managing organization

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NOTE: The textbook should be at least one of your cited references.

CASE: Google, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines and Doubletree Hotels

INSTRUCTIONS:

SOURCE: Read Chapter 12 in our textbook – Recruiting, Selecting and Retaining Talent

Read the Case “How Do You Pick People For Jobs At Places Where Everyone Wants to Work?”

Read pages 417-418 (DO NOT answer the 4 questions on page 418)…continue reading the case study on page 442. You WILL answer the 4 questions on page 442.

A. Begin your reflective essay by providing an introductory summary about the material you read about in Chapter 12.

B. Then for the body of the essay answer the 4 questions on page 442:

Although the questions and assessments are in modern context and may seem quite innovative, Google, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, and Doubletree are really just applying very well researched evidence on effective selection. What selection research lessons do you see in the practices of these firms?

Identify a very different type of firm and job (for example sales, attorney, civil engineering) and use the selection lessons from these firms to design a valid structured interview. Craft at least 5 interview questions for your make-believe job/firm.

Explain the statement “You hire for skills and then the whole person shows up.”

Consider the monologue from “The Social Network,” a film that tells the story of how Facebook started and ultimately thrived.

C. Next Section:

The dialogue excerpt below is from a scene from David Fincher‘s “The Social Network” depicting early candidate selection methods at Facebook is both brilliant and telling. Assuming Facebook actually resorted to such eccentric selection practices, what type of predictor is this and how would you characterize its validity relative to other selection options? Explain.

The candidates have 10 minutes to get root access to a Python web server, expose its SSL encryption and then intercept all traffic over its secure ports…but here‘s the beauty –every tenth line of code written, they have to drink a shot; and, hacking is supposed to be stealth, so every time the server detects an intrusion, the candidate responsible has to drink a shot. I also have a program running that has a pop-up window appear simultaneously on all five computers. The last candidate to hit the window has to drink a shot. Plus, every three minutes they all have to drink a shot.

D. And finally, reflective essays all have a conclusion. So, give your concluding opinion about these interviewing and selection processes.