Assignment 4 - Chapter 4 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. Why is important for organizations to conduct regular job analyses? Please explain your answer. How often should job analyses be conducted?
2. Go to indeed.com and find a position with a detailed job description in the field that you believe is the one in which you will eventually be working.
a. Please report to me the position and what attracts you to the job based on the description.
b. Now go to onetonline.org and find the job specification for a similar position. What are some parts of the job specification for that position that make it seem less desirable to you as an applicant? What are some parts of the job specification that might make it more desirable to you as an applicant?
c. What are the similarities and differences between the description of the job and its specification? Please do not copy and paste.
d. Based on your comparison between the job description and the job specification, do you believe you would be a good fit for the job? Why or why not?
Assignment 5 - Chapter 5 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. In your own words, what does personnel planning and recruiting entail? Why is personnel planning an important function of the human resources department with regards to the organization as a whole? What are three potential negative outcomes that might happen to a company that does not do this well? Please explain.
2. Thinking like a manager and knowing the advantages and disadvantages of internal versus external recruiting, tell me which you would prefer to do when hiring. Pick one or the other. Why did you choose the one you picked? What might be a few advantages and disadvantages of choosing this policy? Please explain.
3. Please watch the following video on succession planning at Virgin: Beyond Branson: Ensuring Virgin's Succession Plan (By MeetTheBoss)
a. Why is succession planning so important for Virgin? Explain.
b. Based on the video, what steps has Virgin taken to ensure a smooth transition to new leadership? Do you believe that this is a good model that can be used at other organizations? Explain your answer.
Assignment 6 - Chapter 6 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. What experience have you, or someone close to you, had with pre-employment testing when applying for a job? Did you feel that the testing was necessary? Why or why not?
2. Please read the article on D2L in the file entitled "Employment Testing and Privacy." Now, look up a different article about privacy and employment testing.
a. Briefly summarize the additional article that you found (include reference)?
b. What are some of the arguments in favor and against certain pre-employment tests being illegal or an invasion of privacy?
c. Which side of the issue do you agree with? Why?
3. Can people cheat on personality tests? Locate a source online to back-up your answer (include a reference to your source). As an HR manager, what are some arguments you could make to an applicant against cheating?