Description
- The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
- Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
- Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
- Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
- Late submission will NOT be accepted.
- Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
- All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
- Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
After completion of Assignment one students will be able to understand the following
- LO1: To understand the role of human resources within the organization.
- LO2: To differentiate between the major functions of Human Resources and their interdependency.
Assignment Question(s):
Part 1- Discussion Questions (4 marks):
- Discuss how cultural environments and Technology affect HRM practices? (minimum words: 200, marks:2)
- You have been offered two positions in HRM. One is a generalist position in a smaller business, and one is a recruiting position in a large corporation. Which of the two jobs do you believe will give you more involvement in a variety of HRM activities? Explain and defend your answer. (minimum words: 200, marks:2)
Part 2- Case Study (6 marks)
Read the case given below and answer the questions:
Mohammed and Hamza own SPORTZ, a medium-sized company that manufactures and sells sporting goods and equipment. They are watching a CROSSKATES video about cross- country roller skates in the LOUNGE. Hamza says, “I don’t know. This stuff looks dangerous! What do you think? Remember that bungee-jumping thing we tried?”
Mohammed responds, “Sara was out a long time with that knee problem. She sure is a good sport. Badar said we were lucky not to get sued for that. Do you think employees could sue us if they are hurt on product-test assignments?”
“Let’s ask Mazen,” Hamza suggests. “That guy you hired as— what did you call him— director of human resources?
” Mohammed smiles broadly, “Yep. He sure seems to be busy. He’s pulled together all that paperwork for insurance and retirement that Sara used to handle and named her compensation and benefits manager.”
“He wants to send Saad and Ahmad to a supervisor’s school for work scheduling, job team assignments, and project management,” Hamza adds. “He started those picnics by the LAGOON for people to talk about work conditions and issues.”
Mohammed asks, “Do you think we should let him hire a full-time secretary? I thought Sara could do that, but Mazen said she has a full plate. Did you tell him to do that employee bulletin board he tacked into the Web site?”
Hamza shakes his head no. “Me neither,” Mohammed muses. “Wonder why he did that? Guess we’d better talk to him.”
Questions
3. Identify the environmental influences important to SPORTZ. (2Marks)
4. How do its HR functional areas line up with the overall HR process? (2Marks)
5. Which of the functional HR processes can be identified in Mazen’s area? (2Marks)
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