Discussion:
1) Proper selection is a substitute for socialization.
2) Globalization has led us to the realization that workers are interchangeable between countries so long as language issues are resolved.
3) Job analysis is just another burden placed on organizations through EEO legislation.
4) All that is required for successful labor-management relations is common sense, sound business judgement, and good listening skills.
5) Flexible benefits programs are employer inducements to reduce benefits costs. The average employee has neither the ability nor information to make such important choices. Employees should suspect such programs.
6) Investments in career development do not provide an organization a viable return on its investment. It simply raises employees' expectations, and then, if not fulfilled, cause employees leave. Accordingly, the organization has trained employees for its competitors.
7) Employees should not be permitted to see their personnel files. Allowing them to review the file constrains realistic observations by managers. Accordingly, as long as the information is not used against an employee, these files should be off limits.
8) Training organizational members how to be coaches and how to empower employees should be a major HRM activity in the next decade.