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The Balanced Scorecard approach integrates four categories: financial, customer,
process, and learning measures.
a. True
b. False
The strategies companies are pursuing today increasingly involve one or more elements
of globalization.
a. True
b. False
Utility refers to:
a. the usefulness of a training program.
b. the costs incurred for a training program.
c. training effectiveness in terms of increased outcomes.
d. the benefits derived from training relative to the costs incurred.
When pursuing an adverse impact claim, an individual is alleging:
a. unintentional discrimination against an individual belonging to the nonprotected
class.
b. intentional discrimination against an individualbelonging to the nonprotected class.
c. unintentional discrimination against a protected class.
d. intentional discrimination against a protected class.
According to one budget survey, _____ percent of reporting organizations use variable
pay.
a. 100
b. 80
c. 60
d. 40
A Bloomberg National Poll showed thatmost Americans believe that large bonuses for
Wall Street companies that took taxpayer bailoutsshould be prohibited.
a. True
b. False
The agency responsible for administering and enforcing the Wagner Act is the
Department of Labor.
a. True
b. False
The _____ mandates that employers make health care coverage, at the same rate the
employer would pay, available to employees, their spouses, and their dependents on
termination of employment, death, or divorce.
a. Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
b. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
c. Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
d. Social Security Act
The degree to which the job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of
work, that is, doing a job from beginning to end with a visible outcome is known as:
a. autonomy.
b. task significance.
c. skill variety.
d. task identity.
The _____ collects and displays the results for all the measures that a company uses to
monitor and compare compensation among internal departments or units.
a. red circle rate
b. competence-based pay system
c. compensation scorecard
d. point system
Stress basically comes from two basic sources which are:
a. physical and emotional activity.
b. mental impairment and outside influences.
c. family and friends.
d. emotional distress and work overload.
An internal analysis enables strategic decision makers to assess an organization's
workforce-its skills, cultural beliefs, and values.a. True
b. False
An advantage of published wage surveys is compatibility with the organization's jobs.
a. True
b. False
Broadbanding refers to collapsing of many traditional salary grades into a few wide
salary bands.
a. True
b. False
Each organization has unique circumstances, and parties are more likely to commit to
procedures they create and own.
a. True
b. False
Employees today are less likely to define success in terms of financial gain.
a. True
b. False
A validity coefficient of 0.00 indicates a complete absence of relationship between the
predictor and criterion data.
a. True
b. False
The worth of a job is determined formally through the wage and salary survey.
a. True
b. False
In Japan, scratching your head is a sign of:
a. comprehension.
b. a lack of understanding.
c. excitement.
d. anger.
Succession planning is the process of identifying, developing, and tracking talented
individuals so that they may eventually assume top-level positions.
a. True
b. False
