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om (TCO B) Review the 13 strategic staffing
decisions that organizations must make when
developing a staffing strategy. Provide an
example of an organizational business strategy,
and explain how each decision might be impacted
by the given business goals. (Points 25) (TCO
E) You are the staffing manager for your
organization. Fully discuss the administrative
issues that you would address in the planning
stage of external recruiting. Explain the
importance of each issue. (Points 30) (TCO G)
If you were the HR staffing manager for an
organization, what guidelines might you recommend
regarding oral and written communication with the
job applicants by members of the organization?
(Points 30) (TCO C) As an HR leader, how would
you try to get individual managers to be more
aware of the legal requirements of staffing
systems and to take steps to ensure that they
themselves engage in legal staffing actions?
(Points 30) (TCO F) Assume you gave a general
ability test, measuring both verbal and
computational skills, to a group of applicants
for a specific job. Also assume that because of
severe hiring pressures, you hired all of the
applicants, regardless of their test scores. How
would you investigate the criterion-related
validity of the test?
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 (TCO H) There are numerous negative
organizational consequences to firing employees,
including the discomfort of the supervisor who
delivers the termination information, conflict or
sabotage from the departing employee, and the
potential for a lawsuit. In response, many
supervisors provide problem employees unpleasant
work tasks, reduced working hours, or otherwise
negatively modify their jobs in hopes that the
problem employees will simply quit. What are the
ethical issues raised by this strategy? (Points
30) (TCO A) Imagine an organization that has a
staffing process in which vacancies are filed (a)
on a lottery basis from among job applicants, or
(b) on a first-come, first-hired basis among job
applicants. Predict the potential problems
associated with these scenarios. (Points
30) (TCO D) It has been suggested that ethical
conduct be formally incorporated as a general
competency requirement for any job within the
organization. Debate the pros and cons of this
suggestion. (Points 30) (TCO I) Consider a
circumstance where your organization is doing
exit interviews and has promised confidentiality
to all who respond. Your supervisor has asked you
to give the name of each respondent so she can
assess the information in conjunction with the
persons supervisor. What obligation do corporate
HR employees have to keep information
confidential in such circumstances? (Points
20) (TCO B) Discuss the 13 strategic staffing
decisions one must make when developing an
organizational staffing strategy. Do you believe
that some of them are more important to an
organization than others? Which ones? Fully
explain your reasoning, providing clear examples
to illustrate your position. (Points
25)  (TCO E) You are the staffing manager for
your organization. Fully discuss the
administrative issues that you would address in
the planning stage of external recruiting.
Explain the importance of each issue. (Points
30) 
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(TCO G) You are a staffing manager. Recommend the
steps your organization should take to develop
and implement a policy regarding
employment-at-will. Explain the importance of
having an employment-at-will policy, and the
consequences of not having one. (Points
30) (TCO C) As an HR leader, how would you try
to get individual managers to be more aware of
the legal requirements of staffing systems and to
take steps to ensure that they themselves engage
in legal staffing actions? (Points 30) (TCO F)
You are a staffing professional. Describe how you
might go about determining scores for applicants
responses to a. interview questions, b. letters
of recommendation, and c. questions about
previous work experience. (Points 25) (TCO H)
You are an HR Manager for ABC Corporation. Your
strategic staffing plan indicates that in the
next five years, your 500 Customer Service
Representatives will need specific computer
skills to utilze a new technology that is
planned. None of the reps currently have this
skill. Other than terminating all of the
employees and hiring new employees with the
required skills, discuss two possible
alternatives the company might consider. (Points
30) . (TCO A) Imagine an organization that has
a staffing process in which vacancies are filed
(a) on a lottery basis from among job applicants,
or (b) on a first-come, first-hired basis among
job applicants. Predict the potential problems
associated with these scenarios. (Points 30) .
(TCO D) You are the HR Manager of your
organization. Your task is to perform job
analysis on all of the jobs within your
organization. What are the advantages and
disadvantages to using multiple methods of job
analysis for a particular job? Multiple sources?
(Points 30) (TCO I) Which of the costs and
benefits of voluntary turnover are most likely to
vary according to the type of job? Give specific
examples. (Points 20)