Hiring For Success

Hiring For Success

Hiring for Success

At this point in the course you should be well armed with the tools and knowledge necessary to make better-informed and rational choices. Apply that knowledge as you tackle one of the most important, and yet heavily subjective, of management responsibilities—the hiring process.

Assume you have been tasked with redesigning your organization’s hiring processes. Respond to the following:

  • Select two of the six pitfalls listed below:
    • Influenced by initial impressions
    • Justifying past decisions
    • Seeing what you want to see
    • Perpetuating the status quo
    • Framing the hiring decision
    • Overconfidence
  • Examine how you might change the process to avoid your selected pitfalls.

Write your initial response in a minimum of 300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Wednesday July 10, 2013, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Consider the following in your comments:

  • Use contradictions and counter examples supported by the assigned readings when responding to your peers.
  • Question, disagree with, redirect, or ask your peers to rethink what they have posted and why.
  • Briefly mention which points of the previous posting you are responding to in your comments.
 
 
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points

Initial response:

  • Was insightful, original, accurate, and timely.
  • Was substantive and demonstrated advanced understanding of concepts.
  • Compiled/synthesized theories and concepts drawn from a variety of sources to support statements and conclusions.

 

16

Discussion response and participation:

  • Responded to a minimum of two peers in a timely manner.
  • Offered points of view supported by research.
  • Asked challenging questions that promoted the discussion.
  • Drew relationships between one or more points in the discussion.

 

16

Writing:

  • Wrote in a clear, concise, formal, and organized manner.
  • Responses were error free.
  • Information from sources, where applicable, was paraphrased appropriately and accurately cited.

 

8
Total:
40