Find at least two peer-reviewed journal articles that address important social and demographic changes in labor and the workplace. You may use the chapter references on pp. 67-69 or reference sections at the end of the Chapter 2 Readings as a springboard.
Integrate and summarize the points mentioned in these articles into a 2-4 page report (with APA citations and a reference page). Conclude your report with a discussion of your personal or professional experiences with these changes in the workplace. Have you dealt with any of these changes? How did you confront any of these issues to maximize diversity and/or responsibility and sustainability in the workplace? What have you learned from your experiences with these changes?
Post your Executive Summary on the Discussion Board and include your report as an attachmentno later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. Also, submit your paper to the Dropbox. See the Discussion page for further information.
Create a Power Point presentation and an Executive Summary that outlines your answers. The target audience for your presentation and summary should be middle managers across multiple industries who need to be educated about Human Resource functions.
Post your Executive Summary on the Discussion Board and include your report as an attachmentno later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. Also, submit your paper to the Dropbox. See the Discussion page for further information.
This assignment is based on Exercises 1 and 4 on p. 308 in your textbook.
Visit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Web site athttp://www.eeoc.gov. Pay particular attention to the “Statistics” tab on the “About EEOC” menu. Identify current trends in complaints being filed with the EEOC. Based on your review of the EEOC press releases posted on the site, what appear to be the agency’s current priorities, and how appropriate do you feel these priorities are for the U.S. society?
Discuss how social and cultural norms influence how other nations deal with the issues addressed in US employment laws. Pick 2 of the employment laws discussed in this chapter or covered on the EEOC page. Discuss how other cultures have dealt or might deal with these same issues. You should go to the online library resources to find articles to support your idea.
Consider your current job (or a job with which you are very familiar). Begin with a brief summary of the responsibilities of that job. Create the ideal selection system for the job, detailing what kinds of selection tools you would use, when you would use them, and why. Describe how you would expect your new selection system to fit with your understanding of both HR and organizational strategy and how you would “sell” your system to executives in the organization.
Create a Power Point presentation and a brief executive summary that outlines the above. The target audience for your presentation are the executives in the organization who are seeking new selection procedures for this job.
Post your Executive Summary on the Discussion Board and include your report as an attachmentno later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. Also, submit your paper to the Dropbox. See the Discussion page for further information.
