This book provides mini-cases for HRD and other disciplines to use for engaging students in incident discussions. Students will explore ways to solve problems and make decisions about situations that occur at work.
The text features sixteen chapters designed for individuals to best practices and strategies to prepare them to understand leading employment ethical, and legal scenarios in human resources in the workplace. These cases are not actual cases but were designed to teach students. Also, this pertains to Federal data.
Type of Material:
Open Access Textbook
Recommended Uses:
in class for a lecture material
in class for projects,
for individual assignments,
team assignments, homework.
Technical Requirements:
Browser used for this review: Mozilla Firefox 108.0.1, Chrome 10.3
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Practice real-world situations through case studies
Understand the role of leaders in management
Solve complex workplace situations
Target Student Population:
Undergraduate business administration students taking a senior-level human resource management course
Graduate-level human resource management courses.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
No prerequisites, computer skills or miscellaneous skills.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
This text is a book of cases containing different scenarios that require analysis.
Discussion questions are embedded in the cases.
The criteria for case scenario analysis are provided at the beginning of the book and can be used for the entire set of cases
Supplemental reading is recommended and provided.
Appropriate links are included so that reviewers can view supporting documentation.
The author(s) explain very well how each aspect of the text is used to strengthen the overall content and as a result student learning can be impacted.
The textbook is well organized and includes clear and concise information that is very detailed and relevant to the content covered.
A summary of the content is provided as well as anticipated learning outcomes.
Concerns:
None
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Identifies learning objectives.
Builds on prior concepts.
Demonstrates relationships between concepts.
This content would be easy to integrate into curriculum.
This would be an effective resource for faculty looking to add a new textbook. to their course to use this resource as a model/guide.
This content would be very easy for faculty and curriculum developers to follow in course development.
Concerns:
Because this is a book of cases, specific objectives are not provided but the guidance on how to analyze the cases, which is provided, suggests an informal set of goals.
This is probably best used as a supplement to an HR textbook because the intent of the book is to provide cases to stimulate discussion rather than to provide defined answers.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The cases are easy to understand and provide a wide variety of situations.
As a supplement to an HR text, cases can illustrate examples of realistic applications in the workplace.
The mini-cases provide opportunities for students to conduct research on laws in their states and countries.
The text is visually appealing, clean, and easy to follow.
The textbook is easily accessible.
The Textbook has a PDF option that is downloadable, and able to be accessed with and without the internet.
The content from the textbook may be used on multiple mobile devices.
Concerns:
The textbook is not interactive; however, the case study options at the end of each chapter offer several opportunities that the faculty member could offer interactive supplemental content.
Again, readers would need to be familiar with state laws and regulations regarding some of the subjects, as the book was developed in Arkansas and state rules may vary.
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