Chapter Questions
Chapter Questions
Chapter Questions
The following questions apply to each chapter we will cover in this course. Before we start a
chapter, please read the questions that we have prepared for that chapter and use them to
guide your reading of the chapter. We would recommend preparing written answers to the
questions we have asked so you can refer to them in class. In class, we will discuss the
questions we asked you to think about as well as other questions related to them.
Chapter 1: Human Resources Management (HRM) in a Changing Environment
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What is HRM?
Give some examples of HR problems that occurred in organizations where you worked.
Explain why the organizations line managers (i.e., lower lever supervisors) often do not
comply with the directives of the HR department and discuss why it is important for them
to do so.
4. What is measurement and why is the use of measurement critical for successful
HRM?
Name all the laws you can think of that impact HRM in organizations.
What is discrimination?
What types of discrimination are prohibited by Title VII?
What is the EEOC and why is it important in the effective functioning of discrimination
law?
What disparate treatment?
When is it legal for an employer to commit disparate treatment?
What is disparate impact? Give examples of how different devices can have a disparate
impact against a protected group.
When can an organization use a device that has a disparate impact on a protected
group?
completely?