Basics of Human Resource Management

Case 4 Kerkko Jahnukainen Case 4 a :  New York Police Inspector Is Charged With Sexually Abusing Female Officer The news article talks about a police officer in Bronx, who sexually assaulted one of his employees. In fact, he was her supervisor, which may suggest that he tried to exploit his power in the hierarchy. Both, employers and employees have certain rights. Not being harassed  (as well as sexual assault  obviously  being illegal) is one of them, as everyone should have the right work in peace. Now perhaps one of the issues here is also employer/ supervisor  protection, as they should also be protected  fro employers. In cases like, a proper investigation  needs to done before moving forward in order to make the correct decisions  which are fair and follow the juristic  system. In this particular  case, it seems that the court is merely relying  on the word of the supposed victim, which can't be considered hard evide...

Case 3 Kerkko Jahnukainen A Performance Appraisal Horror Story (With A Happy Ending) The article talks about an employee who had a very bad experience with a company's performance appraisal. He thought he had been doing well in his job, but when it came to the feedback he was shocked to learn that his employers (also his colleague) was not happy with his work. In this case, its seems that the employee wast given clear goals or even perhaps not even celar introductions on how to his job. Also, there seemed to be a lack of communications between the supervisor and the employee and all the critique was left for the feedback session, which is very abd for the the worker as well as the company. Maybe the feedback should've been more constructive and not so "devastating" to the point where a person debates leaving the company as that is never the point of feedback but rather to increase performance and in the best case boost the morale of an employee. It is no...