CalSHRM 2019 Student Case Competition

CSULB sent two teams this year to the CalSHRM Student Case Competition. CalSHRM is the California division of the Society for Human Resource Management, the leading professional association for HRM. The CalSHRM Case Competition asks student teams to draw on their HRM coursework and practical experiences to analyze a real-life HRM business scenario, spend two weeks identifying underlying causes and developing a solution, then present and defend that solution in front of a panel of HRM Professionals at the competition itself. This year’s team members included Tiffany Ushijima, Bernie Lopez, and Christian Hoffman as the “Supreme Team”, and Alexis Ayala, Katherine Pierce, and Arianna Arriola as the “Dream Team”.

The two teams met weekly from the end of September through the end of October with Dr. Jeff Bentley, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and Human Resource Management, to complete a series of practice cases in preparation for the competition. This year’s Human Resource Management (HRM) Case Competition was hosted at CSU Bakersfield on November 8 and 9. Fourteen undergraduate teams from nine different Universities in the CSU system participated in the event in total, including teams from SDSU, SJSU, CSUB, and others. In addition to defending their case analysis and receiving developmental feedback from experienced HR practitioners, a series of presentation were held throughout the competition from speakers including Jon Decoteau (former HR Executive with Coca-Cola, Motorola, and others), Dr. John Stark (Associate Professor at CSUB), Dan Klingenberger, Esq. (Employment Attorney, spoke regarding new CA legislation), and Laura Hill (Professional Recruiter).