Contemporary HRM Issues in the 21st Century (PDF)

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Case study analysis on Hiring Smart
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Table of contents
Overview of the tutorial.............................................................................................................2
Objective of the tutorial.............................................................................................................2
Tutorial questions.......................................................................................................................2
Answers to the questions............................................................................................................2
Bibliography...............................................................................................................................5

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Overview of the tutorial
This tutorial has been organized for the managers and the employers to provide an
insight into the ways and means of hiring rightful candidates. For this, the resources like
powerpoint presentation, quizzes, would be taken into due consideration. Along with this, the
candidates would be interviewed for testing their knowledge about the workplace. This would
be from diverse fields. Group discussions would be the main form of assessing the capability
of the employees to make practical application of the learnt skills in the workplace
operations. The session would be presided by the interview board panel.
Objective of the tutorial
The following are the objectives of the tutorial:
 To assess the preconceived skills, expertise and knowledge of the candidates
 To examine the knowledge of the candidates regarding the organizational values
 To excavate the approach of the candidates towards workplace ethics
 To analyse the awareness of the candidates regarding their strengths, abilities and
weakness
 To excavate out the process through which recruitment and selection process can be
improved in the workplace
Tutorial questions
The following questions can be proposed to the candidates:
 Why should we hire you?
 How do you think you different from the others?
 If you are asked to change one thing about the company, what would that be?

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 What according to you are the core values, which a company or organization needs to
abide
 Can you describe a song that depicts your workplace ethics?
Answers to the questions
The candidates were divided into 5 groups for answering the questions.
Answer 1
The candidates in group 3 answered that they have the capability to undertake
challenging tasks, which most of the companies demand in a competitive ambience. In
response to this, they were shown a presentation regarding the components on which a
company or organization operates. The same question was repeated. The candidates in Group
1 suggested different answers, which the interview panel interpreted as cultural diversity, one
of an important aspect within the workplace.
Answer 2:
There was chaos and commotion regarding answering the question on capability. All
of them were given a chance to answer. Even in this, there was a reflection of cultural
diversity. Group 2 candidates answered the question, which aligns with the fact that in a
company or organization, the employees hail from different socio-cultural background, but
share a common goal of achieving success.
Answer 3:
The candidates were elated at this question. Everyone was eager to answer. However,
group 4 candidates were offered the chance. They told they would like to change the
workplace norms to a liberal one. To this, the managers and the employees showed them a
case of a company, where the managers possessed a liberal approach towards the employees.
This touched the employees.

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Answer 4:
This question was posed to test the knowledge of the candidates about the workplace.
There were different answers, which make the panel confused. Therefore, group 3 was
offered the chance to answer. They proposed that honesty, transparency and ethics are the
core values, which the companies and organizations need to abide by. The panel liked the
answer and enlightened the knowledge of the candidates with another video presentation.
Answer 5:
A quiz was organized to answer the question. Marks were awarded for every right
answer and there was negative marking for answering before time. The question confused the
candidates. They had to think a lot about the songs, which represented the workplace ethics.
Again, there were different answers for this question. The chance was given to each of the
teams. Group 1 proposed favoured the song “I get money” for representing workplace ethics.
To this, the panel questioned, “How can money represent ethics?” To this, the candidates
became confused. Now, Group 2 was given the opportunity. They selected the song, “Eye of
the Tiger”. Again, the panel countered that tiger is a ferocious animal. It cannot be the
symbol of ethics. Group 3 proposed the song, “Working for the weekend”. The panel was of
the view that working on weekends is not at all an ethical approach, as the workers need to
rest. The answer of Group 4 was liked by the interview board. They proposed the song,
“Don’t worry be happy”. The panel enlightened the knowledge of the employees by saying
that ensuring the happiness of the workers is one of the typical components of the workplace
ethics.

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