In coordination training, team members understand and practice each other’s skills so
that they are prepared to step in and take another member’s place.
Downsizing can be used to reduce surplus labor because it yields fast results.
A compa-ratio is 1 if actual pay is not consistent with the pay structure of an
organization.
Office workers who encounter a chemical infrequently are covered by the requirements
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act’s general duty clause.
Even if employees persist and continue learning about their host country’s culture, they
rarely recover from culture shock.
An employee stock ownership plan is an arrangement in which the organization
distributes shares of stock to all its employees by placing it in a trust.
Kira feels that being denied a promotion has more to do with being a woman than with
her overall performance. However, her supervisors and the HR department are refusing
to hear her case. This suggests that Kira has been denied her right to due process.
One way to measure HRM effectiveness is to measure a program’s success in terms of
whether it achieved its objectives and whether it delivered value in an economic sense.
For an organization’s human resource division, “customers” are the organization’s top
management.
Companies usually prefer hiring third-country nationals for filling positions in
host-countries.
Employees are most likely to benefit from a flexible spending account if they have
predictable health care expenses, such as insurance premiums.
The Polygraph Act legalized the use of polygraph tests for employment screening in
most organizations.
The reward systems of an organization include the performance measures by which
employees are judged and the methods of measuring performance.
Which of the following is an example of an alternative dispute resolution method?
A. Carve-out
B. Employment assistance programs
C. Benchmarking
D. Arbitration
E. Outplacement counseling
In the context of work flow design, which of the following best describes a position?
A. The set of duties performed by a person
B. A set of related duties fulfilled by many employees
C. An aggregate of similar jobs
D. The set of skills and abilities that is required of a person in a job
E. The collection of tasks that constitute the complete organizational process
Differing conduct toward individuals, where the differences are clearly based on the
individuals’ race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability status is termed
as _____.
A. sexual discrimination
B. affirmative action
C. disparate treatment
D. reasonable accommodation
E. reverse discrimination
The aspects of a task – namely the complexity of the task, the degree of physical strain
and exertion required, and the value an employee places on the task – have particular
significance when they are viewed as linked to _____.
A. brand alignment
B. job dissatisfaction
C. promotional marketing
D. sole arbitrations
E. mediations
“Performance management serves as a basis for improving employees’ knowledge and
skills.” This statement corresponds to which of the following purposes of performance
management?
A. Developmental purpose
B. Administrative purpose
C. Investigative purpose
D. Strategic purpose
E. Executive purpose
Which of the following statements is true about a piecework rate plan?
A. It can be used for all types of jobs and in all types of industries.
B. It is best suited for complex jobs and tasks.
C. It can be used to encourage team work and collaboration.
D. It has a direct link between the work done by the employee and the amount earned.
E. It encourages the employee’s peers to perform as well and reduces conflicts.
Who among the following is NOT covered by the National Labor Relations Act
(NLRA)?
A. An individual employed as a supervisor
B. An individual employed in the service sector
C. An individual employed by a private-sector firm with less than 15 full-time
employees
D. An individual joining a union that is not recognized by his or her employer
E. An individual refraining from activity on behalf of the union
When an individual is promised a positive outcome for submission to sex, or threatened
with a negative outcome for failure to submit to sex, this is referred to as _____.
A. adverse impact
B. disparate impact
C. reverse discrimination
D. undue hardship
E. quid pro quo harassment
Gary, the CEO of El Eram Inc., is dealing with an aging labor force problem, which is
reducing productivity across the organization. The most effective way of dealing with
this situation is to _____.
A. downsize by firing older employees with compensation
B. encourage older employees to work more productively by retraining them
C. provide performance-based incentives to increase production output and delay their
retirement
D. enhance their work by employing innovative technological processes
E. encourage lower-performing older workers to leave voluntarily by offering
early-retirement incentives
Identify the correct statement regarding the composition of the U.S. labor force during
the period 2012-2022.
A. The labor force is expected to grow at a greater rate than at any other time in U.S.
history.
B. The largest proportion of the labor force is expected to be in the 16- to 25-year age
group.
C. The number of workers under 40 years of age will exceed the number of workers 40
years of age or older.
D. Despite a small increase in the number of young workers, the overall workforce will
be aging.
E. The total cost of labor in the United States would considerably decrease.
Mike, the CEO of an automobile company, believes that profit sharing has increased the
productivity of his organization. He feels that an incentive plan motivates employees to
be more productive. Which of the following statements strengthens Mike’s argument?
A. In a profit-sharing plan, employees are the owners of the organization.
B. Profit sharing helps employees to cooperate and to focus on organizational interests.
C. Profit sharing makes employees workaholics.
D. In profit sharing, employees contribute their base salary for the development of the
organization.
E. Profit sharing benefits employees even if the organization makes less profit or no
profit.