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Internet-Related Questions

Internet-Related Questions

This activity contains 5 questions.

Go to the Web sites of three large Canadian organizations. Summarize the information available online about their HRM systems, policies, and procedures. Identify the major similarities across firms, and then describe the ways in which their HRM systems, policies, and procedures differ. Based on the information gleaned, how would you characterize the climate and culture at each of these organizations? Justify your response.

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Using the Web sites of Human Resources Development Canada www.hrdc-drhc.ca and Statistics Canada www.statcan.ca as the basis of your research, identify the employment trends for two positions in each of the following fields: (a) HRM, (b) retail sales, (c) hospitality management, (d) accounting, (e) mining, and (f) manufacturing. What are the implications of these trends for those working in the positions you chose? Based on the trends identified, which fields/positions would you recommend to an individual seeking career guidance? Why?

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The text points out that the Personnel Association of Ontario (PAO), now the Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario (HRPAO), received the first professional designation for practitioners in North America. This designation, the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP), was granted official recognition by the provincial legislation in 1990. HRPAO, with more than 7000 members, is still the largest professional association in Canada.

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b. Contact a leading professional association in the HR field to determine your certification eligibility and recognized course credit equivalencies as a college or university student.

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Find a newspaper or magazine account of a company that demonstrated or failed to demonstrate ethical business practices or socially responsible management action.

a. Identify the major issues.
b. How does the information in this chapter apply to the incident?
c. Review topic-related Web sites to gain some idea of the extent to which these issues have become major concerns.
d. Give an example of unethical behaviour that you have observed in the workplace or at school. Describe the behaviour and the consequences for all parties concerned.
e. Contact the Better Business Bureau in your area to identify other Canadian business practices that are perceived to be unethical or not socially responsible.

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Go to the Canadian Council of Human Resources Association's Code of Ethics web site and explain in detail the dignity in the workplace code of ethics.

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