Answer to MBA HRM Discussion question. What is the difference between job design and job analysis? Why is it important for a manager to understand both concepts?

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Answer to MBA HRM Discussion question. What does it mean to strategically manage employees? Identify and explain the three primary HR activities. Which of the three primary HR activities is most challenging and why?

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Answer to: Spend some time researching either the living wage or the comparable worth issue and prepare a minimum of 100 words posting summary indicating whether you support the idea. Justify your position by citing and referencing the research you examined.

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Answer to: The culture in your company emphasizes making money more than it does safety. However, you know that a safe workplace will save the firm money in the short run and the long run. How would you make a case to senior management that developing a culture of safety would yield high returns for the company? Note: Resources that may provide useful data are: The Safe Workplace, a website of the OSHA Voluntary Protection Program at http://www.safe-workplace.com/safety-blog/labels/ASSE.html and Workplace Injury, Illness and Fatality Statistics at http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/work.html.

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Answer to question Use the Web to research topics likely to be covered in a pre-departure training session for expatriates. Do the topics differ based on the countries to which the expatriates are being sent? Or are they the same? Note: A useful article that you may want to reference for this question is: Chew, J. (2004). Managing MNC Expatriates through Crises: A Challenge for International Human Resource Management, Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 12(2), 1-30

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