HRM

Chapter 10 Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience. Please read the following article: http://www.investors.com/politics/policy/nonunion-tennessee-auto-industry-thrives/

1. Why is it so enticing for employers to locate in a right-to-work state like Tennessee? Please explain.

2. Will right-to-work laws result in the further decline of unions in the workplace? Explain your answer.

3. Pretend you are an HR manager and you heard that a union was trying to organize within your company. What would your role in the process look like? Would you be for or against union representation? Why or why not?

Chapter 11

Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience.

1. Off the top of your head (i.e., without referencing the book), what are three things that you learned about compensation by reading this chapter that you previously did not know? How might knowing about these topics be beneficial to you in your future employment?

2. Please go to www.glassdoor.com. You may have to sign up (free) to get access to the features of the website that you may need. Please click on Salaries at the top of the page.

a. In the search box, type in a job title that you would be interested in immediately upon graduating from college and enter a location in which you would like to live. b. Scan down through the company list until you find one that catches your eye.

c. Tell me what you found out. (Do not copy and paste. Please report your findings to me in yourown words.) d. Based on this information, is this a company for which you would want to work? What surprised you about the salary information that you found?

e. How important is salary in determining what company you would work for? Are there any factors are more important than salary? Explain your answer using a hypothetical example.

Chapter 12

Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience.

1. Please read the article "Smashing the Clock" about Results Only Work Environments (posted above this assignment in the Content section).

a. What do you perceive as being some of the pros and cons of working in a ROWE organization?

b. Do you think that such an environment would be appropriate for the industry in which you plan to work? Please explain.

2. Please find an article where pay-for-performance individual compensation plans have backfired.

a. Briefly summarize your article.

b. What were the reasons why those plans didn’t work?