I believe as technology continues to improve with time, so will comprehensive HR software solutions that could perhaps take entire HR processes away from human responsibility and help reduce HR labor costs. But like our readings and lecture this unit explained, every company is its own unique situation and not all HR processes are one…[Read more]

I wanted to highlight the part about your post speaking to the likelihood of HR Managers becoming an entrepreneur. Perhaps in this case, they would become entrepreneurial by deciding to start their own HR firm so they could then bring on clients who wish to outsource their HR processes to them. I believe this would be very forward…[Read more]

You make an interesting point as far as the parties (employer/union) accountability to their actions being the way they move away from the zero-sum game. As is often the case in contentious/high stakes negotiations. Either side may use the media or their own internal communications arm to shape the narrative that the other side is…[Read more]

I like how you focused on the topic of negotiating in good faith as per government law. As you described in your post, that is often not the case or the reality on the ground. Laws are often written looking at a situation in black and white and tend to be specific and targetted in nature. The concept of employer/union negotiations is…[Read more]

I have some agreements and disagreements with your argument on this topic. All in good fun though.

I do agree with your thinking on removing gender based terms, or discriminatory language in terms of the job title and description of the job. Same with eliminating prior salary questions from an employee interview. The gender based…[Read more]

Great post! I am a bit still on the fence on whether the Pay Equity Audit should be conducted in house or by an external company (not considering size of company in this thought). Reason being, depending on how long you have been with the company, it may be a bit tricky to come off as neutral or objective to your management staff or…[Read more]

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I wanted to highlight your section on Performance Appraisals and how it can help identify potential in employees. Usually performance appraisals or “reviews” are dreaded by employees. They see it as the boss coming around to look them up and down and tell them what they have to do to fix themselves. No one naturally enjoys being…[Read more]

I enjoyed reading your section on L&D because you focus on what is essentially the most important asset a company has, which is its people. It’s also the hardest asset to control due to how unpredictable and at times inconsistent humans can be. That being said, you did a great job of highlighting that a company’s L&D program while at the…[Read more]

In my previous employment position, I began at an entry level position at a Food manufacturing plant and over a span of 8 years held numerous roles. Starting from a minimum wage position to eventually a salaried management position that directly reported to the Plant Director o…[Read more]

I think you hit the nail on the head when you mentioned customer loyalty to Zappos and that they can trust the company and its employees. In this day and age, where companies are finding it hard to be different from each other in some proprietary way; Zappos has chosen a key trait that they decided to pour all of their energies and…[Read more]

I completely agree that the quitting bonus is a win win situation for Zappos. Once the surface, the idea seems so nuts. There are so many news articles about it and I’m sure plenty people who take it at face value are like why would any company pay someone to quit? To understand Zappos reasoning behind this payout is to understand that…[Read more]

A. I believe while on the surface, the strategy of Zappos can come off as wacky or zainy; but if you were to  look at the performance results that it drives. It is actually a winning corporate strategy that is not only genius in its execution; but sets Zappos apart as a market leader. The…[Read more]

My name is Robert Calaf and I am a Business Management major here at BMCC. This will be my 3rd and final year at BMCC. It's been a bit of a slow crawl for me because I have always worked full […]