Discussion Questions: Human Capital Management: Function, Values, and Laws

1. Evaluate the pros and cons of an organization's HR department aligning its strategy with the overall organizational strategy.

2. Assess whether individual HR departments should have strategies or whether there should be one overarching strategy for the entire HR team.

3. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each approach.

4. Explain what human resource management is and how it relates to the management process.

5. Briefly discuss and illustrate each of the important trends influencing human resource management.

6. Briefly describe "distributed HR" and other important aspects of human management today.

7. List at least four important human resource manager competencies.

8. Explain the importance of and list the basic features of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and at least five other equal employment laws.