Instructions for Consultant's Corner
Instructions for the Consultant’s Corner
This component of the Participation grade provides you with an opportunity to APPLY your critical thinking skills and knowledge of course concepts to a specific Human Resources Management-related organizational situation.
Your recommendations as a Consultant for a particular case should be related to concepts covered in the course you are taking – if it is a Compensation course, then compensation practices should be included in your recommendations; if it is a Training and Development course, then T&D practices should be included. If you are taking the Intro Course (mgmt4510), then your choices are wide open.
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As a Consultant be sure to clearly identify and address the following FOUR Steps:
ONE – Analysis
What are the healthy and the unhealthy dynamics that are involved in the case?
TWO – Prediction
What will happen if the situation is NOT addressed?
THREE – Options
What different courses of action might be taken to address the situation?
FOUR - Recommendations
What course of action would you choose if you were in charge of the organization?
**Do NOT say that you would “give it to the HR department” – you already have available to you all of the expertise in the HR department. You are the expert, you make the decision!
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Discussion Groups at the course website have been created for 7 consulting situations. The course syllabus will indicate the minimum number of these 7 cases that you are expected to do.
Videos and relevant information for each case can be viewed at this website:
hotseat.mhhe.com/mm.html
The following pages will help you navigate the cases and information that you will find at the website.
Consultant’s Corner Instructions, page 2
This is the MAIN Page.
There are Discussion Forums for the following 7 case scenarios at the Course Website:
Office Romance
Privacy
Ethics
Whistleblowing
Negotiation
Personal Disclosure
Diversity in Hiring
Select any one of these 7 case scenarios and proceed to the next screen.
Consultant’s Corner Instructions, page 3
This is an example of the PROFILES Page.
The Navigation buttons at the top allow you to move to any section.
The “next” button in the bottom right corner takes you to the next section.
**The only sections needed for this assignment are the following:
PROFILES
SCENARIO
DOSSIER
(You may visit the others if you are curious, but they are NOT required for this assignment.)
After you have read the Profiles for each person, select the SCENARIO button at the top.
Consultant’s Corner Instructions, page 4
This is an example of the SCENARIO Page.
When you have read the description, select the green GO button to watch the MEETING video.
During the MEETING video you will need to answer questions along the way in order to continue.
- there are no right/wrong answers, they are only to help you stay engaged with the video.
The AFTERTHOUGHTS video will be available after you have viewed the MEETING video - DO watch it.
- no questions are presented during this video.
**You can SKIP the ASSESSMENT section – it is not required for this assignment.
- you can take a look at it if you are curious, of course.
After you have viewed BOTH videos in this section, select the DOSSIER button at the top.
Consultant’s Corner Instructions, page 5
This is an example of the DOSSIER Page.
This section provides important information related to the case.
Be sure to view ALL of the available information – it is important for your analysis and recommendations.
When you have finished reading the information in this DOSSIER, you are finished with this website.
**DO NOT use the Create Report section to provide your analysis and recommendations!!
At this point you should proceed to the Consultant’s Corner Discussion Area at the course website.
Create a “new thread” in the Discussion Forum for your case and provide your analysis and recommendations according to the Instructions on the first page.
** Remember to clearly identify and address each of the FOUR Steps **