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(p.356)Broad bands increase the opportunities for promoting employees.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Broad bands reduce the opportunities for promoting employees, so organizations that
eliminate layers in their job descriptions must find other ways to reward employees.
[/membership]
(p.264) Assessment centers are primarily used to identify employees' technical skills.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The primary use of assessment centers is to identify whether employees have the
personality characteristics, administrative skills, and interpersonal skills needed for
managerial jobs.
[/membership]
The expanded use of “project-based†organizational structures has reduced the need
for analysis of work flows.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The expanded use of “project-based†organizational structures require the type of
broader understanding that comes from an analysis of work flows.[/membership]
A person fired by a private employer can sue under the Fourteenth amendment on charges
of racial discrimination.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The Fourteenth Amendment applies only to the decisions or actions of the government or
of private groups whose activities are deemed government actions. A person could file a
claim under the Fourteenth Amendment if he or she had been fired from a state university
(a government organization) but not if the person had been fired by a private employer.
[/membership]
(p.266) A performance appraisal process must identify causes of the performance
discrepancy and develop plans for improving performance.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
A performance appraisal process must identify causes of the performance discrepancy and
develop plans for improving performance. Managers must be trained to deliver frequent
performance feedback and must monitor employees’ progress in carrying out their
action plans.[/membership]
Organizations that are government contractors or subcontractors must file an Employer
Information Report with the EEOC every year.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]TRUE
Each year organizations that are government contractors or subcontractors or have 100 or
more employees must file an Employer Information Report (EEO-1) with the EEOC.
[/membership]
The concept of “human resource management†implies that employees in an
organization cannot be considered as a resource and hence are interchangeable.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The concept of “human resource management†implies that employees are resources
of the employer. This view means employees in today’s organizations are not
interchangeable, easily replaced parts of a system but the source of the company’s
success or failure.[/membership]
Stock options are best suited to motivate day-to-day effort or to attract and retain top
individual performers.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Relying heavily on profit sharing or stock ownership may increase cooperation but do little
to motivate day-to-day effort or to attract and retain top individual performers.
[/membership]
Transaction processing includes the activities required to meet government reporting
requirements.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
Transaction processing refers to computations and calculations involved in reviewing and
documenting HRM decisions and practices. It includes documenting decisions and actions
associated with employee relocation, training expenses, and enrollments in courses and
benefit plans. Transaction processing also includes the activities required to meet
government reporting requirements, such as filling out EEO-1 reports, on which employers
report information about employees' race and gender by job category.[/membership]
A company that operates in the U.S.,shifts its warehouses and operations to a low rent area
that is 50 miles away from town. This is an example of offshoring.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Offshoring refers to moving the operations from the country where a company is
headquartered to a country where pay rates are lower but the necessary skills are available.
[/membership]
Occupational Safety and Health Act directly regulates employee behavior in work places
to ensure safety.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
OSH Act does not directly regulate employee behavior; little behavior change can be
expected unless employees are convinced of the standards’ importance.[/membership]
The usual way to measure customer satisfaction in the course of an HRM audit is to
conduct experiments in controlled environments.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The usual way to measure customer satisfaction is to conduct surveys such as the
employee attitude surveys.
[/membership]
Employee empowerment primarily involves _____.
A. following a centralized and tall organizational structure
B. providing increased salary and benefits to employees
C. leading employees by the strength of one’s charisma
D. continually learning and improving one’s skills and abilities
E. giving employees responsibility and authority to make decisions
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
E.
Employee empowerment refers to giving employees responsibility and authority to make
decisions regarding all aspects of product development or customer service.[/membership]
If employee participation in making pay-related decisions is encouraged in an
organization, then:
A.administering the plans become simple.
B.the organization's interests can be best protected.
C.the cost borne by the organization decreases.
D.monitoring performance becomes difficult.
E.the incentive plan has more chances of being successful.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
E.
Employee participation can contribute to the success of an incentive plan.[/membership]
One of the alternatives to traditional organizing is to conduct _____—bringing public,
financial, or political pressure on employers during union organization and contract
negotiation.
A.collective coercion
B.corporate campaigns
C.indirect provisions
D.associate campaigns
E.social campaigns
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
B.
One of the alternatives to traditional organizing is to conduct corporate
campaigns—bringing public, financial, or political pressure on employers during union
organization and contract negotiation.
[/membership]
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 requires employers:A.to offer disability plans
with pregnancy-related coverage.
B.offer disability plans to treat pregnancy as they would any other disability.
C.to provide up to six weeks of paid leave to either parent upon the birth of a child.
D.to provide up to six weeks of unpaid leave to either parent upon the birth of a child.
E.to offer disability leave up to one month to either parent before the birth of a child.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
B.
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 requires employers to offer disability plans to
treat pregnancy as they would any other disability.[/membership]
The _____ is a report that describes a pension plan's funding, eligibility requirements,
risks, and other details.A.mission statement
B.balanced scorecard
C.labor law posting
D."top-heavy" plan
E.summary plan description
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
E.
The summary plan description is a report that describes the plan's funding, eligibility
requirements, risks, and other details.[/membership]
At the most basic level, HR managers fulfilling the role of _____, carry out particular HR
