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Topic: What is Human Resource Management? Many students come into this class believing that human resource management is only about hiring and firing employees. After reading the first chapter of your textbook: Define what you think it means for an organization to manage its human resources. How does effective human […]

As a field, human resource management is undergoing significant transformations, from one previously concerned with performing administrative functions to one concerned with becoming a strategic partner to senior management.  Discuss some of the roles human resources can perform in collaboration with organizational managers. What do you feel are some of […]

The Role of HR in Global Business The management of a firm’s human resources represents a key strategic activity in a global business organization since people represent its most valuable resource and how they are selected, hired, trained, compensated, and retained plays a decisive role in determining how well a […]

Human Resource Management After reviewing “The New Learning and Performance Wheel” as a manager, how would you use this performance wheel to address major external and internal factors that influence employee behavior, and various individual differences affect the learning process to ensure that the organization’s goals and strategies are being […]

A recent trend more and more companies are embracing is to outsource all or most of their human resource management activities. Do you agree or disagree with this trend? What risks is a company taking when it decides to outsource its entire set of human resource management activities? Describe a […]

Define diversity and then explain why training in diversity is important. What are the benefits to doing training in diversity?