1. In a short essay, explain the functions of human resource management and discuss the factors that affect planning for human resource needs of the company. 2. Some believed that organization is responsible for career development of employees, while others think that individuals are the ones who are responsible for developing their own career. In a short essay, discuss your opinion.
3. What is a group? In stages of group development – the theory by Tuckman, which stages where the group have the highest level of conflict and the highest level of cohesiveness and why?

4. In a short essay, discuss how companies can motivate the following groups of workers: professional workers, contingent workers and low-skilled workers.

5. According to the Situational Leadership Theory by Hersey and Blanchard, leaders should change their leadership styles to match with the characteristics of their followers. Explain the different scenarios where leaders change their behaviors to match with the characteristics of followers.

Corporations with suppliers, vendors, and customers all over the globe are referred to as : a) global corporations b) international corporations c) multinational corporations d) multicultural corporations

Suppose a firm faces a fixed price of output, 푝푝= 1200. the firm hires workers from a union at a daily wage, 푤푤, to produce output according to the production function 푞푞= 2퐸퐸12. there are 225 workers in the union. any union worker who does not work for this firm is guaranteed to find nonunion employment at a wage of $96 per day. a.what is the firm’s labor demand function? b.if the firm is allowed to choose 푤푤, but then the union decides how many workers to provide (up to 225) at that wage, what wage will the firm set? how many workers will the union provide? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? c.now suppose that the union sets the wage, but the firm decides how many workers to hire at that wage (up to 225). what wage will the union set to maximize the total income of all 225 workers? how many workers will the firm hire? what is the firm’s output and profit? what is the total income of the 225 union workers? [hint: to maximize total income of union, take the first order condition with respect to w and set equal to 0.]

What is the advantage of developing criteria for assessing the effectiveness of business products and processes? a. assessment criteria are answers. b.assessment criteria are inexpensive. c.assessment criteria provide you with a list of relevant things to measure. d.assessment criteria provide you with a list of people to contact to learn more about process mentoring.