CHAPTER 4
Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience.
1. Why is it important for organizations to conduct periodic job analyses? Please explain your answer. Howoften should job analyses be conducted?
2. Go to indeed.com and find a position with a detailed job description in the field that you believe is the one in which you will eventually be working.
a. What position did you choose? What attracts you to the job based on the job description?
b. Now go to onetonline.org and find the job specification for a similar position. What
parts of the job specification for that position make it seem less desirable to you as
an applicant? What parts of the job specification might make it more desirable to you
as an applicant?
c. What are the similarities and differences between the description of the job and its
specification? Please do not copy and paste.
d. Based on your comparison between the job description and the job specification, do you
believe you would be a good fit for the job? Why or why not?
CHAPTER 5
Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience.
1. In your own words, what does personnel planning and recruiting entail? Why is personnel
planning an important function of the human resources department with regard to the organization as a whole? What are three potential negative outcomes that might happen to a company that does not do this well? Please explain.
2. Thinking like a manager and knowing the advantages and disadvantages of internal versus external recruiting, tell me which you would prefer to do when hiring. Pick one or the other. Why did you choose that one? What might be a few advantages and disadvantages of choosing this policy? Please explain.
3. Please watch the following video on succession planning at Virgin:
a. Why is succession planning so important for Virgin? Explain.
b. Based on the video, what steps has Virgin taken to ensure a smooth transition to new leadership? Do you believe that this is a good model that can be used at other organizations? Explain your answer.
Chapter 6
Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience.
1. What experience have you, or someone close to you, had with pre-employment testing when applying for a job? Did you believe that the testing was necessary? Why or why not?
2. Please read the article on D2L in the file titled, “Employment Testing and Privacy”. Now, look up a different article about privacy and employment testing.
a. Briefly summarize the additional article that you found (include reference).
b. What are some of the arguments for and against certain pre-employment tests being illegal or an invasion of privacy?
c. With which side of the issue do you agree? Why?
3. Can people cheat on personality tests? Locate a source online to back up your answer (include a reference to your source). As an HR manager, what are some arguments against cheating that you could make to an applicant?
