1. How is HR structured in your organization? Who is the top HR professional and what is that person’s title? Who does that person report to? What does this tell you about the relative importance of HR in your organization?
2. Investigate the sexual harassment policy at the company where you work (if you do not work at this time, choose a company to which you have access). Tell us about the policy. What does it say, where is it posted or otherwise made public to employees? What type of sexual harassment training does your company currently have? Do you have any suggestions for improvement?
3. It has been said that a job qualification based on race, sex, religion, and so on that an employer asserts is a necessary qualification for the job is known as a bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ). Explain how the concept of BDOQ can be or is being applied in your industry or in today’s workplace? Provide an example.
4. Explain the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and what it covers during hiring and promotion decisions in the workplace.
5. Discuss a time when you have either experienced or witnessed discrimination. What did you do about it? What can we do about it in the future if any of us is faced with such a discriminatory event?
6. It is understood that the concept of quid pro quo harassment refers to an individual gaining benefit in return for a sexual favor. Is this true or false. Provide an example of a specific case while providing and quoting two sources that support your answer.
7. Pick a side, pro or con, and defend your answer. “Affirmative action has outlived its usefulness and should now be abolished.”
8. Check out one of the online recruitment companies: monster.com and careerbuilder.com are just two possibilities. Give us a brief summary and critique of what you found.
9. Explain the importance of checking references for applicants and what might be the most important question when it comes to checking references? Why is it important to ask “Is there anything else that I should know about this applicant?”
10. Use the Job Characteristics Model and describe your current job to us. If you are not currently working, describe a previous job; if you have no work experience, interview a family member or friend and describe that person’s job according to the elements of the JCM.
11. What are some challenges that modern organizations face related to employee recruitment and retention? Explain some of the common reasons why a firm cannot always retain their best employees? What can managers do to recruit and retain the top talent in their fields?
12. Discuss a valuable topic, concept or theory that you reflected upon in the week’s assigned readings that is not mentioned above. Tell us the interesting topic from the assigned reading, what is it all about, what is the valuable element or learning point, and/or how we can make good use of it.
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