Module 1 discussion
Post your single paragraph Executive Summary from your
report directly to the Discussion Board, and add your report as an attachment.
Then read at least 2 of your peers’ reports, and respond to
the following questions for at least one of your peer’s chosen companies:
How do your peers’ experiences compare with your own
experiences (or the experiences of someone else you have observed) in dealing
with similar social or demographic issues in the workplace? Do you have a different strategy that you
would recommend based on addressing similar issues?
Module 2 discussion
Post your single paragraph Executive Summary from your
report directly to the Discussion Board, and add your report as an attachment.
Then view at least two of your peers’ summaries and
presentations, and respond to the following:
Provide feedback to your peers on their presentations and
the connection they drew between the organization they chose from the text and
their own organization. What did your peers miss? Would the Strategic HR
actions be desirable or undesirable in a different organizational culture? Why
or why not?
Module 3 discussion
Either you or your partner should post your single paragraph
Executive Summary from your report directly to the Discussion Board, and add
your report as an attachment.
Then read two of your peer teams’ papers, and respond to at
least one, using the following questions as a guide:
Critique your peers’ answers to the outsourcing questions.
What did they fail to consider? What good points did they make about
outsourcing jobs across the model presented in the reading? What additional
concerns would you have?
Module 4 discussion
Post your single paragraph Executive Summary from your
report directly to the Discussion Board, and add your report as an attachment.
Then read at least 2 of your peers’ reports, and respond to
at least one paper regarding cultural norms in other nations as compared to US
employment laws, using the following as a guide:
How did your interpretations of the EEOC website,
statistics, and what the EEOC emphasizes differ from your peers’
interpretations?
What were some of the most surprising differences (or
similarities) between other countries’ employment laws and US employment laws?
What kind of effects would those laws have in the US?
Module 5 discussion
Post your single paragraph Executive Summary from your
report directly to the Discussion Board, and add your report as an attachment.
Then read at least 2 of your peers’ reports, and respond to
at least one paper using the following as a guide:
How effective do you think your peer’s selection system will
be at selecting qualified candidates?
How well do you believe it fits in with organizational and HR
strategy? What changes might you suggest
to make the selection system or individual tools even more effective? Do you
believe your peer could reasonably expect executive decision-makers at this
organization to agree to the new selection system?
Module 6 discussion
Post your single paragraph Executive Summary from your
report directly to the Discussion Board, and add your report as an attachment.
Then read at least 2 of your peers’ reports, and respond to
at least one paper using the following as a guide:
Compare your own research to your peers’ report. How well do
your findings about either specific training approaches, or multisource
feedback correspond? What differences (if any) do you notice, and how would you
explain those differences? What are your
own experiences and opinions about: 1) which training methods are most
effective, or 2) why multi-source feedback is or is not valuable?
Module 7 discussion
What do you think about the issue of executive compensation?
Cite one or more sources in your initial response.
Respond to at least one of your peers using the following as
a guide:
How did your peers’ opinions on executive compensation
differ from your own? What information did they present that you found
intriguing? What information can you add to support your peers’ position?
Module 8 discussion
Post your single paragraph Executive Summary from your
report directly to the Discussion Board, and add your report as an attachment.
Then read at least 2 of your peers’ reports, and respond to
at least one paper using the following as a guide:
In your opinion, how completely and accurately did your peer
describe all the economic and non-economic costs of turnover? What additional costs would you recommend
they include? Were there any costs that
they did include that you were surprised about? Why or why not?
