The flaw with a bonus incentive system is that due to the repetition of payments, it can
be difficult to manage from a budgetary perspective.
Smaller businesses are more likely to use formal approaches for conducting job
analyses.
The use of 360-degree appraisal systems is a high-performance work practice.
Appraisal cannot be person-oriented.
It is difficult to operate in a decentralized fashion in a multilocal industry because of the
high need for coordination.
Programs that provide information on an organization’s policies, procedures, rules,
work requirements, and other sources of information are called __________
A) orientation programs
B) socialization programs
C) executive coaching programs
D) repatriation programs
E) supervisor training programs
When is a group pay for performance plan more effective than an individual plan?
A) When tasks are independent
B) When cooperation and teamwork are essential
C) When it is difficult to measure an employee’s specific contributions
D) Both “A” and “B”
E) Both “B” and “C”
Which of the following uses questions and exercises to guide individuals in determining
their strengths and weaknesses, job and career opportunities, and necessary steps for
achieving their goals?
A) Succession planning
B) Realistic recruitment
C) Career workbooks
D) Skills inventory
E) Career center
As a manager gathering information necessary to determine the validity of a claim of
disparate treatment alleged by a current employee, it would be important to consider:
A) The plaintiff’s race, gender, national origin, color and religion
B) Is there evidence of intent?
C) Consistency in decision making criteria, such as scores on an exam, by the company
D) All of the above
E) A and C only
Which of the following is a definition of career management?
A) An organizational process which involves preparing, implementing, and monitoring
career plans undertaken by an individual alone or within the organization’s career
systems.
B) A formal, organized, planned effort to achieve a balance between individual career
needs and organizational workforce requirements.
C) An attempt by an individual to become more aware of his or her own skills, interests,
values, opportunities, constraints, choices, and consequences.
D) An individually perceived sequence of attitudes and behaviors associated with
work-related activities and experiences over the span of a person’s life.
E) A process that has an “internal” and an “external” focus.
Occupational injuries resulting in loss of consciousness must be recorded to be in
compliance with OSHA.
HRM is concerned with ensuring that ___________.
A) employees are happy and pampered and offered benefits above market
B) employees that are engaged and productive are retained
C) employees are given extra benefits if they are in a particular demographic group
D) technology is used in a minimal way when it comes to managing employee
performance
E) increases in employee compensation is based strictly on seniority
The __________ technique helps minimize interpersonal and jurisdictional conflicts.
A) trend analysis
B) decentralized
C) markov
D) delphi
E) trend analysis