Question 1: If you were to start a business, which aspects of human resource management would you want to entrust to specialists? why?
Question 2: Suppose you have been hired to manage human resources for a small company that offers business services including customer service call and business report preparation. The 20-person company has been preparing to expend from serving a few local clients that are well known to the company's owners. the owners belive that their experience and reputation for quality will help them expend to serve more and larger clients. what chenges will you need to prepare the company to meet? How will you begin?
Question 3: For each of the following situations, identify one or more constitutional amendments, laws, or executive orders that might apply.
a. A veteran of the Vietnam conflict experiences lower-back pain after sitting for extended periods of time. He has applied for promotion to a superisory position that has traditionally involved spending most of the workday behind the desk.
b. One of two female workers on a road construction crew complains to her supervisor that she feels uncomfortable during breaks, because the other employees routinely tell off-color jokes.
c. A manager at an architectural firm receives a call from the local newspaper. The reporter wonders how the firm wishes to respond to calls from two of its employees alleging racial discrimination. About half of the firm's employees (including all of its partners and most of its architets) are white. One of the firm's clients is the federal government.