Fruit Guys ─ Strategy

HR Mgmt Week 3 Discussion

Applying the Fruit Guys Business Strategy (10 Points)

Watch the video titled “Fruit Guys ─ Strategy,”* also located in the Learn section of Week 3 of your Blackboard course. Identify two or three (2-3) businesses that could use the five (5) questions the Fruit Guys used to determine effectiveness. Provide a rationale for your answer. Reply to at least one (1) of your classmate’s posts.

Considering the Impact of Competition on HRM Within a Real Business (10 Points)

Pick an organization that you are familiar with and do a competitive environmental scan for it. Then answer and discuss the following questions:

· How does the competitive environment for the company affect the organization’s HR function?

HR Mgmt Week 4 Discussion

Considering Human Resource Planning from Different Perspectives (20 points)

Please respond to the following:

Why is it important to look at both the manager and the employee points of view when engaging in human resource planning? How can this information be used as a source of strategy?

· Which strategy would be best suited to address the effects discussed?

Provide a rationale for your answers. Reply to at least one (1) of your classmate’s posts.

*Note: Flash Player must be enabled in your browser to view this video.

HR Mgmt Week 4 Discussion

Considering Human Resource Planning from Different Perspectives (20 points)

Please respond to the following:

Why is it important to look at both the manager and the employee points of view when engaging in human resource planning? How can this information be used as a source of strategy?