DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. Traditionally, human resource management practices were developed ant administered by the company's human resource departinent. Some companies are abandoning or don't have HR departments. Why is this occurring? Is it a good idea for companies not to have an HR department or HR professionals? Explain your position. 2. Staffing, training, compensation, and performance management are important HRM functions. How can each of these finctions help companies succeed in meeting the environmentat, social, and governance chatlenge. the global challenge, and the technology challenge? 3. How has the pandentic influenced the workplace and HRM practices? What changes in HRM practices as a result of the pandemic will continue after it is ower? Explain your rationale. 4. What are intangible assets? How are they influenced by HRM practices? 5. What is evidence based HR? Why might an HR department resist becomiag evidence based? Fage 56 6. What types of big data wonld you collect and analyze to understand why an employer was experiencing a high turnover rate? 7. What is digital literncy and how is it related to opekilling and reskilling? 8. Which HR practices can benefit by the use of social collaboration tools like Twitter and Facebook? Idenitify the HR practices and explain the benefits pained 9. Do you arree with the statement "Employee cngagement is something companies should be concerned abont only if they are making money" Explain. 10. How does employee engaement relate to the employed experience? Explain. 11. This book covers four HRM practice areas: managing the human iesource environment, acquiting and preparing human resources, assessment and development of human resources, and compensating human relourees. Which area do you believe contribotes most to heiping a company gain a competitive advaatage? Which area do you believe contributes the least? Why? 12. What is the balanced scorecad? Identify the foor perspectives iacluded in the balanced scorecard How can HRM practices influence the four perspectives? 13. Is HRM becoming more strategic? Explain your answer. 14. What is sastainability? How can HR practices help a company become more socially and ervironmentally conscious? 15. Explain the inplications of each of the following labor force trends for HRME (1) aging workforce, (2) diverse workforce, (J) skill deficiencies. 16. Can a company be diverse but enployees believe it is hot inclusive or equitable? Explain. 17. What role do HRM practices play in a business decision to expand internationally? 18. What might a quality goal and highperformance work systoms have in comunon in terms of HRM practices? 19. What disadvantages might result from outsourcing HRM practices? From employee self-service? From increased lime manager involvement in designing and using HR practices? 20. What factors should a company consider before reshoring? What are the advantages and disadvatitages of reshoring? 21. Discuss the different ways automation using AI and robots can affect jobs
