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Question 1. It is indicated that high employee turnover rates create challenges for many hospitality organizations. What role do you think HR personnel can play in reducing employee turnover? Explain your answer.
Question 2. Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are increasing in popularity. Identify two specific EAP components that you, as a manager, believe employees would find to be important. Do you think these would be the same two components your employers would consider most important? Explain your answer.
Question 3. Discrimination based on physical appearance is not expressly prohibited by the Civil Rights Act. As a result, some hospitality organizations hire only "attractive" staff members for many of their front of house and service positions. Do you think that doing so is good for business? Do you think that doing so is legal? Do you think that it is ethical? Explain your answers.
Question 4. Some HR managers emphasize skills and experience when hiring new employees, while others choose employees based on the candidates' personality and attitude. While choosing employees with all these traits would likely be best, if you had to select a new staff member based on fewer than all of these traits, which do you feel are most important? Explain your answer.
Question 5. What are some first-day-on-the-job experiences that would make you feel good about your employment decision and your new employer? Why would they make you feel good?