____ helps eliminate the obsession with grades and, instead, encourages employees to
move to jobs they can develop in their careers and add value to the organization.
a. Red circling
b. Broadbanding
c. Pay ranging
d. Factor comparison
Bargaining on all matters concerning rates of pay, wages, hours of employment, and
other conditions of employment falls under:
a. permissive issues.
b. adversarial bargaining.
c. the bargaining zone.
d. mandatory subjects.
Sales incentives can be affected by external factors beyond a salesperson’s control.
a. True
b. False
Executives who coach, advise, and encourage individuals of a lesser rank are referred to
as:
a. executive coaches.
b. mentors.
c. HR recruiters.
d. leaders.
Voluntary protection programs (VPPs):
a. attempt to get employers to go beyond the basics of OccupationalSafety and
HealthAct (OSHA)and provide workers with better protection on the job.
b. allow employers to sidestep Occupational Safety and HealthAdministration
(OSHA)legislation.
c. are contained within state-based, right-to-know legislations.
d. cover only transportation-related industries.
Research has shown that applicants who find employment through an employee referral
tend to be a problem because they tend to quit more quickly.
a. True
b. False
Red circle rates are above the maximum for the pay range and are often frozen until the
range shifts upward through market wage adjustments.
a. True
b. False
Validity coefficients range from:
a. 0.00 to 1.00.
b. 1.00 to 10.00.
c. -5.00 to +5.00.
d. -1.00 to +1.00.
The incentive payout under the Scanlon Plan is based upon increases in the sales
volume of an organization’s products.
a. True
b. False
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, _____ are required to train employees
as required by OSHA standards.
a. colleges and universities
b. employers
c. lawyers
d. consultants
One reason to employ host-country nationals is that local governments want good jobs
for their citizens.
a. True
b. False
The concern about a workplace romance is:
a. unrealistic expectations.
b. jealousy on the part of a third party.
c. employer liability.
d. embarrassing publicity.
The primary principles that underlie a high-performance work system are egalitarianism
and engagement, shared information and trust, knowledge development, and
performance-reward linkage.
a. True
b. False
A method of containing costs that allows a professional employer organization (PEO),
typically a larger company, to takeover the management of a smaller company’s HR
tasks and become a coemployer to its employeesis known as _____.
a. outsourcing
b. employee leasing
c. furloughing
d. nearshoring
€If one rates an employee’s performance largely on the basis of the employee’s recent
behavior, one commits a:
a. leniency error.
b. contrast error.
c. recency error.
d. central tendency error.
_____ requires anunderstanding of an organization€s customers and economic and
financial capabilitiesto help a firm achieve its strategic direction and adjust it as needed.
a. Change mastery
b. HR mastery
c. Business mastery
d. Personal credibility
The Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from discrimination in pay based on:
a. race.
b. gender.
c. religion.
d. age.
HR Scorecards can be used to diagnose both horizontal fit and vertical fit in a relatively
straightforward way.
a. True
b. False
Describe helpful guidelines in repatriating employees from an overseas assignment.
What are some of the key competencies needed by HR Managers to become full
business partners?
A company has three basic sources to use when staffing its foreign operation. Name the
three sources of overseas managers and state the advantages and disadvantages of each.
What are the critical issues involved in implementing a high-performance work system?
Briefly discuss the motivating value of pay equity for employees.
Briefly discuss Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s established system of
inspection priorities.
What are the pros and cons of telecommuting?
Briefly describe the concept of organizational capability.
Explain competence-based pay including its advantages and disadvantages. Include in
your discussion the practice of broadbanding.