General Course Info:

Green Sheet [Course syllabus] 

7 Emerging Themes in SHRM [Extracted from Lengnick-Hall et al. 2009]

Invoking the "Biological Lens" via Motivation and Job Design

Research Article Writing Assignment and Online Search Methodology [Overview]

Research Article Grading Rubric

Step by step instructions for finding your “Current Topics” article [Using online research journals and databases]

Presentation Tips--Important! 

Presentation Peer Evaluation Form

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*Selection Methods and Validity plus Turnover group Presentation Slides plus Priyanka's

*Training and Career Development Presentation Slides plus Desiree's and Anita's

*Performance Evaluation and Management Presentation Slides

*High Performance Work Systems and Related Issues Presentation Slides

  HPWS

  Attitudes

  Age-inclusive HR

 

Final Writing Assignment--Integrative Final Project 

          Your mission will be to prepare a double-spaced paper on HR practices at your employer or one with which you are familiar based on your interview with a company HR rep, website, or other source(s). Divide your paper evenly among Job Design, Selection, Training and Development, Performance Appraisal & Management, and specific aspects of HPWS that may arise in this organization. Identify the company's competitive business strategy, then evaluate these practices' congruence and overall effectiveness. For each, suggest improvements given what you have learned from the course. Use skills gleaned from cases, homework exercises, and research presentations to support your analysis.

Target length is 5-6 double spaced pages [6 pages max], with 1” margins all around. 

 

Suggested Approach and Order of Analysis:

 

• Identify the company's competitive business strategy
• Evaluate these practices' congruence and overall effectiveness: Job Design, Selection, Training and Development, Performance Appraisal & Management
• For each, suggest improvements given what you have learned from the course. Use skills gleaned from cases, handouts/homework exercises, and research presentations to support your analysis.

 

Course Grading Weights*:

 

Seminar Cases/Participation	35%
Research Papers/Presentations	35%
Final Paper	35%

 

*Yes, I can add [usually :-)]; the idea is to provide 105 “chances” to earn 100 points! 

 

Discussion Case(s) [others to be added periodically as time permits]:

Boxall and Purcell case 1.1--Malos adaptation [globalization]

 

Further Course Info:

Condensed version of Miles & Snow and Porter generic competitive strategies

Dr. Malos’ article re: PSF generic competitive strategies

Dr. Malos’ article re: Offshore Staffing—strategic considerations

Dr. Malos' presentation re Offshore Staffing article

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Dr. Malos’ presentation re Landy book chapter [Staffing and Performance Mgmt. Validity

Behling ’98 on Cognitive Ability and Conscientiousness

Test Validation: Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGs) EEOC's Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures

     *Criterion-related Validation (see web graphic Criterion-related Validity)

     *Content Validation (see web graphic Content Validity)

     

Basics of Title VII of the CRA of 1964, CRA of 1991, & FEHA

A) CRA ’64: Establishes EEOC; prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender; Provides “make-whole” relief

B) CRA '91: Provides for jury trials, compensatory/punitive damages (subject to caps based on size of employer), costs/attorney fees for prevailing party

Retaliation = separate cause of action (EEOC Guidance re: Retaliation Claims)

Bans quotas and subgroup race norming as permissible tools for AAPs

C) FEHA: Establishes DFEH (California's "706" Agency); Overlaps w/Title VII somewhat--Prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, & physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, or sexual orientation

D) Other legal materials to be added as may be relevant during the course

    Proving Discrimination under Title VII: Disparate Treatment vs. Adverse Impact