Reading Assignment
The reading assignments from: Strategic Management, Training Skills, Understanding Personality Types, and What HR People Do provide conceptual overviews while the case study provides the substantive content for this week’s activity.
Strategic Management, by N. Ritson, pages 47-50.
Training Skills, by E. Garner, pages 41-43.
Understanding Personality Types, by E. Garner, pages 47-50.
What HR People Do, by T. Greener, pages 57-70.
Leadership Skills, by MTD Training, pages 47-51.
Digital Divide Data, a case study by Mathew, A., Rod, G., Villalobos, J. & Yates, D., pages 1-12.
Written Assignment
After reading the case study and other available information carefully, prepare a two page (double-spaced) essay addressing the following questions. When composing your essay, do not simply list the question and provide an answer, but rather compose a narrative essay that responds to the questions.
What are the current human resources (HR) challenges facing DDD?
What is the business goal and strategic choices facing DDD?
What skills does DDD require of its rank-and-file staff?
What skills does DDD require of its management staff?
What barriers prevent DDD from recruiting the management staff it needs?
What HR-related advantage is there for entering into a joint venture with a partner organization?
Cite references to material that you use in preparing the essay.
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