1. You are the HR manager for an automobile manufacturing plant.The assembly technicians in this plant are scheduled to take partin a one-day training seminar in safety awareness and expectations.The CEO has asked you to come up with a plan in advance for how youwill evaluate the effectiveness of the training. Identify and namethe four basic categories of training outcomes or effects that amanager can measure when evaluating the training effort. For eachof the four categories, 1) describe at least one concrete way youcould approach the measurement of effectiveness and 2) why you arerecommending that approach. Be sure to relate your ideas to thespecific nature of this training, e.g. safety awareness andexpectations.
2. Megan has been a Human Resources recruiter for a mid-sizedcompany for the past five years. She aspires to be promoted to anHR Manager or HR Director position when such an opportunity becomesavailable. Megan is accustomed to working about 45 hours per week,but this is taking into account that she prefers to work at afairly relaxed pace. Megan's job has always been classified asexempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), but she has justbeen informed that it is being reclassified as non-exempt based onrecent job evaluation. Identify two differences between exemptversus nonexempt status under FLSA. For Megan's situation, explainwhat the impact will be on her job as a result of beingreclassified as nonexempt, and identify one potential advantage andone potential disadvantage she might perceive from her point ofview. Explain how this change could have an impact on her moraleand motivation for the better or the worse.
3. Define the term "situational interview" and the term"behavioral interview." Explain how the two approaches tointerviewing are different from one another in terms of the typesof questions that are asked. Describe the "STAR" technique used inbehavioral interviewing and explain why this concept is important.Finally, reflecting back on the round of practice behavioralinterviews you took part in during class or in our WebEx sessions,identify two specific things you learned that might be helpful toyou in the future if you are ever interviewing job candidates onbehalf of your employer.
