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Industrial Labor Relations & Human Resource Management

ILR 548: Strategic Management (2022)

Human Resource Management General:

 

Human Resource Management General: (Key Terms from course textbook)

  • Chief human resource officers (CHROs) 
  • Culture (high employee development cultures)/ (strengths-based culture) 
  • Brand 
  • Boss to coach  
  • Annual review 
  • Purpose 
  • Top-down leadership techniques 
  • Onboarding 
  • Reputation 
  • Diversity and Inclusion 
  • Fit-to-role 
  • Human capital management (HCM) 
  • Change management 
  • Servant leader 
  • Employee engagement  

 

Conducting Primary Research 

 

VEHICLE MANUFACTURER (General):

Notes (Matt & Supplemental Information):

  • International export 
  • On-site vendors
  • Foreign headquarters
  • Highly competitive recruiting environment

 

TOPIC: VEHICLE MANUFACTURER Diversity Recruiting:

Notes (Deana M. - Presentation): 

  • Strategy to increase representation  
  • Head quarter's (HQ's) key performance indicators (KPIs)
  • Population of demographics
  • Rotating shift schedule  
  • Early development of interest (middle school, etc.)
  • Partnerships
  • Great wage & benefits 
  • Manufacturing perception
  • Social media restrictions,
  • Potential daycare facility 
  • Business partnering groups (BPGs)
  • Intra-company transfer systems  

Notes (Course textbook): 

  • Tribalism
  • Ally network
  • High risk blind spots
  • Key hires
  • Confirmation bias
  • Groupthink
  • Work style
  • Social bonds
  • Relationship map
  • Fair performance evaluation
  • Performance rating bias (personal or idiosyncratic bias; halo effect; the middle default; leniency and strictness bias; spillover effect) 
  • Champions network

Databases:

Search Terms: 

  • Please see Notes 

To Get You Started:  

 

TOPIC: VEHICLE MANUFACTURER Skilled Maintenance:

Notes (Stacy D. - Presentation): 

  • Manufacturing perception
  • Technical/ skilled labor 
  • Diversity & inclusion... recruitment & retention
  • No specialization/ generalist 
  • Recruitment & retention 
  • Brochures
  • Digital materials 
  • Third party vendor
  • Increased local competition for recruitment 
  • Improved lead time from application to hire

Notes (Course textbook): 

  • Productivity
  • Key hires
  • Safety incidents
  • Quality
  • Applicants
  • Onboarding
  • Attract “recruit top talent;” hire “pick the stars;” onboard “affirm the decision;” engage “build strengths and purpose;” perform “drive expectations;” develop “coach career growth;” depart “positive exist experience” 
  • Diversity & inclusion
  • Professional recruiting
  • Professional network site
  • Online job sites
  • Employer ranking site

Databases:

Search Terms: 

  • Please see Notes 

To Get You Started:  

 

TOPIC: VEHICLE MANUFACTURER Female Leadership:

Notes (Teresa R. - Presentation): 

  • Diverse representation 
  • Recruitment & retention
  • Educational video(s)
  • Navigating difficult conversations 
  • Building confident vulnerability  
  • Workplace mentorship program 
  • Class curriculum  (PowerPoint)
  • Principles of female leadership 
  • Skill alignment & application 
  • Manage crisis situation  

Notes (Course textbook): 

  • Productivity
  • Key hires
  • High-risk blind spots 
  • Prior experiences and achievements 
  • Pay gap
  • Diversity: age, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability, lifestyle, personality characteristics, height, weight, family composition, educational background, etc. 

Databases:

Search Terms: 

  • Please see Notes 

To Get You Started:  

 

UNIVERSITY (General):

  • See WVU database IBISWorld https://databases.lib.wvu.edu/AtoZ
    • Search for Colleges & Universities in the US - US Industry (NAICS) Report 61131A/ Educational Services
    • Search for Number of college students - US Business Environment Profiles Report F601
    • Search for Community Colleges in the US - US Industry (NAICS) Report 61121/ Educational Services

Notes (Tracey M.):

  • Leadership & Organization Development, Benefits Strategy, Compensation, Employee Relations, Operations, HR Partners 
  • Service delivery model 
  • Shared services center (Tier 2)
  • Centers of Expertise

 

TOPIC: UNIVERSITY Alumni Recruitment Campaign:

Notes (Tracey M.. - Presentation): 

  • Alumni target market  
  • Recent and not recent 
  • Partnerships   
  • Challenge recruiting qualified candidates
  • Great resignation
  • Cult brand
  • Remote job postings
  • Advantages of alumni
  • Boomerangs
  • Low unemployment rate
  • Content creation  

Notes (Course textbook): 

  • Attract
  • Key-hires
  • Hire
  • Fit-to-role
  • Onboard
  • Culture
  • Engage
  • Generation Z
  • Millennials
  • Ally network
  • "Relationship map"
  • Alumni network

Databases:

Search Terms: 

  • Please see Notes 

To Get You Started:  

 

TOPIC: UNIVERSITY Hiring Experience:

Notes (Matt R. - Presentation): 

  • Underserved populations   
  • Equity  
  • Life cycle (internal and external) 
  • Inclusive language 
  • Accessibility 
  • Interaction 
  • Closed captions 

Notes (Course textbook): 

  • Brand
  • Diversity & inclusion
  • Reputation
  • Key hires
  • High-risk blind spots 
  • Diversity: age, religion, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability, lifestyle, personality characteristics, height, weight, family composition, educational background, etc. 
  • Defect
  • Groupthink
  • Disruption

Databases:

Search Terms: 

  • Please see Notes 

To Get You Started:  

 

TOPIC: UNIVERSITY ROI:

Notes (Amanda D. - Presentation): 

  • Corporations and organizations rely on data and statistics    
  • Data based decisions   
  • Utilize various recruiting channels 
  • LinkedIn recruiting licenses  
  • Source of candidate/ progression of candidate by source/ duration of  tenure of candidate by source 
  • Accuracy
  • Faculty to service worker

Notes (Course textbook): 

  • Automation/ artificial intelligence in hiring process
  • Career fairs
  • Professional recruiting services
  • Recruiting events
  • Professional network site
  • Online job sites
  • Employee ranking sits
  • Data science
  • Science-based insights 

Databases:

Search Terms: 

  • Please see Notes 

To Get You Started:  

  • Statista: Global Consumer Survey - Social media: LinkedIn users in the United States
  • Statista: Global Consumer Survey - Social media: Facebook users in the United States