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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS :
- why does HRM represent one of the major challenges faced by foregin companies entering the chinese market ?
- what are the main issues expat managers generally face ?
- why dont foreign companies simply hire local staff instead of reaching out for foreign managers?
- what advice would you give companies such as maersk on their human resource management policles ?
1- YOUR REPORT SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PAGE WITH 12 TIMES NEW ROMN FONT AND 1.5 SPACED JUSTIFIED
2- THE FORMAT :-
A- introduction : strat with a general introduction about the case study and the main problem / issue presented in the case study
B- BODY answer the case study questions that are listed with clear demonstration of your analysis
C- CONCLUSION give a brief recap of the analysos ( case study
Chapter 9 And 10
Discussion Questions
1. Tomax Corporation has 400 employees and wishes to develop a compensation policy to correspond to its dynamic business strategy. The company wishes to employ a high quality workforce capable of responding to a competitive business environment. Suggest different compensation objectives to match Tomax’s business goals.
3. What is job evaluation? Explain the differences between the major job evaluation systems, noting the advantages and disadvantages of each.
4. Describe the basic steps in conducting a wage and salary survey. What are some factors to consider?
6. What is a compensation scorecard and how does it help align a company’s strategy with its compensation system?
Case Study 2
1. Why is it important for pay to be externally fair?
2. Why is it important for pay to be internally fair?
3. What should Costa Vida’s compensation strategy look like? Hint: what are the company objectives and how can employee pay help to achieve those objectives?
4. What should the pay structure look like? What pay mix would you recommend?
5. How should Nathan communicate a new compensation strategy to his franchisee owners and managers?
6. What effect will paying higher wages have on Costa Vida in the short term? What effect will it have in the long term? Explain.
Chapter 10
Discussion Questions
1. Working individually or in groups, identify the factors for a successful incentive plan.
2. Contrast the differences between straight piecework, differential piece rate, and standard hour plans. Explain where each plan might best be used.
3. A frequently heard complaint about merit raises is that they do little to increase employee effort. What are the causes of this belief? Suggest ways in which the motivating value of merit raises may be increased.
4. Because of competitive forces within your industry, you have decided to implement a profit sharing plan for your employees. Discuss the advantages of profit sharing and identify specific characteristics that will ensure success for your plan.
Case Study 1
1. Are CEOs and key corporate executives worth the large pay packages they receive? Explain.
2. Do you agree with Peter Drucker that corporate executives should receive compensation packages no larger than a certain percentage of the pay of hourly workers? Explain.
3. Will the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act giving shareholders the right to vote on executive pay influence the size of these packages in the future? Explain.
Case Study 2
1. Do results from the survey illustrate typical complaints about teams and specifically about team incentive rewards? Explain.
2. If appropriate, what changes would you recommend to improve the incentive reward program? Be specific.
3. Would management have benefited from employee involvement in the initial design and implementation of the program? Explain.
Capstone Project: Preliminary Literature Review And Action Item Checklist
This assignment comprises two sections: a preliminary literature review and an action item checklist.
Preliminary Literature Review:
1. Contains a minimum of 10 scholarly, peer-reviewed research articles.
2. Each article needs to be thoroughly summarized. The summary must describe the relevance of the article, and how the research findings support the action you are proposing in your capstone project.
3. Each article summary needs to include a research design and methods section.
4. The capstone project requires a comprehensive literature review that includes a minimum of 25 articles; 10 article summaries will be written in HCA-620 and can be applied in HCA-699.
Action Item Checklist:
The Action Item Checklist should include specific future steps required to complete your capstone project as well as expected completion dates.