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Getting Medicine to Bosnia   Instructions:  Please answer the questions below.  The length of your written case assignment form responses should be approximately one to one and a half pages, single spaced.  This form will be graded on a pass/fail basis.  To pass, you need to provide reasonably detailed and insightful answers to the questions […]

Person-Situation Interaction There are six ways in which a person and the situation interact to shape a person’s goals, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. These are: 1. Different persons respond differently to the same situation. 2. Situations choose the person. 3. Persons choose the situation. 4. Different situations can prime different […]

Misplaced Affections: Discharge for Sexual Harassment New HR Strategy Makes a Best Company Evaluate the conduct of Peter Lewiston against the EEOC’s definition of sexual harassment Should the intent or motive behind Lewiston’s conduct be considered when deciding sexual harassment activities? Explain. If you were the district’s EEOC officer, what […]

Some union advocates have suggested that NLRB certification procedures are so cumbersome that unions would be better off if the LMRA was repealed. If labor laws discussed in this chapter were repealed, how might this affect (a) the formation of unions and (b) the terms and conditions of employment for […]

Assignment: Zappos Case Study Learning Outcomes: • Demonstrate an understanding of all the HR disciplines and how they contribute to overall organizational effectiveness. • Apply acquired human resources knowledge to resolve business and organizational issues.  Review the “Exercising Strategy” exercise about Zappos on pages 57-58 of the text as well as the following web […]

Why would Teresa Carleo and Steve Martucci favor face-to-face communication over email when dealing with customers? Why would Carleo and Martucci prefer to use electronic communication methods for certain types of communication within the company. In the video, Carleo says that she worries that at times she communicates too much. What steps […]