Essays on Hiring Practices

This case concerned equal employment opportunities. In the case, the company required individuals to pass two tests in order for them to be allowed to work inside the organization. The tests include the Wonderlic Personnel Test and the Bennett Mechanical Aptitude Test. The Wonderlic Personnel Test intended to test the general verbal abilities of the applicants. The scores were approximated according to the median high school graduate performance. African American applicants raised an issue with the application process citing the use of unfair hiring practices by the organization. They individuals indicated that the practice was a violation of employment ...

Strategic Human Resource Management

The human resource department has a responsibility to compile, maintain and administer the policies of human resource in an organization. The functions of this department include management of payroll and administration of benefits, employee relations and recruitment. This requires planning which entails recruitment of the best employees, training them and developing them for future. The human resource department is highly crucial in the maintenance and sustenance of the organization. Therefore, failure could result to financial failures in the organization through various ways (Bratton 2000). Poor planning of human resources can result to decreased workplace productivity. Workers who are unproductive ...