tional, individual, and societal. who do their jobs well, resulting in a success- ful, profitable business. > > Communicate Business Concepts 1. Why are service-producing industries 3. Small businesses usually cannot offer the growing more rapidly than goods-producing same levels of wages and benefits to employ- industries? What effect will this trend have on ees as large businesses. In what other ways the skills people need for careers in the next can small businesses compete to hire and 10 years? retain highly qualified employees? 2. Provide several examples of the effect of con- 4. In addition to offering insurance benefits, what sumer "dollar votes" on jobs. What are some types of activities should businesses under- jobs that have increased and decreased in take to protect the health and safety of their importance due to those "votes?" employees? 196 CHAPTER 8 Human Resources, Culture, and Diversity 5. What are the advantages and disadvantages several web designers, would your sources for a company in hiring part-time and tempo- change? Why or why not? rary employees rather than full-time and per- manent employees? 8. Make a list of three benefits you would like to see a company offer its employees. How do 6. Use a business directory to identify several you believe that list would change if you were nonprofit corporations in your area. What married with a spouse and young children? If public service is each providing? Why do you you plan to retire in 10 years? HOT think each is a public rather than a private corporation? 9. Do you believe the physical conditions or psychological atmosphere of a business are 010 7. You are the human resources manager for a more important to maintaining an effective company and want to hire several account work environment? Justify your choice. tants. List three good recruiting sources and justify your choices. If you wanted to hire