Emma, a 24-year-old Hispanic woman, pressed charges of sexual harassment against
Jonathan, a politician. The case became sensational because the accused was one of the
strongest candidates in the upcoming elections. In the case’s final stage, the United
States Supreme Court issued a verdict that cleared Jonathan of all charges on the
grounds of lack of evidence. The ruling spurred angry protests from many interest
groups, especially Hispanic women, and they wanted the verdict reversed. According to
the prevalent system, which among the following would invalidate the verdict in this
case?
A. A mass petition from the public
B. An appeal from the minority population
C. A law passed by Congress
D. A ruling by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
E. A petition from the United States Women Rights Council
An organization may demote an employee to a lower-level position:
A. to provide greater challenges to him or her.
B. so that the employee can learn different skills.
C. to increase the employee’s visibility.
D. so that the employee can get more authority.
E. to give him more responsibility.
Identify the right HRM practice that can assist firms in becoming a high-performance
organization.
A. Discipline system is conservative.
B. Organizations avoid monitoring employees’ satisfaction.
C. Selection system is job related and legal.
D. Work design encourages rigidity.
E. Technology is used sparingly.
Which of the following is a drawback of a comparable-worth policy?
A. A free-market economy assumes people will not take differences in pay into account
when they choose a career.
B. Employees may conclude that pay rates are unfair.
C. The courts prohibit organizations from defending themselves against claims of
discrimination by showing that they pay the going market rate.
D. Grouping jobs will result in rates of pay for individual jobs that do not precisely
match the levels specified by the market and the organization’s job structure.
E. Raising pay for some jobs places the employer at a disadvantage relative to
employers that pay the market rate.
The difference between an industrial union and a craft union is that an industrial union:
A. contains members who have a particular skill or occupation.
B. is often responsible for training its members through apprenticeships.
C. organizes as many employees in as wide a range of skills as possible.
D. represents a particular occupation.
E. comprises members who change employers more often.
An organization’s choices about _____ are limited by its response to the economic
forces of product markets and labor markets.
A. pay rates
B. pay structure
C. pay differentials
D. pay grades
E. pay ranges
Identify the method that breaks down jobs into basic elements to rate them for their
potential for harm or injury.
A. Job hazard analysis technique
B. Utilization analysis
C. Technic of operations review
D. Action plan analysis
E. Diversity plan
James, an American who works for a U.S.-based company, has been sent to England for
a work assignment. James would be known as a(n):
A. expatriate.
B. repatriate.
C. host-country national.
D. third-country national.
E. guest-country national.
James is the founder of a new start-up company. He hires mostly young employees who
are fresh out of college. He finds that most of his employees are willing to develop their
knowledge and skills and would like to take up courses to improve themselves. Which
of the following programs is James most likely to use in order to encourage this
behavior?
A. Tuition reimbursement program
B. Employee wellness program
C. Worker’s compensation program
D. Short-term vesting program
E. Mature education program
For assessment to work efficiently, an employee must be:
A. provided suggestions to improve his or her weak skills.
B. evaluated discreetly so the employee does not pretend to be a model employee.
C. present on the day the assessment occurs so that results of the feedback will be
accurate.
D. employed at the organization for at least a year.
E. informed that an appraisal can take place at any time during the year.
Yienze Inc., a manufacturer of electronic goods, is experiencing financial losses, and
company management is trying to less the fiscal losses. The company is also facing the
problem of labor surplus due to low demand for its products. In this context, which of
the following is the best way to deal with this labor surplus?
A. The company must consider work sharing because it causes relatively less suffering
to the employees.
B. The company must choose an early retirement option because it gives an option to
employees to voluntarily leave the organization with suitable monetary compensation.
C. The company must freeze employee hiring and focus on natural attrition because it is
a relatively fast way to reduce a labor surplus.
D. The company must consider downsizing because it is the quickest way to deal with a
labor surplus that results in financial losses.
E. The company must consider retraining employees because it helps improve their
interpersonal skills.