Answer all three questions given below. Draw on the textbook readings, the Study Guide commentary, your own experience, and other resources as appropriate. Use the APA style to list and cite any sources you use.
Do you agree that “strategic HRM is crucially interested in HRD and employee participation”? In your answer, discuss the problems and tensions embedded within HRD and employee participation.
How might organizations work with unions to achieve strategic HRM goals, and how might unions prepare to represent their members in a strategic HRM environment?
Argue both for and against the argument that employers exploiting ‘emotional labour’ are contravening employee rights and reinforcing gendered, classed, and raced social relations.