Assignment 2: Selection Strategy and Weighted Compensatory Approach

You are employed as an HR consultant for a mid-sized bank. The bank employs 200 tellers across its branches. You need to recommend to the bank what to consider when hiring for the position of Bank Teller. At this point you have completed Assignment 1 to support the bank in the way it hires Bank Tellers. Now you are moving to Assignment 2.

For this second assignment there are two main tasks you need to complete:

• Assignment 2: Part A Selection Strategy

• Assignment 2: Part B Weighted Compensatory Approach

Both tasks should be included in one document 2 to 5 pages in length, double spaced, use Times New Roman font (12 point), use tables when needed, and use APA format for referencing and citing. Include a cover page and a reference page. For the complete instructions see Content> Course Resources> Three Major Assignments.

Discussion 1: Explain why unions often place a priority on seniority in personnel decisions, whereas employers tend to emphasize ability to perform the job.

Based on your own experience with work-performance appraisals conducted by managers, how confident are you that managers can effectively judge legitimate differences in performance between two or more employees?

Please use a minimum of at least one source to support your post.

Please interact with at least one classmate.

Discussion 2: Using an organization where you work or have worked in the past, assume the role of a union negotiator or a management negotiator. What work schedule(s) would you propose in the new contract that would best serve the needs of the company or your union members, as appropriate?

Use one reference to support your response. You do not need to interact with another student.

Written Assignment 2: 3-4 pages, not including cover or References pages

You have been hired by XYZ as a consultant. They are currently facing a union organizing campaign. You have been asked to write a briefing memo for senior management. Your memo must address:

a. What are the basic differences, from the employer's viewpoint, in operating in a union-free environment vs. a unionized environment?

b. What are management representatives permitted to say and do during the campaign? What, if any, actions or statements are prohibited?
In responding, you must use three references. They should be from a scholarly journal or credible news source from within the past three years.