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Development focuses on the immediate period to help fix any current deficits in employees’ skills. Massed practice is more effective than spaced practice when learning a complex task. Answer: False The ProMES method of performance appraisal is effective when management […]

The decision to retire can be influenced by both economic conditions and personal characteristics. Written warning copied to a supervisor’s file is not an example of progressive disciplinary program. Answer: False Managers should execute a compensation strategy that is in […]

BARS are graphic scales with specific behavioral descriptions defining various points along the scale for each dimension. Salary survey is the principal tool for establishing market pricing approach. Answer: False A visit to a college campus is a major source […]

Increased group-level diversity always leads to improved performance. The concept of liability without fault provides that workers who are victims of work-related injury or illness are granted benefits regardless of who is responsible for the accident, injury, or illness. Answer: […]

One of the guidelines for effective job posting systems is posting all permanent promotion and transfer opportunities for at least one week before recruiting outside the organization. Third parties that specialize in facilitating importing and exporting are called intermediaries. Answer: […]

A linear relationship between test scores and job performance indicates that there is no relationship between higher test scores prediction of higher performance on the job. An employee handbook can be a supplement to employee orientation. Answer: True Because the […]

Job-relatedness requires the employer to use a careful job analysis to identify the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the job. Financial or economic capability is derived from an advantage related to costs, when a business is able […]

Performance appraisals should be focused on the past and managers should not waste time in discussion of the employees career aspirations. The most important criterion for a selection method is reliability. Answer: False Audiovisuals involve recording a portion of audio […]

While it is true that unionized workers have higher base pay than non-unionized workers, the same cannot be said for the level of benefits received by unionized workers, who generally have fewer benefits than their peers in nonunion organizations. Relapse […]

Organizations utilizing hiring freeze and early retirement packages could be left with fewer vacancies in key areas in addition to fewer workers in functions and jobs considered redundant. HR planning is a task that is accomplished without regard or connection […]

Licensing is one means of entering a foreign market. In general public sector employees have more bargaining power than private sector employees. Answer: False Employer sanctions resulting from a case of disparate impact can affect areas of the business beyond […]

When using the behavioral observation scales (BOS), a manager will consider at what frequency a behavior occurs. A co-worker has suggested that you should randomly assign employees to either the training or to a control group to increase the effectiveness […]

Concern there may be a lawsuit filed is reason enough to use race or gender as a determinant of hiring, even if there is a detrimental impact on another group. Employers can fire or reassign an employee who files EEO […]

The ProMES method of performance appraisal is effective when management wants to build a sense of ownership and empowerment for their employees. Psychological assessment is used by the organization to make early identifications of individuals with exceptionally high career potential. […]

Merit pay plans are also known as piece-rate systems. Large corporations such as Walmart, are generally successful when they decide to embark on ventures within foreign markets, and because of their size, do not need to be concerned about the […]

The one-group pretest€posttest design is useful when it is difficult to collect criteria measures on individuals prior to offering them the training. It is difficult to operate in a decentralized fashion in a multilocal industry because of the high need […]

If the employee does not suffer economic injury, or discharge there can be no charge of discrimination. Broadbanding allows managers to make very precise differentiations in pay through the large number of pay grades. Answer: False Effectively identifying learning objectives […]

There is no way that a hiring manager can predict that one candidate will remain in the job any longer than the other candidates. 360 degree performance appraisal and feedback is a form of multi-source performance appraisal and feedback. Answer: […]

Identifying the relevant labor market is an important step towards deciding the type of recruiting method to be used. In order for a company to be able to use job relatedness as a defense the information needs to be both […]

An organizations degree of foreign investment in relation to its domestic investment does not play a role in increasing the complexity of managing HR internationally. FLSAs overtime provisions establish that employers pay workers at least 0.5 times their regular hourly […]

Incentives that are not permanently tied to an individuals base pay are easier to manage in terms of budgets when performance declines. The transfer of learning back to the job is critical for successful training, and activities conducted before, during […]

