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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?