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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. How will changes in the labor force affect HRM practices for the next decade?
2. Describe the major regulations governing HRM practices. Which, if any, have benefited you? Which ones could have benefited you but were not applied?
3. How could job analysis be relevant to each of the six key HRM activities discussed in the chapter (i.e., planning, staffing, training, performance appraisal, reward systems, labor relations)?
4. What are the various methods for recruiting employees? Why are some better than others? In what sense are they better? Describe some of your personal experiences.
5. What is a test? Give some examples oftests used by employers that you have seen or heard about.
6. What purposes do performance appraisals serve? Why are there so many appraisal methods? Which have you experienced, and what do you think of how they were used?
7. What are some key ideas to remember when conducting a performance appraisal? What mistakes and best practices have you seen?
8. How would you define an effective reward system? What role do benefits serve in a reward system?
9. Why do workersjoin unions? What implications would this have for an organization that wishes to remain nonunion?
10. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of collective bargaining for the employer and the employee.
11.  Have you, and how many of your classmates, belonged to a union or been approached aboutjoining? In your class and among your friends, how have union experiences varied from state to state, company to company, and union to union?