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2. Why has "fun at work" been profitable at Hitech?<br />

1. Explain why the revised performance appraisal system at Wellstar Hospital is more efficient?<br />

2. Do you think the performance appraisal system at Wellstar is aligned with its corporate profile<br />

and appropriate for all levels of employees?<br />

3. Considering accreditation requirements which focus on employee development and education,<br />

what are your suggestions for changes in the performance appraisal format?<br />

1. How far do you agree with the management that performance appraisal should be<br />

discontinued?<br />

2. If you were the HR manager, how would you tackle the situation?<br />

3. What modifications would you suggest in the performance appraisal system of the company<br />

3. From the discussion of job analysis information and job design, what actions would you<br />

recommend to HR department?<br />

4. Given the problems associated with the second shift, what differences would you look for between<br />

first shift and second shift workers?<br />

5. Since the Canadian workers had considerable experience with the equipment but the workers<br />

particularly in second shelf in Brazil had very little experience, what implications do you see for<br />

the job design?<br />

4. What would you do if you were Mr. Khaitan?<br />

5. How do you think the company got into a situation like this in the first place?<br />

Human Resource Management<br />

1. Do you think that it is easier to tie human resources to the strategic management process in<br />

large or in small organizations? Why?<br />

2. Three popular interventions for enhancing worker satisfaction are job enrichment, job<br />

rotation, and role analysis. What are the critical differences between these interventions, and under<br />

what conditions might one be preferable to the others?<br />

3. Explain Collective Bargaining and Labor relation?<br />

4. How might the ADA’s reasonable accommodation requirement affect workers such as law<br />

enforcement officers and fire fighters?<br />

5. The reasonable woman standard recognizes that women have different ideas of what<br />

constitutes appropriate behavior than men have. What are the implications of this distinction? Do<br />

you think it is a good or bad idea to make this distinction?<br />

6. Why have the roles and activities of the HR function changed over the past 20 to 30<br />

years? What has been driving this change? How effectively do you think HR has responded?<br />

7. Some argue that outsourcing an activity is bad because the activity is no longer a means of<br />

distinguishing the firm from competitors. (All competitors can buy the same service from the same<br />

provider, so it cannot be a source of competitive advantage.) Is this true? If so, why would a firm<br />

outsource any activity?

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