Business Ethics
Do you think business ethics have changed over the past 20 years?
Human Resource
The field of Human Resource Management (HRM) is an ever-evolving discipline that helps organizations maximize its use of human resources while minimizing risk related to human resources.
There are various functional areas of HRM including: recruitment and selection, labor relations, training and development, performance management, safety and health, and total rewards.
HR professionals must have a firm understanding of each of these functional areas in order to effectively utilize the organization's most valuable resource: people.
Introduce International Human Resource Management (IHRM), however, and one must now consider the HR implications in an international sense.
For this post, describe HR-related issues that IHRM professionals must manage that domestic HR professionals do not have to manage.
Also, what competencies do you think are required of an IHRM professional?
Construction Safety
Research the Internet for information on a recent crane accident. What possible violations of OSHA construction standards can you identify that might have contributed to the accident? Share your information with the class. (Include a link to the accident information).
Art
If you had lived somewhere on the American continents in 700-1000 C.E., which culture would you have wanted to belong to? State the name of the culture and which of their beliefs or activities led you to choose that culture. Did their arts play a part in your decision?