Final Exam Resource Mgt 3630

FINAL EXAM HUMAN RESOURCES MGT. 20 POINTS PROF. PEREZ

PART ONE

QUESTIONS: 12 POINTS (TWO POINTS EACH)

1. As explained in “America’s Other Immigration Crisis,” explain why do companies want more H-1B visas available? At least give one reason.

Worker with this visa are desired because they are cheaper to hire than domestic employees. They are less likely to leave their employers during the period or they are waiting to get a permanent visa.

2. As described in “America’s Other Immigration Crisis,” what argument is made by those opposed to H-1B visas?

They are arguing because this visas causes jobs loses and damage the engineering profession.

3. As related in “Multiple Choice,” how does Christopher Burns of Willis Group Holdings explain the approach that most multinational companies take to benefits?

Christopher Burns explain, rather than standardized global benefits, most multinational companies are attempting to prioritize how they approach looking at their benefits program through transparency of benefits structure.

4. As described in “Multiple Choice,” how has the provision of old-age benefits changed globally?

The provision of old-age benefits changed globally when they started doing a benefits audit. They started collecting details regarding current benefits programs and cost, along with bringing transparency around compliance and help clients using purchasing power to negotiate with global insurance carrier. But then they review the local laws of each country and they discovered that company’s retirement’s age of 62 doesn’t match up with a country’s legal retirement age of 65. All this cause some companies to cut back benefits in some countries or cost-shit to employees.

5. As explained in “Business is Booming,” why is the current U.S. economic downturn different from any of its predecessors?

Because when a small business can’t expand because high unemployment and the decline home value have depressed...