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High-performance work systems are characterized by high employee turnover.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Outcomes of a high-performance work system include higher productivity and efficiency.
A high-performance work system may have other outcomes, including high product
quality, great customer satisfaction, and low employee turnover.
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To create a learning organization, one challenge is to shift the focus of training away from
merely generating and sharing knowledge toward a stronger focus on teaching skills.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Knowledge is shared. Therefore, to create a learning organization, one challenge is to shift
the focus of training away from merely teaching skills and toward a broader focus on
generating and sharing knowledge.
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(p.274) Basic career management systems involve the four sequential steps of recruiting,
relocation, reality check, and action planning.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
A basic career management system involves four steps: data gathering, feedback, goal
setting, and action planning and follow-up.
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Tax laws generally make benefits unfavorable to employees.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Tax laws can make benefits favorable to employees.[/membership]
The funding for unemployment insurance comes from federal and state taxes on
employees.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Most of the funding for unemployment insurance comes from federal and state taxes on
employers.[/membership]
All U.S. employees, including federal, state, and local government employees, are covered
under the Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance program.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance (OASDHI) program covers over
90 percent of U.S. employees. The main exceptions are railroad and federal, state, and
local government employees, who often have their own plans.[/membership]
Retention bonuses are one-time incentives paid to top managers, engineers, top-performing
salespeople, and information technology specialists in exchange for remaining with the
company.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
Retention bonuses are one-time incentives paid in exchange for remaining with the
company to top managers, engineers, top-performing salespeople, and information
technology specialists.[/membership]
In human resource planning, forecasting is an intermediary step.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The process of human resource planning consists of three stages: forecasting, goal setting
and strategic planning, and program implementation and evaluation. The first step in
human resource planning is forecasting.[/membership]
Companies following a low-cost strategy closely align their pay packages to the industry
norms.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
A low-cost strategy requires knowledge of industry norms, so that the company does not
spend more than it must.[/membership]
Which of the following does an employer violate while terminating an employee for
refusing to do something illegal, unethical, or unsafe?
A.Affirmative action
B.Public policy
C.Fair Representation
D.Equal opportunity employment
E.Reverse discrimination
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
B.
One reason a discharge may be considered wrongful is that it violates public policy.
Violations of public policy include terminating the employee for refusing to do something
