My Review of HRM

One of the most interesting and useful topics that I was able to take away from this class was the job analysis that was conducted. This gave me the opportunity to understand what goes into the creation of a job description. I feel that while it was specific to the jobs that we described, the task is very transferable. I also think that the intern orientation guide that was created could be put to good use in a company that is interested in starting or refining an internship program. This project, working with Ian, was a great way to build communication and organization skills.

Classes, especially electives, are great ways to find new areas of interest. They can broaden ones eyes to new topics and resources. I enjoyed being exposed to many new resources, such as the Wiki. I was also exposed to areas that taught me that I don't want to be doing them for the rest of my life, such as blogging.

Labor Relations

I found this interesting article about unions and where the author feels the unions are headed. The author of the article titled "The Future of Labor Relations: It's Not About the Unions", thinks that unions may not be completely on the way out but they seem to be working that way. He thinks that the unions are not looking like they are ready to change enough to move with the times. It is interesting to see that there are others that think there is more being done on the side of the unions. This is evident by some of the comments made after the article was posted. 

It is obvious that there will always be a pro union side and a non union side. I believe that while unions can definitely serve a great purpose, as with all groups, they can become to powerful. When any one individual or group holds to much power in an organization it can become a large issue. This goes back to the reason why our founding fathers created the concept of checks and balances to try and avoid this type of issue from becoming a huge problem.