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Week 1 Discussion DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest
2016 March
DQ 1
Organizational
Strategic Planning and Staffing (graded)
What is the connection between organizational strategic planning
and business planning and staffing? Can you do effective staffing without
knowing the organization’s strategic direction? Why is it important to know the
strategic vision of the various departments that we serve?
Please remember that proper APA citation is required for ALL
course work, including our discussions. This means that any
material you borrow from the Internet, our textbook, or any other source must
be set in quotation marks with the source noted. Then you must add your own
thoughts and ideas to the borrowed material. Borrowed material must never dominate
your work.
DQ 2
Staffing
Implementation Model (graded)
How would you design a staffing model to work effectively with the
organizational needs and with sufficient metrics to know that you are finding
the right candidates? What is the relationship between the approach to staffing
used in the organization and measurement?
Devry HRM410 Week 2 Discussion DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2016 March
DQ 1
Employment
Law Review (graded)
There are many employment laws to discuss and review this week.
Let’s look at these laws from your point of view. Which of the major employment
laws do you find the most interesting and why? Which law, executive order, or
court decision do you think is the most influential and has the most impact on
staffing? Are there any of these laws that you would argue are outdated and no
longer needed?
Please remember that proper APA citation is required for ALL
course work, including our discussions. This means that any
material you borrow from the Internet, our textbook, or any other source must
be set in quotation marks with the source noted. Then you must add your own
thoughts and ideas to the borrowed material. Borrowed material must never
dominate your work.
DQ 2
Business
Implications of the Laws (graded)
When we are performing our staffing jobs, we aren’t working in a
vacuum from the rest of society. What are the broader implications of the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and the Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986 for the organization and staffing? Is age discrimination alive and
well in many organizations? What are the implications of hiring people who are
not authorized to work in the United States? Do organizations hire these
people, and why would they in light of the law?
Devry HRM410 Week 3 Discussion DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2016 March
DQ 1
Job
Analysis Techniques and Legal Issues (graded)
Let’s start with the various job analysis techniques. What factors
affect the job analysis method chosen by an employer? Would an employer’s
unique business type and environment affect the method chosen? How?
DQ 2
KSAs
and Behavioral Competencies (graded)
What issues can affect the accuracy of a KSA collection? How can
these be overcome? Are there special issues or concerns when it comes to
discovering the employee behaviors that are required in the position?
Devry HRM410 Week 4 Discussion DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2016 March
DQ 1
Interview
Strategy (graded)
What are some of the most effective interview questions that you
use or have heard from others? What makes them effective? Let’s diagnose some
of the most ineffective interview questions that you’ve heard in the past. How
can they be fixed to be more effective and useful in getting the information we
need?
DQ 2
Recruitment
(graded)
In today’s world, recruiting new employees has taken on a global
aspect, even in small mom & pop shops. In searching for the best and
highest performing employees, Human Resource managers have so many ways to find
new employees. What are some of those ways? Pick ONE method of recruiting new
employees, and talk about how that method might work the best for YOUR company
in your project and why. Include in your first post the name and background of
your company.
After making your first post, engage with your colleagues about their ideas for
recruiting new candidates. Can you think of other ways that might work for your
classmates’ companies?
Devry HRM410 Week 5 Discussion DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2016 March
DQ 1
Effective
Assessments (graded)
When you think about all of the assessments that are used in the
entire staffing process, which ones are the most effective at helping find the
right candidates? What are some of the assessment that you would like to avoid
and why?
DQ 2
Selection
Tools (graded)
Controversy continues over privacy when applying for a job. Some
employers are requiring candidates to take integrity tests, polygraph tests,
drug tests, and/or handwriting tests (graphology). Are these selection tools
legal? How would you defend using these selection tools?
Devry HRM410 Week 6 Discussion DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2016 March
DQ 1
Measures
of Job Performance (graded)
What are the different ways to measure performance of an employee?
Which approaches stand up the best over time and actually lead to improved performance?
Can we actually measure most employee performance—such as work behaviors? Isn’t
there a lot of subjectivity to employee performance?
DQ 2
Performance
Feedback and the Employee (graded)
Why are employees “uptight” when it comes to receiving feedback
from their manager? Do employees really get any benefit or value from the
organization’s performance feedback system? Does the organization actually
benefit or is all this a waste of time? Would it be better to simply supply
ongoing coaching and forget the formal performance feedback process?
Devry HRM410 Week 7 Discussion DQ 1 & DQ 2 Latest 2016 March
DQ 1
Retention and Staffing
(graded)
Explain the role of the staffing professional and the staffing
process in employee retention. Isn’t it all over with once the individual is
hired and staffing moves on to the next open position? Explain.
DQ 2
To Retain or Not (graded)
When it comes to keeping employees in the organization, are we
interested in trying to find ways to retain every existing employee? Are there
certain employees who actually benefit themselves and the organization by
leaving? When do we have too much turnover and when do we not have enough
turnover? Explain.
