Questions for thought and discussion that allow you to make the connection between your learning content and your experiences in the working world.
Work Application 1.1
How can this course help you in your personal and professional lives? What are your goals, or what do you want to get out of this course?
Why Study Human Resource Management (HRM)?
LO 1.1 Explain why all managers need to understand the basics of HRM.
Work Application 1.2
Recall your most recent job. Did you work in a traditional cost center, a revenue center, or a productivity center? Briefly describe the firm and department and what made it a cost, revenue, or productivity center.
HRM Past and Present
LO 1.2 Discuss how HRM helps meet management challenges to improve organizational revenues.
Work Application 1.3
How would you rate your level of productivity, job satisfaction, turnover, and absenteeism on your current job or a past job?
The Purpose for Managing Human Resources
LO 1.2 Discuss how HRM helps meet management challenges to improve organizational revenues.
Work Application 1.4
Give brief examples of the HR disciplines performed by the HR department (or individuals responsible for HR) where you work or have worked.
Ethics and Sustainability
LO 1.3 Describe the major HRM discipline areas.
Work Application 1.5
Give examples of line and staff positions at an organization where you work or have worked.
Major HR Responsibilities of HR Staff and Line Management
LO 1.4 Recall the primary difference between line and staff managers by their major HR responsibilities.
Work Application 1.6
Give examples of HR responsibilities performed by your present boss or a past boss.
Major HR Responsibilities of HR Staff and Line Management
LO 1.4 Recall the primary difference between line and staff managers by their major HR responsibilities.
Work Application 1.7
Give examples of how a present or past boss of yours used each of the four HRM skills.
Business Skills
LO 1.5 Summarize the major HRM skill sets.
Work Application 1.8
Are you joining or will you join a professional association, and will you seek certification? Explain why or why not.
Other HR Organizations
LO 1.6 Identify the most common HRM certification programs and their parent organizations.
