Assignment #1

Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter,along with information from your own work experience.

Please read the following article: No Union, No Problem: Tennessee Auto Industry Thrives By Sean Higgins.

1. Why is it so enticing for employers to locate in a right-to-work state like Tennessee? Please explain.

2. Will right-to-work laws result in the further decline of unions in the workplace? Explain your answer.

3. Pretend you are an HR manager and you heard that a union was trying to organize within your company. What would your role in the process look like? Would you be for or against union representation? Why or why not?

Assignment #2

Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience.

1. Off the top of your head without memorizing anything, what is something that you learned about compensation by reading this chapter that you previously did not know? How might knowing about this topic be beneficial to you in the future?

2. Please go to glassdoor website. You may have to sign up (free) to get access to the features of the website that you may need. Please click on Salaries at the top of the page.

a. In the search box, type in a job title that you would be interested in immediately upon graduating and enter a location that you would like to live.

b. Scan down through the company list until you find one that catches your eye.

c. Tell me what you found out. (Do not copy and paste. Please report your findings to me in your own words.)

d. Based on this information, is this a company that you would want to work for? What surprised you about the salary information that you found?

Assignment #3

Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience.

1. Please read the following article about Results Only Work Environments.

Smashing The Clock : COVER STORY PODCA

a. What do you perceive as being some of the pros and cons of working in a ROWE organization?

b. Do you think that such an environment would work for the industry that you are planning on going into? Please explain.

2. Please find an article where pay-for-performance individual compensation plans have backfired.

a. Briefly summarize your article.

b. What were the reasons why they didn't work?