What is merit pay? Do you think it's a good idea to award employees merit raises? Why or why not?

What is unemployment insurance? Is an organization required to pay unemployment benefits to all dismissed employees? Explain how you would go about minimizing your organization’s unemployment insurance tax.

Why is it important in our highly litigious society to manage electronic monitoring properly? List 10 things Columbia College does to encourage ethical behavior by students and/or faculty.

Why do employees join unions? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a union member? Explain in detail each step in a union drive and election. Would you join a union, If so, why?

You are the HR Manager of a firm that is about to send its first employees overseas to staff a new subsidiary. Your boss, the president, asks you why such assignments often fail, and what you plan to do to avoid such failures. How do you respond?

As an HR manager, what program would you establish to reduce repatriation problems of returning expatriates and their families?

Describe with examples how you would create a start-up, paper-based human resource system for a new small business.