Each student is encouraged to understand a variety of situations a human resource manager must face. Each student is also encouraged to understand opposing viewpoints and opinions on these situations and to employ critical thinking skills. They know how to allocate time, money, materials, space, and staff. Students outline ways that a surplus of personnel might be dealt with by an organization. Students define and indicate the applications of burden of proof, comparable worth, EEO, adverse impact and reverse discrimination and the impact on employees.
Students define affirmative action and discuss an effective affirmative action plan.
Students discuss the pros and con of the different methods for recruiting employees internally and externally. Students conduct an effective interview as an interviewer and answer questions as an interviewee. Students discuss the benefit challenges for the 1990s. Students discuss types of sexual harassment, how to write policy, and how to confront and handle sexual harassment. Students work in teams to discuss chapters, videos, and to solve cases.