Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 5th Edition Dessler Solution Manual
Solution Manual for Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 5th Edition By Gary Dessler, ISBN-10: 0134740211, ISBN-13: 9780134740218, ISBN-10: 013489040X, ISBN-13: 9780134890401
Table of Contents
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Managing Human Resources Today
2. Managing Equal Opportunity and Diversity
3. Human Resource Strategy and Performance
PART II: STAFFING: WORKFORCE PLANNING AND EMPLOYMENT
4. Job Analysis and Talent Management
5. Personnel Planning and Recruiting
6. Selecting Employees
PART III: TRAINING AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
7. Training and Developing Employees
8. Performance Management and Appraisal Today
9. Managing Careers
PART IV: COMPENSATION AND TOTAL REWARDS
10. Developing Compensation Plans
11. Pay for Performance and Employee Benefits
PART V: EMPLOYEE AND LABOR RELATIONS
12. Maintaining Positive Employee Relations
13. Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining
14. Improving Occupational Safety, Health, and Risk Management
PART VI: SPECIAL TOPICS IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Module A: Managing HR Globally
Module B: Managing Human Resources in Small and Entrepreneurial Firms
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1-1. What is human resource management? There are five basic functions that all managers perform: planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. HR management involves the policies and practices needed to carry out the staffing (or people) function of management. HR management helps the management process avoid mistakes and get results. (LO 1.1)
1-2. Explain with at least five examples why “a knowledge and proficiency in HR management concepts and techniques is important to all supervisors or managers.” HR management concepts and techniques can help all managers to ensure that they get results through others. These concepts and techniques also help managers avoid common personnel mistakes such as: hiring the wrong person; experiencing high turnover; finding subordinates not doing their best; wasting time with useless interviews; having the company taken to court because of discriminatory actions; having the company cited under federal occupational safety laws for unsafe practices; having some employees think their salaries are unfair and inequitable relative to others in the organization; allowing a lack of training to undermine a department’s effectiveness, and committing any unfair labor practices. (LO 1.1: Answer the questions, “What is human resource management?” and “Why is knowing HR management concepts and techniques important to any supervisor or manager?”)
1-3. Explain with examples what we mean by the “the changing environment of human resource management.” Companies are competing in a challenging new environment. Globalization, competition, technology, workforce trends, and economic upheaval confront human resources with new challenges and require innovative strategies to help organizations continue to grow and prosper. (LO 1.2: Describe with examples what trends are influencing human resource management.)
1-4. Give examples of how the HR manager can support a company’s sustainability goals. There are many ways in which the HR manager can support a company’s sustainability goals. HR can assist in planning and staffing sustainability jobs within the company. Flexible work arrangements can support the environment through reducing commuters. Performance appraisal and incentive pay systems can be designed to support sustainable behaviors. Worker safety is also an important component in sustainability. (LO 1.3: Discuss at least five consequences such trends have for human resource management today.)
1-5. Discuss with examples four important issues influencing HR management today. This item can be assigned
