What is merit pay? Do you think it's a good idea to award employees merit raises? Why or why not?
Discussion 5-2: Unemployment
What is unemployment insurance? Is an organization required to pay unemployment benefits to all dismissed employees? Explain how you would go about minimizing your organization's unemployment insurance tax.
Discussion 6-1: Managing Electronic Monitoring
Why is it important in our highly litigious society to manage electronic monitoring properly? List 10 things Columbia College does to encourage ethical behavior by students and/or faculty.
Discussion 6-2: Unions
Why do employees join unions? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a union member? Explain in detail each step in a union drive and election. Would you join a union, If so, why?
Discussion 7-1: Going Global
You are the HR Manager of a firm that is about to send its first employees overseas to staff a new subsidiary. Your boss, the president, asks you why such assignments often fail, and what you plan to do to avoid such failures. How do you respond?
Discussion 7-2: Reducing Repatriation
As an HR manager, what program would you establish to reduce repatriation problems of returning expatriates and their families?
Discussion 8-1: HR systems
Describe with examples how you would create a start-up, paper-based human resource system for a new small business.