As director of human resources you have collected data on college major and commuting time (in minutes) between home and work from 20 employees. Your sample information is given in the table below.

Employee   College Major   Commuting Time
1 English 75.0
2 Math/Physics 34.2
3 Psychology 20.8
4 Economics 59.5
5 Economics 15.1
6 Math/Physics   43.3
7 English 37.9
8 Math/Physics   62.0
9 Psychology   18.6
10 Economics   16.1
11 Psychology   51.9
12 Psychology   8.0
13 Math/Physics   34.2
14 Economics   30.1
15 Math/Physics   28.7
16 Math/Physics   42.4
17 English 18.9
18 Psychology   26.0
19 Economics   14.1
20 Economics   30.5

5. Calculate the range of Commuting Time in your sample.

-Using the rule-of-thumb discussed in the learning area, how many bins do you propose to use for grouping Commuting Time?

-Create and fill in a table with columns for (1) bin, (2) absolute frequency, and (3) relative frequency.

-Draw a histogram of the relative frequency distribution of Commuting Time in your sample. How would you characterize the shape of your histogram (e.g. uniform, symmetric, etc.)?

Scenario: The human resources department for your company needs a program that will determine how much to deduct from an employee’s paycheck to cover healthcare costs. Health care deductions are based on several factors. All employees are charged at flat rate of $150 to be enrolled in the company healthcare system. If they are married there is an additional charge of $75 to cover their spouse/partner. If they have children, the cost is $50 per child. In addition, all employees are given a 10% deduction in the total cost if they have declared to be a “non-smoker”. Your goal is to create a program that gathers the employee’s name, marital status, number of children and whether or not they smoke tobacco for a single employee. While gathering this information, if the user enters at least one invalid value, the program must display one error message telling the user they made a mistake and that they should re-run the program to try again. The program must then end at this point. However, if all valid values are entered, the program should calculate the total cost of the healthcare payroll deduction and then print a well-formatted report that shows the employee’s name, marital status, total number of children, and smoker designation, and total deduction amount.

1. Create a defining diagram that shows the input, processing, and output

2. Show testing using the desk checking table method, to include test data, expected results, and a desk checking table. Make sure your desk checking considers multiple cases including both valid and invalid test data to prove your algorithm will work in all cases

Assignment Scenario:

The Vice President of Human Resources for the international position you pretended to apply for in the International Job Search experiential exercise is trying to determine the appropriate compensation for the job. Based on the key components of an international compensation program mentioned in your textbook, you are being asked to develop a compensation package for the position you pretended to apply for. Explain the rationale for your design. Your recommendations must include numerical data, percentages, etc. based on the text and research, and must include your response to the following instructions:

1. a) Identify and describe the compensation approach you believe is best for the position you have applied for? (Going Rate Approach or the Balance Sheet Approach) b) Keeping the international firm’s location in mind, detail the advantages and disadvantages of this approach as they relate to the position you applied for.

1. a) How much of a base salary will you propose for the position? b) What percentage of base salary will the inducement comprise?  Be specific – express the computations in percentage (%) and in the currency amounts (Pesos, Euros, Etc.) from the region for which you have applied.

You are an assistant Human Resource Manager at Company X. You have had this job for two years, and you love it. You have a great opportunity to become the manager within the year as your immediate boss is nearing retirement. One day, the president of the company comes by your desk to ask you for “a favour”. He has just hired a “rock star” CEO and wants you to enroll her in the company benefits program right away and waive the required 6 months probationary period. He really wants to make a good impression with her and roll out the red carpet. The policy is that all employees must wait 6 months before enrolling in any company benefits program. You are well aware of the policy because when you were first hired, you needed new glasses and had to wait 6 months for coverage even though you had asked for a waiver. What do you do? Explain your decision using the four ethical decision-making criteria discussed in class and in your textbook.

New on the job

Joe and Michael's just started her job as human resource manager at in the doghouse, a retail chain specializing in dog apparel and accessories. She is a good friend of yours if you met in college.

The organization has 35 stores with 250 employees in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. As the chain has grown, the training programs have been conducted somewhat piece meal. Upon visiting some of the stores in a three week tour, Joanne has realized that all the stores seem to have different ways of training their in-store employees.

when she digs further, she realizes even the corporate offices which employee 75 people have no formal training program. In the past they have done in formal and optional brown bag lunch training to keep employees up-to-date. As a result, Joe and develops a survey using survey monkey and send it to all 75 corporate employees. She created a rating system, with one meaning strongly disagree and five meaning strongly agree. Employees were not required to answer allQuestions, hence the variation in the number of responses column. After this task, Joanne creates a slightly different survey and send it to all the store managers, asking them to encourage their retail employees to take the survey. The result are shown here

question:

