What job evaluation approach should be used to determine the degree to which jobs being evaluated are composed of selected compensable factors?
An HR director is hired to address the executive team's concerns about negative workplace culture and its impact on financial performance. During an initial investigation the HR director discovers that the two division directors often fail to communicate with each other and their employees. Each division maintains separate workplace policies, and the workspaces for the divisions are spread out across multiple floors. For employee management, the director of the client services division is assisted by a small HR team. The director of operations does not work with the HR team and instead uses company funds to seek employee management advice from an executive coach, who has no official coaching training. The HR director suspects facilitating change at the company will be challenging because engagement data indicates many employees distrust the company's leadership and HR.
Which action should the HR director take to improve the flow of information throughout the company?
The marketing department at a large financial services company chooses five high-performing staff members every year to receive a performance award, which includes a monetary reward and recognition at an end-of-year meeting. Employees are chosen by managers in the marketing department. Each manager nominates two direct reports, and then all managers meet as a group to discuss nominees until a consensus is reached. The names of the winners are given to HR for final approval. The marketing department is preparing to begin this year's nomination process. There have been repeat winners in each of the last three years. A marketing employee files a complaint with the HR director about favoritism in the award process.
Additionally, the employee points out that newer employees rarely win the award, which lowers their morale.
New employees tend not to win because they spend a couple of years training and shadowing experienced employees before receiving tasks to perform independently.
The employee who submitted the complaint asks the HR director to provide more opportunities for new employees to be recognized. Which action should the HR manager take?
A small technology company needs to design and create a marketing campaign for a new software product it plans to offer in three months. Which type of worker should the HR manager select for the project?
Which recruitment method yields applicants that have the best understanding of the advertised job opening and what it entails?