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Question 1: Some fire departments and hospital staff are using the 3-day, 36-hour schedule. Do you see any negative aspects to this schedule?

Question 2: Assume you are the HR manager for a Canadian university employing approximately 300 faculty members. Since these faculty members constitute a "valuable" resource of your organization, you decide to install an accounting procedure for changes in the value of this asset. How will you go about it? What problems would you anticipate?

Question 3: Suppose you managed a restaurant in a winter resort area. During the summer, it was profitable to keep the business open, but you needed only half of the cooks, table servers, and bartenders that you employed during the winter. What actions would you take in April when the peak tourist season ended?

Question 4: Suppose that a company for which you work uses a rating scale. The items on the scale are generally personality characteristics. What criticisms would you have of this method.

Question 5: Describe how you would conduct a typical performance evaluation interview.

Question 6: Explain how you would go about establishing a performance improvement plan.