1. Discuss your opinion regarding the merits of Circuit City's labor cost-cutting strategy. How might the strategy affect the following competitive issues: ability to cut prices on goods sold, customer service, and recruitment and retention of retail employees?
2. Circuit City employees are not represented by a labor organization and have no collective bargaining contract specifying terms and conditions of employment. How might Circuit City's labor cost-cutting strategy be affected if its retail employees were union members in a bargaining unit covered by an existing labor agreement?
3. As a human resources manager of a firm facing immediate closure, what might be some of the tasks you would be expected to perform as part of the closure process?