HRM 300 Week 1 DQ 1

Read the article by Dori Meinert, Ready, Set, Hire! found in the UOPX Library (2012). The easiest way and quickest way to locate the article is to click on the Library tab after you have logged in to UOPX. Enter the author’s last name in the box under “Search Keywords” on the Library’s main page. Dori Meinert is a staff writer for HR Magazine. You will find her writings and the writings of several others. Scroll down on the first page until you find the Ready, Set , Hire! article. Read the article and respond to the discussion question below with at least 200-300 of your words. You may find that several of Dori Meinert’s article may interest you and will give you ideas for topics discussed in this class. HR Magazine is one of the more popular magazines read by human resource (HR) professionals and managers interested in better understanding the role of human resource management (HRM) in the effective management of people.

HRM 300 Week 1 DQ 2

Why is diversity important in the workplace environment?

What can organizations do to encourage diversity?

How is HRM involved in the area of diversity?

HRM 300 Week 1 DQ 3

What are business ethics?

What are some examples of unethical behavior within an organization?

How is HRM involved in business ethics?

HRM 300 Week 2 DQ 1

You are the human resources (HR) manager at ABC Publishing. The company has recently received several complaints of sexual harassment. The HR department has decided to create a sexual harassment policy.

What should the policy include?

How should the policy be implemented and enforced?

HRM 300 Week 2 DQ 2

Do you think an employer has the right to monitor an employee’s computer?

Explain your answer.

What principle should the HRM department have to ensure work efficiency while protecting employee privacy?

HRM 300 Week 2 DQ 3

What are the pros and cons associated with drug testing?

What is your opinion toward requiring drug testing for all new employees?

Discuss the legal and ethical considerations associated with drug testing. Use laws or regulatory policies to support your opinion.

HRM 300 Week 3 DQ 1

Employee selection methods introduced in Chapter 7 of our text include applications, employment tests, interviews, background investigations, and medical or physical examinations.

Select three selection methods that you feel are most useful. For each selection method chosen, discuss the reliability and validity of the method.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the selection methods you have chosen?

HRM 300 Week 3 DQ 2

What are the advantages and disadvantages of employee referrals?

As an employer, what other recruiting strategy might you utilize?

Do you believe online recruiting website’s are an effective recruiting strategy?

Explain your answers.

HRM 300 Week 3 DQ 3

Human resource planning is considered the most important component of the human resource management (HRM) structure. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your answer.How does human resource planning influence an organization?

HRM 300 Week 4 DQ 1

What is the relationship between employee training and employee development?

Are both necessary within an organization?

What is more important to an organization’s development and why?

HRM 300 Week 4 DQ 2

Common employee-development methods include job rotation, assistant-to-positions, committee assignments, lecture courses and seminars, simulations, and outdoor training.

Select one employee development method. What are the pros and cons of this method? Describe a workplace situation in which this type of development method would be most beneficial.

HRM 300 Week 4 DQ 3

What is the goal of employee development?

How does employee development affect organizational development?

Do you think an organization should develop it own employees training program or should it be outsourced and why?

HRM 300 Week 5 DQ 1

What employee benefit do you personally value the most? Why is it important for organizations to offer benefits to their employees?How do benefits positively or negatively affect an organization?

HRM 300 Week 5 DQ 2

Chapter 11 of “Fundamentals of Human Resource Management” discusses three classifications of rewards. They are intrinsic versus extrinsic rewards, financial versus nonfinancial rewards, and performance-based versus membership based rewards. What are the strengths and weaknesses associated with each type of reward?

Which type of reward is most successful in the business environment and why?

HRM 300 Week 5 DQ 3

What is the purpose of performance management systems within an organization?What are some of the ethical concerns of performance management systems?How can a human resource management (HRM) department ensure a performance management system is ethical?