Student Solution

-->

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”
– Nelson Mandela

1 University

1 Course

1 Subject

Assignment 3_ Evaluating Disparate Impact and Employee Selection

Assignment 3_ Evaluating Disparate Impact and Employee Selection

Q 1.The selection ratios for the three groups are: Caucasians = _________________________African-Americans = ___________________Latinos = ____________________________ 2. Does adverse impact exist when you compare the African-American applicant pool with the Caucasian applicant pool? Show your work. 3. Does adverse impact exist when you compare the Latino applicant pool with the Caucasian applicant pool? Show your work 3: Reflection on Employee Selection 1.You have made a number of decisions in creating, implementing and evaluating a selection system for banktellers. Which of these decisions do you think is most critical? Why? 2.An employee selection approach to hiring is more complex than hiring employees based on who they know or casually scanning a résumé and asking a few “off the cuff” questions for an interview. When you think about your work experiences, do you think the organizations you worked for took an employee selection approach when hiring? 3.If you answered yes to question 2, do you think the organization was effective in hiring employees? If you answered no to question 2, do you think the organization should have adopted a selection approach to hiring? Explain your response. 4.What do you perceive as the overall advantages and disadvantages of an employee selection approach to hiring? 5.Based on this exercise, would you recommend an employee selection process to hiring for virtually any job? Why or why not? 6.Describe the components of an employee selection process in order to reflect on the fundamental aspects of employee selection your learned from completing Major Assignments 1, 2 and 3. The answer to question 6 should be 2-3 pages long in order to be complete and thorough.?

View Related Questions

Solution Preview

1. The selection ratios for the three groups are: Caucasians = 30% African-Americans = 20% Latinos = 25% 2. Yes, the adverse impact exists during the division of the African-American ratio with the Caucasians ratio. This selection ratio is less than 80%, which is 66% only. The result is following: (20% / 30%) = 66%