An organization wants to provide its employees information about what its goals are and
what it expects employees to accomplish. It is planning to implement an incentive plan that
helps employees understand the organization’s goals. Which of the following should be
used by this organization?
A.Profit sharing plan
B.Piecework rates
C.Merit pay system
D.Scanlon plan
E.Balanced scorecard
Answer:
Hugh & Co., a manufacturer of widgets, has entered into a contract with a third party to
perform a few functions of its supply chain management. Hugh & Co. can be said to be
engaged in:
A. offshoring.
B. consolidation.
C. licensing.
D. merger.
E. outsourcing.
Answer:
Which of the following is a disadvantage of using temporary and contract workers?
A. Revocability of this method is lesser compared to other methods of avoiding labor
shortage.
B. These kinds of workers cannot be hired through an agency.
C. These methods are a relatively slow solution to labor shortage.
D. These workers tend to be relatively less committed to the organization.
E. These workers work well in key jobs but not in those jobs that supplement the
permanent employees.
Answer:
The administrative purpose of a performance management system refers to:
A. linking employees’ behaviors with the organization’s goals.
B. developing employees’ knowledge and skills.
C. linking performance measurements to the organization’s goals and communicating the
goals and feedback about performance to employees.
D. measuring each employee’s performance to identify areas where expectations are not
being met.
E. the ways in which organizations use the system to provide information for day-to-day
decisions about salary, benefits, and recognition programs.
Answer:
The process that helps the human resource department to forecast the organization’s
needs for hiring, training, reassigning employees along with handling or avoiding layoffs
is known as _____.
A. supply chain management
B. job development
