lowest average annual salary, and (b) highest average annual salary?Which region displays the (a) lowest average annual salary, and (b) highest average annual salary?
Distinguish among corporate, business, and functional strategies. How does each strategy relate to human resources management? Why?
How may an organization’s human resources be viewed as either a strength or a weakness when doing a SWOT analysis? What could be done to strengthen human resources in the event that it is seen as a
List factors under the control of healthcare managers that contribute to the decrease in the number of people applying to health professions schools.Describe the steps that healthcare organizations
What are the organizational advantages of integrating strategic management and human resources management? What are the steps involved in such an integration?
One healthcare organization is pursuing a business strategy of differentiating its service product through providing excellent customer service. What HR metrics do you recommend to reinforce this
In what sense are all healthcare executives human resources managers?How can executives best prepare to perform well in this HR function?
Before class, obtain the annual report of any healthcare organization of your choice. Review the material presented and the language used. Write a one-page memo that assesses that organization’s
Before class, review the seven HR practices developed by Jeffrey Pfeffer and shown in Figure 1.1. Consider how your current/most recent employer follows any three of these seven practices. Write a
Each year, Fortune magazine publishes a list of “The Best Companies to Work for in America.” Editors of the magazine base their selection on an extensive review of the HR practices of many
What are the major types of healthcare workforce planning? Provide examples of situations where each strategy would be more appropriate than the others.
Healthcare workforce planning is often done after a shortage in a particular profession is recognized. How could planning help avert those shortages?
Counting healthcare professionals as part of healthcare workforce planning is not always straightforward. For a specific profession—nursing, dentistry, or medicine—describe how the practice
In 1999, California became the first state to pass a law that requires minimum staffing ratios for nurses in general acute care hospitals (Coffman, Seago, and Spetz 2002). California Assembly Bill
Why is it important for healthcare managers to be aware of the trends in international migration of physicians and nurses?
What impact do these trends have on the U.S. healthcare system?
Sending countries experience two distinct situations as a result of international migration—brain drain and strategic deployment. What are the differences between the two? What are the advantages
Suppose that U.S. policymakers are developing ethical international recruitment guidelines based on the National Health Service’s Code of Practice on International Recruitment.What elements of the
What are the ethical issues that healthcare leaders and managers must consider when recruiting IMGs and INGs? What steps can be taken to deal with these issues?
Discuss the importance of orienting IMGs and INGs to their roles in the U.S. healthcare system. What obstacles(cultural, organizational, and professional) do they face, and what are the implications
For the Philippines, exporting nurses has been a long-standing government strategy, part of a broad and concerted program of labor migration introduced in the 1970s during the administration of
Describe the process of professionalization. What is the difference between a profession and an occupation?
Describe the major types of healthcare professionals (excluding physicians and dentists) and their roles, training, licensure requirements, and practice settings.
Describe and apply the issues of human resources management and systems development to healthcare professionals.
How has managed care affected the healthcare professions?
Who are nonphysician practitioners who provide primary care? What is their role in the delivery of health services?
The purpose of this exercise is to give you an opportunity to explore one healthcare profession in detail.From all of the healthcare professions, select one for analysis. Table 4.1 provides a
Is affirmative action still necessary to ensure equal employment opportunity? Given the diversity in the United States, should we begin to think about class based rather than race-based affirmative
Has concern about sexual harassment gotten out of hand, and has political correctness replaced common sense?
Why is mental disability so difficult to define in the context of the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Should there be a uniform definition of reasonable accommodation in the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Why is sexual harassment so prevalent in the healthcare environment? What can be done to break this historical pattern?
Have federal antidiscrimination laws gone too far? Should public policy in the United States seek a return to employment-at-will?
What does public policy exception to employment-at-will mean?
Because employee handbooks may be used to contest a disciplinary procedure, what advice would you give to a work group that is assembling an employee handbook?
Under what circumstances would you use a progressive discipline process? When would you choose not to use such a procedure?
Given the great risks to the public that can result from the work of an impaired healthcare worker, should random drug testing be used in all healthcare organizations?
Consider the case of a physician who has been practicing for 15 years and is one of the few well-established physicians in a small community. How would you deal with information about this
Has the law against retaliation gone too far? How can an employer prevent the“shunning” of an employee who remains in the workplace and has filed a claim against the employer?
Dr. Mind, a prominent psychiatrist at the Mensa Medical Center, a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital, treated Ms. Puppet for anxiety and panic disorder. Dr. Mind used recognized techniques
Dr. Zhivago grew up in a small town in North Carolina. He was extremely intelligent and did well in college and medical school. After a fellowship in thoracic surgery, he was offered positions, with
Among those who took the Civil Service Exam, Mr. Imelda received the highest score on the written portion. Feeling confident, he applied for a position with the city of Cary. The position required

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