For most companies, the transnational form represents an ideal, rather than a reality.
a. True
b. False
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act states that the 180-day statute of limitations for filing
an equal-pay lawsuit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
resets with each new discriminatory paycheck an employee receives.
a. True
b. False
It is increasingly common for employees to quit or resign from their jobs because of the
intolerable acts of their employers leaving them with no other choice.
a. True
b. False
In absolute terms, which country in the world is the most productive?
a. Japan
b. United States
c. Germany
d. Sweden
The success of campus recruiting can be weakened by all of the following EXCEPT:
a. recruiters who are not trained to talk to interested candidates.
b. failure to follow up on individual prospects.
c. limiting visits to highly selected campuses.
d. visiting too many campuses.
A Human Resource Information System (HRIS) provides current and accurate data for
control and decision-making by managers.
a. True
b. False
A common childcare benefit offered by employers is the dependent care spending
account.
a. True
b. False
In _____, the U.S. Supreme Court found that employees had been ranked against a
vague standard, open to each supervisor’s own interpretation.
a. California Board of Regents v. Bakke
b. Griggs v. Duke Power Co.
c. Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody
d. Brito v. Zia
A study by the American Institute of Plant Engineersshowed that there was no
correlationbetweenan increase in the commitment to safety by managers and a decrease
in accidents.
a. True
b. False
“Energized organizing” to stem the overall decline in union membership involves:
a. capitalizing on technological advances.
b. targeting ignored worker groups, such as low-wage tier service workers and
immigrants.
c. participative management and empowerment.
d. consolidation of national unions under the AFL-CIO.
The lines of advancement for an individual within an organization are known as:
a. career paths.
b. job shadows.
c. skills inventories.
d. career plateaus.
Many high-performance work systems begin with highly directive:
a. compensation policies.
b. work flow systems.
c. recruitment and selection practices.
d. top-down communication systems.
Managers have to find ways to empower employees and encourage their participation
and involvement to more fully utilize human capital because:
a. employees are required to cut down on administrative costs.
b. firms are moving away from team-based structures.
c. employee skills often go unused.
d. managers want to avoid competing through people.
If the criteria used to hire and evaluate employees are vague and not job-related,
employers are less likely to find themselves being accused of discriminating against the
members of protected classes.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following includes the different types of diversity training?
a. Equal employment and affirmative action
b. Process and behavior
c. Awareness building and skill building
d. Conventional and non-conventional
Corporate strategy focuses on domain selection.
a. True
b. False
The two primary purposes of performance appraisals are:
a. informative and developmental.
b. managerial and administrative.
c. managerial and informative.
d. administrative and developmental.
_____ are labor markets in which workers are hired into entry level jobs and higher
level jobs are filled from within.
a. Internal labor markets
b. External labor markets
c. Global sourcing markets
d. Outsourcing markets