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MGT412 Human Resource Management and Law

Module 3 Case

EMPLOYMENT-AT-WILL AND PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE

Case Assignment

For this Case Assignment we will be focusing on

•             The Employment at Will Doctrine

•             Progressive Discipline

After reviewing the background reading, prepare a paper in which you

•             Summarize the Employment at Will Doctrine and its exceptions (approximately ½ page), and answer the follow questions:

•             Which of the exceptions to the Employment at Will Doctrine are most relevant to current HR practice and why?

•             What is Progressive Discipline? Summarize the steps in Progressive Discipline and Progressive Discipline’s approach to employee discharge.

•             How do the concepts and practices of employment at will and progressive discipline interact?

•             How important are the employment at will doctrine and progressive discipline to realizing employee potential and maximizing organizational outcomes? Explain your answer.

Case Assignment Expectations

Your paper should be 3 to 4 pages (not including cover and reference page). Submit your assignment by the module due date.

The criteria found in the grading rubric for this assignment:

•             Meets assignment requirements

•             Critical thinking

•             Writing and assignment organization

•             Use of sources and mechanics

•             Timeliness of assignment

 

MGT412 Human Resource Management and Law

Module 3 SLP

EMPLOYMENT-AT-WILL AND PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE

For this module’s SLP, we will focus on the importance of documenting in writing the process of discipline steps taken in an employee situation. Read the following article:

Segal, J. (2014). Legal trends: Blunders in documenting discipline. HR Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/pages/1014-disciplinary-documentation.aspx

Put yourself in the role of an HR Manager advising line supervisors on how to document any disciplinary action given by the supervisor. From the 10 common disciplinary documentation mistakes set forth in the Segal (2014) article, choose 5 that you think are the most important to focus on.

Prepare a PowerPoint slide presentation (with speaker notes at the bottom of each slide). Your goal is to provide line supervisors with specific right and wrong examples of each of the 5 documentation mistakes you have chosen. Draw upon the background readings on progressive discipline to support your “right approach” to Progressive Discipline documentation and explain in your presentation how this “right approach” should guide the supervisors.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Your PowerPoint presentation (5 to 8 slides, not including title or reference slide) should draw on and cite additional references as needed. Submit your assignment by the module due date.

Your submission will be assessed on the criteria found in the grading rubric for this assignment:

•             Meets assignment requirements

•             Critical thinking

•             Writing and assignment organization

•             Use of sources and mechanics

•             Timeliness of assignment