387. When workers are a part of a team their compensation should be:
388. According to the material in the
Reaching Beyond Our Borders
box, which of the following
statements about working with employees from different countries is most accurate?
389. Companies place a considerable amount of attention on compensation plans because:
390. Human resource managers at Tri Max, Inc., want to encourage teamwork and are looking
for a better way to compensate members of teams. One approach they are considering is a skill–
based system. Which of the following statements about this type of pay system is most
accurate?
391. Tyrone recently earned his license to sell real estate in Indiana, and has interviewed with
several agencies in an attempt to find a job. All have told him that his income will be based on a
percentage of his real estate sales for the month. Tyrone will be paid:
392. Dana is a supervisor at a small manufacturing plant. Her pay starts at $635 per week.
Dana is paid on a(n):
393. Dan works for ElekTek, a firm producing sophisticated electronic equipment used in
state-of-the-art security systems. Dan is happy to see that the value of ElekTek’s stock has
reached $47 per share, because certain employees (including Dan) have the opportunity to buy a
given number of shares of its stock for $30 per share for the next year regardless of how high the
market price goes. ElekTek is offering some employees a:
394. This year, International Accountants, Inc., implemented a new benefits system that gives
employees the flexibility to choose among different benefit options, as long as the total cost of
the benefits does not exceed a certain amount. The type of benefits package offered to
International Accountants employees is a(n):
395. The most likely reason a firm would pay its sales representatives a commission rather
than a salary is that it wants to:
396. This is Anne’s year! She finally broke through the “glass ceiling”—meaning she has
reached an executive-level position with her company, with a salary upward of $200,000.
Recently a competitor firm has approached her offering her $15,000 less in salary, but the job
would come with an upgraded car, memberships in two country clubs of her choice, an additional
two weeks paid vacation with use of the company’s villa in Jamaica, and paid financial
counseling. With respect to compensation, Anne:
397. A ___________ plan gives employees some ability to adjust hours when they work, as long
as they work the required number of hours.
398. The time when all employees must be present in a flextime plan is referred to as:
399. A __________ allows workers to work the full number of hours per week in fewer days.
400. A disadvantage of flextime plans is that they often:
401. In a _____________ arrangement two part-time employees fill one full-time job.
402. Companies are utilizing home-based workers as ______, shifting away from the expense
of maintaining in-house operators or less qualified offshore operators.
403. Although there are advantages and disadvantages to home-based workers for both the
employer and employee the disadvantages to employer, employee, and society in general can be
summarized as:
404. A major characteristic of a compressed workweek is that:
405. A firm that wants to reduce its office costs, broaden its base of available talent and
improve job satisfaction could achieve all of these goals by:
406. Which of the following statements about home-based work is most accurate?
407. At a large law firm, Gina works daily as a secretary from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., when
she is replaced by Cassie who works from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. The arrangement Gina and Cassie
have at the law firm is known as:
408. At Friendly Financial Consulting, employees are allowed to choose what time they start
each work day, as long as they arrive between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. They must
be on the job from 10:00 a.m. until noon and from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. They are required to
work a total of 8 hours each day, so the earlier they arrive, the earlier they can leave. This is a
___________ system.
409. Humphrey Communications uses a flextime plan; however, all employees must be on the
job from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. These hours are referred to as the:
410. Walmart stores in northern Illinois have gone to a _________, where management works
four 10-hour days, and has four days off.
411. Steely Percussion Inc. briefly tried to implement a flextime system, only to abandon it
after a few months. Which of the following is the most likely reason Steely would drop its flextime
plan?
412. Tony is an office manager with a financial company. His company recently announced
that it will soon implement a flextime plan. Under this new system, Tony is likely to find that:
413. Steve works in purchasing for the Department of the Army on the east coast. He arrives
at work at 6:00 a.m. and leaves by 3:00 p.m. He enjoys this schedule because he is an early riser.
A disadvantage to the government in allowing Steve to use flextime is:
414. Janelle spends three hours each day working as an online customer service
representative for an online retailer. She can choose her own hours, within reason. The job works
out well for her since she has a new baby that she cares for much of the day. The retailer does
not provide her or the other 200 customer service reps with workspace, which constitutes a
sizeable cost savings for the company. Janelle participates in a popular work strategy known as
______________.
415. Two advantages of using ___________ to fill open positions are: (1) it improves the morale
of current employees, and (2) the person filling the position is already familiar with the
organization’s culture and procedures.
416. One implication of today’s flatter corporate structures is that:
417. If a firm wants to know why valuable employees are leaving the company, it will conduct
__________.
418. The _______________ doctrine states that employers have as much right to fire workers as
the workers have to leave the company voluntarily.