Recommend a development method for two of the following situations. Explain why you chose that method and why your suggestion would be effective:
1) An employee recently promoted to the job of plant supervisor is having difficulty motivating employees to meet quality standards
2) A sales manager annoys salespeople by dictating every detail of their work.
3) An organization is planning to organize its production workers into teams for the first time.
Please answer the following short essay prompts. This question is worth a maximum of 25 points. .
Suppose an organization expects a labor shortage to develop in key job areas over the next few years. Recommend specific response the organization could make in one of the following areas (be sure to identify which area you are choosing) and explain WHY your recommendations would be effective:
1) recruitment
2) training
3) compensation (pay and benefits)
Please answer ONE of the following short essay prompts. This question is worth a maximum of 25 points. Indicate which question you are answering.
1) Explain the difference between disparate treatment and disparate impact. How does the EEOC evaluate whether or not a selection tool has resulted in disparate impact? Provide an example.
2) Explain the concept of reasonable accommodation. Provide an example of when an employer would need to provide reasonable accommodation and what that accommodation might be. Be sure to explain WHY your example would be REASONABLE.
This question is worth a maximum of 25 points.
What is a BFOQ? How is this relevant for HRM? Provide an example when a BFOQ may be used as justification for disparate treatment of members of a protected class. Justify your example.