1. I am paid fairly. Number of responses 73 average rating 3.9

2. I feel my group works well as a team number of responses 69 average rating 2.3

3. I appreciate the amount of soft skills training offered at in the doghouse. Number of responses 74 average rating 2.1

4.I can see myself growing professionally here number of responses 69 average rating 1.95

5.I feel I am paid fairly number of responses 74 average rating 3.8

6.I have all the tools and equipment I need to do my job number of responses 67 average rating 4.2

7.I feel confident if there were an emergency at the office I would know what to do and could help others number of responses 73 average rating 2.67

8.I think my direct supervisor is an excellent manager number of responses 55 average rating 2.41

9.the orientation training I received was helpful in understanding the expectations of the job number of responses 75 average rating 3.1

10.I would take training related to my job knowing there would be a reward offered for doing sonumber of responses 71 average raining 4.24

in the doghouse retail employee survey results

1. I am content with the benefits I am receiving number of responses 143 average rating 1.2

2. I feel my store works well as a team number of responses 190 average rating of 4.1

3. I appreciate the amount of product training and information offered at in the doghouse. Number of responses 182 average rating 2.34

4.I can see myself growing professionally here number of responses 158 average rating 1.99

5. I feel I am paid fairly number of responses 182 average rating 3.2

6. My supervisor works with my schedule, so I work at times that are convenient for me. Number of responses 172 average rating 3.67

7. I feel confident if I had to evacuate the store, I would know what to do and could help others. Number of responses 179 average rating 2.88

8. I think my store manager is a great manager. Number of responses 139 average rating 3.34

9. The orientation training I received was helpful in understanding the expectations of the job number of responses 183 average rating 4.3

10. I am interested in developing my career at in the doghouse. Number of responses 174 average rating 1.69

Based on the information Joanne received from her survey, she decided some changes need to be made. Joanne asks you to meet for coffee and take a look at the results. After you review them, Joanne ask you the following questions. How would you respond to each?

1. “Obviously, I need to start working on some training programs. Which topics do you think I should start with?”
2. “How do I go about developing a training program that will be really useful and make people excited? What are the steps I need to take? Which strategies do you recommend?”

Create 4-page (not including the cover or reference page) paper on a hot topic in Human Resource Management.

Paper Topics:

1. Remote Work/Telecommuting Increasing in Popularity
2. Health Care Reform and its Impact on Businesses
3. Trends in Minimum Wage and the Impact on Businesses
4. Employee/Workforce Literacy: Issues and Solutions
5. Background Checks and Neglect Hiring
6. The Impact of Baby Boomers on the Workforce
7. Is the Interview a Valid Predictor of Employee Success?  How to Improve the Interview Process.  
8. The Importance of Work-Life Balance:  Benefits to the Employee and Company.
9. The Use of Social Media in the Hiring Process
10. The Benefits of Teamwork in Business.  How to Develop and Manage High-Performance Work Teams.
11. Employees Use of Social Media at Work: Pros and Cons
12. Sexual Harassment Issues in Corporate America
13. How HRM deals with absenteeism of the employees in a specific sector?

Content: paper should consist of information that cannot be found in your text.  

As a human resources manager, you realize that performance management must be considered even before a person becomes an employee of the organization. One of your goals is to reduce employee turnover through the revision of the personnel assessments used during the recruitment and hiring process.

The first opportunity to implement the new personnel assessments will be next month when you begin interviewing for three open positions in the training department.

In your Discussion, address the following:

1. What types of personnel assessments are you familiar with? Do you prefer one type of assessment over the other?
2. Which assessments would you use for the training position candidates and why do you believe these are the most appropriate?
3. How would you monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the use of each assessment?
4. How will you evaluate this data in relation to the overall performance of the organization? If you found flaws in the data, how would you correct or report them?

Another key objective for a firm is to "Retain Human Capital".  Given this, please read the passage below and answer the 2 questions that follow.

The Blurring Boundaries Between Work and Home

One of the most interesting transformations taking place in the work place today is the rapid blurring of the boundaries between home and office. The following numbers, based on a survey of large companies that employ more than 500 employees, tell an interesting story.

¨             40 percent of large companies allow part-time telecommuting.

                ¨             16 percent of large companies offer child care centers, some even subsidized by the company.

                ¨             3 percent of large companies allow employees to bring their pets to work.

1. Do these numbers surprise you?

2. Why do you think companies permit such flexibility, even in an environment where unemployment is high?

Question from - Human Resources Management - Chapter 9 " Collective Bargaining and Labour Relations"

A. Explain the three levels of decisions that are involved with labour relations.

B. Assume that management and a union are negotiating a collective agreement. During the negotiation process, the two parties are unfortunately unable to reach a contract. Identify and explain three neutral third-party actions that could be used to resolve the conflict.  

C. From the actions identified above, which is the most formal and produces a binding decision?

Please answer briefly .