Two Answers

For the statements below, you are to write two answers. One answer should agree with the statement, the other should disagree. Given that the white male is becoming a “minority” in the workplace, they should be afforded affirmative action protection.

Agree. If the workforce resembles the community for all job classifications, then the organization may be demonstrating that its affirmative action program is working. I think everyone should be equal when it comes to employee benefits. Why should one group get more advantage than another?

Disagree. As the argument goes, if it was wrong fifty years ago to give to give white males preference for employment, why is it right today to give other individuals preference simply because they possess certain traits?

For the statements below, you are to write two answers. One answer should agree with the statement, the other should disagree. Training organizational members how to be coaches and how to empower employees should be a major HRM activity in the next decade.

Agree. I think this can be a great idea for the future of better work environments. It is always a great job experience when you can actually rely on your chain of command and go to them when necessary.

Disagree. Should we really focus on training members to become coaches or should we focus more on training employees one by one. This might be a downfall because the employees might see it as a threat. They might start to think “why can’t they train me and they can train other employees”.

For the statements below, you are to write two answers. One answer should agree with the statement, the other should disagree. Globalization has led us to the realization that workers an interchangeable between countries as long as language issues is resolved.

Disagree. I don’t think that by just knowing the language you can get through a meeting with someone on the other side of the world. You have to be able to understand their customs and culture to...