Measuring the Performance of a HR
Department
1. The
Supreme Court recently upheld most of the affordable health care act. Each
state will set up a health care exchange for small businesses or use one set up
by the federal government. Find and summarize one article that discusses health
care exchanges for small businesses.
2. What
is the best strategy to develop and administer benefits and should each
employee pay some of the costs or should costs be borne by the employer?
Also, what are the 3 most important
benefits an employer should offer? Why?
3. You
work in HR at a major consulting firm and one of the consultants comes to you
and says that he cannot in good faith take an assignment at the Philip Morris
company because they make products that kill people. What are your thoughts on
this ethical dilemma and how would you handle the situation?
4. How
is the best way to measure the performance of a HR department? By cost per
transaction, by overall organization costs and quality, by labor turnover, by
cost per HR employee, by number of HR lawsuits, etc.?
