Discussions

E-ACTIVITY Go to the About.com website to read the article titled "The Right People in the Wrong Jobs.

DQ#1

• From the eActivity, determine three (3) disadvantages resulting from placing the right people into the wrong jobs. Next, provide three (3) HRM selection decisions that an organization can use to mitigate this issue. Justify your response.
• Determine the top two (2) aspects of the selection process that you would focus on when selecting candidates for positions in an organization where you work or one with which you are familiar, and explain your rationale. Next, recommend two (2) employment tests that you would use in the selection process. Justify your response.

DQ#2

• From the scenario, suggest two types of training that the company would provide for newly hired employees into a software development position. Elaborate briefly on your suggestions.
• Imagine you are an HR consultant hired to develop a new training and development program for a company in the IT industry. Propose the steps you would take to develop the program. Justify your response.

DQ#3

"HRIS Data Breach (Incident 1)"  Please respond to the following:

• Advise how the human resource director of Sweets, Inc. should proceed in this situation. FOR THIS ONE JUST DISCUSS HOW A BREACH IN GENERAL SHOULD BE HANDLED
• Identify the sensitive data practices that Sweets, Inc. needs to address. Then, recommend how to improve these sensitive data practices so that information breaches do not occur in the future.

DQ#4

Shifting Demographics"  Please respond to the following:

• Select three of the 10 trends listed in Exercise 1, and create a plan to address each in your organization.  TRENDS: Aging of the workforce, Increasing use of social networks, Increasing diversity.
• Evaluate the various options that the HR manager could take to ensure that each of the trends you have selected is adequately addressed in the HR plan to ensure proper work design.