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1. Explain type of mergers and acquisitions. What are the stages of HR planning for mergers? Provide one example of a real life merger for each stage.
2. In your own words, explain downsizing. Provide one example of an organization that has been through downsizing (not fictional). Could the downsizing have been prevented in your example? Explain your selection.
3. What are the factors that impact downsizing? How can HR management intervene and minimize the number of employees effected?
4. Mergers impact Human Resources. Name 5 HR functions and explain how each of these are impacted during a merger? Provide one fictional example of each function.
5. External drivers of change - You are the HR Manager of an organization looking to expand. Choose a Canadian province or a US state for this expansion. Explain each external driver and what are the considerations for each in your province/state.
6. Explain Hayes Generic Model of Change. Explain HR's involvement in each stage. Provide one example of each stage.
7. What are the stages in International HRM? Provide the name of one company for each stage. What are some HR considerations for each stage?
8. What are some ways that IT can help HR. What would Human Resources Management today look like without the influence of IT? Explain your answer.
9. You are the HR Manger of a company that needs to undergo severe changes. Employees often arrive to work late, there are no accountabilities, employees do not perform the job as well as expected and no such policies are implemented in this organization. Use the 4 models of organizational change to implement changes to this organization. What would you do?
10. For International HRM, what are the four major areas of workforce planning? Explain why each one is significant in HR planning when organizations expand to a new country.
11. Selection Criteria of Global Managers - Which personality trait closely matches your own? Which one are you the furthest from? Explain your answers.
12. Suppose your organization is being purchased by another (acquisition). You are part of the committee to help implement the change and ensure the merger is smooth. What change management theory or merger/acquisition theory would you focus on the most? Explain your answer.