Discussion:
1. Define electronic human resource management and indicate its implications for five HRM practices.
2. Discuss the HR responsibilities of supervisors.
3. Briefly describe six competencies required for the HR profession.
4. Compare and contrast knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (KSAOs) and tasks, duties, and responsibilities (TDRs) as they relate to different processes of job analysis.
5. How does the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) encourage organizations to adopt ergonomic job design?
6. Describe the process of workflow analysis. Provide an example of workflow analysis in your organization.
Your response should be at least 100 words in length for all six questions. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Please answer the following discussion question.
The question is whether or not an employer should implement an "English" only policy at work for all the employees. A student in a previous class responded as follows. Please comment on his post and whether you agree or disagree and why:
"Regardless of the debate of English only proponents, many newcomers (and even undocumented residents) are learning English faster than ever before. Moreover, the United States has always been marked by considerable language diversity, as reflected in the long tradition of bilingual education, while English has maintained its dominant position. Clearly, our national language is no more threatened today than it was in 1776.
When language restrictions are enacted, they tend impinge on basic constitutional rights, produce ethnic strife, and sabotage educational programs, which in my opinion (and I'm Caucasian), is all about preserving the supremacy of white Americans, who so gloriously wrap themselves in the flag (aka: freedom). Maybe it's just me, but it seems to be no accident that today's attempts to restrict languages other than English occur at a time of rising immigration and empowerment by racial minorities. Language should be looked upon as a tool, not a cause, of social conflict."