human resource management assignment 1

Chapter 1

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. Chapter 1 lists many functions and responsibilities of HR managers. How does the book’s description of the responsibilities and functions of an HR manager differ from what you previously thought? Explain your answer. 2. Go to indeed.com and look for a human resource management job around the Nashville area that might interest you if you were getting into the area of human resources. (Please pick one with a detailed job description.) a. Describe the job and include a link to the job description. b. What interests you about the position? c. What are the similarities between the job description for this position and the chapter’s description of the duties of human resource managers? Please be specific.

Chapter 2

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. The role of HR’s importance to organizations has changed to a more strategic role? What are some reasons for this change? 2. Please go to the list of the Fortune 500 companies (http://fortune.com/fortune500/). Choose one company out of the list and go to their website to find their Vision and the Mission Statement. a. What company did you choose, and what is its Mission Statement (usually available on corporate website; please provide reference link)? b. What are five ways that human resources might play a strategic role in fulfilling the mission statement of the company that you chose? Please be specific.

Chapter 3

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. Give me three reasons why it is important to know about HR-related laws even if you are not going to be a human resource manager yourself? Explain your answers. 2. Please go to Google News (http://news.google.com) and search for EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT. a. Please summarize one of the stories that you found where an employee has sued an employer for discrimination. Please include a reference for the article. b. From what you know form reading the case and what you read in the story, do you think the plaintiff(s) have a valid case of discrimination against the organization they are suing? Why or why not? What HR-related law would back-up your decision? How would the law apply?