Undergraduate group project at Oklahoma State University. This was in a Management course

1. Team 8
Jeff Nielsen
Sean O’Brien
Ujiro Okiomah
Jack Norray

3.  Serve as a link between employees and
organization.
 An employee will deal with HRM throughout their
time with the organization.
 All of us need to understand HRM and its functions
before we enter the labor force.

4.  How can Human Resources remain a vital part in a
modern organization.
 How can Human Resources ensure fairness in
hiring practices.
 What should a Human Resource Director include in
a presentation to the heads of functional areas its
serves.

5. How can Human Resources remain a vital
part in a Modern Organization.

6.  Describes the function and
conditions of jobs.
 HR must decide which jobs
need to be
created, eliminated, or
redesigned in a changing
environment.
 HR is designing jobs around
work groups.

7. Employees are needing flexible work schedules to
take care of children and aging family members.
 Job sharing
 Flextime
 Telecommuting

8.  Hiring another firm to  The company does the
do work that is work itself but moves
important and must be operation overseas.
done efficiently.
 HR must decide what  Usually to take
tasks can be advantage of cheap
outsourced while still labor or resources.
keeping the
organization
competitive.

9.  HR is using more technology in the recruiting
process.
 Organizations are using both internal and external
recruiting.
 HR is encouraging referrals from current
employees.

10.  U.S. labor force is
expected to decrease
for the next 15 years.
 HR must anticipate a
decline of skilled labor
in the U.S. labor
market.
 China and India are
producing highly
skilled labor to
compete with the U.S.
labor market.

11.  HR is making employees take
over most of their
responsibilities of assessment.
 Many HR are offering
antidiscrimination training. An
organization may not be liable
for their employees if they
discriminate.

12.  Since it is very costly to
recruit, hire, and train
employees HR is
investing heavily in
retention.
 Most turnover problems
are under HR control.
 HR must anticipate
potential layoffs and
downsizing and find ways
to avoid them.

13.  Unions represent employees when dealing with HR
over issues relating to work.
 Unions can impend upon control and flexibility, but
they can improve cooperation and make the
organization more competitive.
 Union membership has declined in the private
sector but risen in the public sector.

14.  Develop a public image of the company so that
employees have pride in the firm
 Provide flextime working conditions
 Reward employees for participating

15.  Structure jobs so that employees have more control
 Challenge the employees
 Provide first-class facilities
 Offer employee discounts

16.  Social Security
 Compensation for time off
 Paid Holidays

17.  Paid Vacations
 Sick Leave
 Health and Life Insurance

18. How can Human Resources ensure fairness in
hiring practices

19.  Follow EEO laws and regulations as they pertain to
protected groups
 Focus on the person/job match and
person/organization
 Focus on consistency with all measurements of
interviewing, ratings, and tests.
 Convince management to hire an external
consulting firm

20. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
has Federal laws prohibiting job discrimination that
include:
 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
 The Equal Pay Act of 1963
 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
 The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

21.  When race, religion, sex, or national origin are not
factors in determining an applicant pool, that firm
would depict fairness in business that is rarely
seen.
 Abercrombie & Fitch Company.

22.  Unless the job is a Bona fide Occupational
Qualification (BFOQ).
 EEOC laws prohibit companies from illegally
discriminating in any aspect of employment.
 Advertisements cannot include information such as
race, ethnicity, gender, marital status, religion or
age.
 TIC Holdings Incorporated.

23.  A visit of at least once a year to audit the Human
Resources division
 The external consulting firm should specializes in
Human Resource Support and Staffing strategies
 May be costly to the company in the short-
term, but extremely beneficial in the long-term

24. What should a Human Resource Director
include in a presentation to the heads of
functional areas its serves

25.  Finance and Accounting
 Human Resources
 Production Operations
 Administration Support
 Research and Development
 Customer Service
 Marketing/Sales

26. Finance and Accounting

27. Human Resources

28. Production Operations

29. Administration Support

30. Customer Service

31. Marketing/Sales

32. Conclusion

33.  How can Human Resources remain a vital part in a
Modern Organization.
 How can Human Resources ensure fairness in
hiring practices.
 What should a Human Resources Director include
in a presentation to the heads of functional areas
its serves.