TY - BOOK AU - Rao,Pramila TI - Taking sides T2 - Taking sides SN - 9780073527369 (pbk.) : AV - HF5549 .T35 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Personnel management N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Is affirmative action still necessary? -- Will the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) be abused in the U.S. workplace? -- Has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act helped U.S. corporations? -- Should employees be allowed to wear symbols of faith in the workplace? -- Are social networking sites good recruitment sources? -- Are personality tests good predictors of employee performance? -- Is cognitive ability testing a good predictor of work performance? -- Would mandatory background checks for all employees reduce negligent hiring lawsuits? -- Do women make better business leaders? -- Does the glass ceiling still exist in U.S. organizations? -- Does increased dependence on laptops, cell phones, and PDAs hurt employee productivity? -- Do unions help organizational productivity? -- Has merit pay lost its meaning in the workplace? -- Is forced ranking an effective performance management approach? -- Is the U.S. executive pay model flawed? -- Does attracting, developing, and retaining the millennial generation require significant changes to current HRM practices? -- Do human resource management (HRM) practices (such as selection, training, performance management, and compensation) contribute to increased firm performance? -- Is overseas outsourcing a good U.S. business strategy? -- Is the sweatshop concept adopted by the U.S. manufacturers overseas ethical? -- Are U.S. companies adaptive to local practices overseas? ER -