1.Explain how each of the HR staffing, training & development, and performance management functional areas relates to turnover.

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Please answer the following questions within a
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the limit requires you to be concise in synthesizing all the input from the
classroom material and any external literature you gather. 

1.     
Explain how each of the HR staffing,
training & development, and performance management functional areas relates
to turnover.  Consider:  How does turnover impact the HR
function?  How does the HR function
influence turnover?   

2.     
Using one of the steps in the staffing
(recruitment and selection) function, identify an action that could increase
diversity in the organization’s labor pool. 
Explain how/why that change can be effective, using support from the
literature. Then, explain the impact an increase in diversity could have on the
organization’s training & development and performance management
functions.  

3.     
Your organization is planning a major organizational change
that will impact a number of employees. Some departments will need additional
employees with specialized skills and other departments will need fewer
employees, leading to a reduction in force (RIF). As the head of the HR
department, what steps will you take in planning for both the increased need
for employees with specialized skills and the RIF?