Chapter 13:
1 Based on the information discussed in the chapter, how
would you oversee the design (or redesign) of a benefits program in a large
organization? What issues would you consider?
Chapter 14:
1. Which workplace
violence categories are of most concern for your company? What steps and
provisions do you need to include in your workplace violence plan? What are
your experiences as professionals’ in dealing with these issues? What are the
best practices according to recent literature?
Chapter 15:
1. Identify how the issues of due process and just cause are
linked to employer disciplinary actions.
2. Define employment-at-will and discuss how wrongful
discharge, just cause, and due process is interrelated. Is your state an
employment at will state?
3. Discuss the following statement: Even though efforts to
restrict employees’ free speech at work may be permissible, such efforts raise
troubling questions affecting individual rights. What are the main issues for
companies to consider? Give some examples of how technology is creating employee/employer
rights and policy issues. Suggest some possible actions that may be needed.
Chapter 16:
1. As the HR manager, you have heard rumors about potential
efforts to unionize your warehouse employees. Use the textbook and internet to
develop a set of guidelines for supervisors if they are asked questions by
employees about unionization as part of the ‘union prevention approach.’
Book
Mathis, R. L., Jackson, J. H., Valentine, S. R., &
Meglich, P. A. (2017). Human resource management (15th ed.). Boston: Cengage
Learning.