The three major steps involved in the basic process of training are assessment, development, and evaluation. Because the cost of labor is so high relative to other operating expenses, containing this cost can have a large impact on a companys […]

The standard hourly rate is calculated by dividing the base wage by the standard. Graphic rating scales are the most widely used type of rating format. Answer: True Unlike the U.S., in Europe, more than one union, may represent the […]

Ethical thinking programs emphasize evaluating a situation objectively and evaluating the anticipated and unintended consequences of each possible action. The future of unionization in the U.S. is positive, especially with legislative and political forces in favor of unions. Answer: False […]

The four-fifths rule indicates that a selection rate (number selected/number considered) for a protected group cannot be greater than four-fifths or 80 percent of the selection rate for the group with the highest selection rate. A company can establish a […]

Work analysis information can be presented only in the qualitative form. MPDQ results provide information on whether a particular job specification is necessary for any given position. Answer: False An important determinant of effective PFP is the incentive being valued […]

The EEOCs definition of an applicant is not relevant to cases of adverse treatment. One of the guidelines for effective job posting systems is posting all permanent promotion and transfer opportunities for at least one week before recruiting outside the […]

Employment-at-will exists even when there is either a contract (implied or explicit) or a collective bargaining agreement or the employee works for a public agency. Counseling sessions are less time consuming and more cost-effective compared to other career development methods. […]

The 80 percent or four-fifths rule derives from the EEOCs Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures. An applicant who is drug addict, currently engaged in illegal use of drugs, has rights to employment that are outlined in the Americans with […]

One of the significant trends in creative HR planning is the use of permanent part-time employees. The most important criterion for a selection method is reliability. Answer: False The WARN Act requires employers to give 60 days notice to their […]

In a point-factor plan, a jobs relative worth is the sum of the numerical values for each degree within each factor. Career management activities are conducted independently of other HR activities. Answer: False One of the “affirmative defense” strategies recommended […]

Where an employee is subject to both the state (or city) and federal minimum wage laws, the employee is entitled to the lower of the two minimum wages. Job candidates who have been referred, particularly those who are family and […]

Training refers to learning opportunities designed to help employees grow. The data derived from job analysis is static and once the criteria for success are identified and correlated to job performance for a particular position, there is no need to […]

A lower selection ratio is generally more desirable as it enables the organization to choose job candidates from a larger pool of qualified candidates, thus increasing selectivity. Smaller businesses are more likely to use formal approaches for conducting job analyses. […]

A pay for performance plan negates the need to manage an employees performance. The manager need only focus on the distribution of rewards in order to generate appropriate employee behaviors. One of the guidelines for writing a handbook is that […]

In the tax protection approach, firms withhold taxes based on the home-country tax obligation and pay all taxes in the host country. Because of the perception of fairness that results from the use of forced distribution in performance appraisals, this […]

A major disadvantage to joint ventures is the potential for conflict between the partners. Stock awards and stock options, identified as a means for rewarding performance, are well suited for meeting short-run objectives. Answer: False When considering what level of […]

Mediators act as go-betweens between the parties to help clarify the issues but that they have no conclusive power or authority to impose a legally binding solution. Increasing globalization of the economy and a growing competitive work environment with a […]

The piece-rate system and the standard hourly rate, as the two types of individual incentive systems, are based on rated output. International labor relations is complicated due to differences in the role of governments, religions and political agendas from one […]

Person analysis can be used to assess trainability. Permanent part-time work is an innovative work arrangement that allows employees to work fewer days during the week, with longer hours per day. Answer: False An employee who is upset because the […]

When planning a feedback session as part of the performance appraisal process, it is important to allow the ratee to share their thoughts and to address career aspirations. Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) is considered to be trait-oriented approach. Answer: False […]

Job analysis work can be used to justify the use of particular selection tests and related cut off scores. An on line employee survey is one of the external forces governing the justice present in an employee-employer relationship. Answer: False […]

The Fisher test can be used to ascertain the relationship between two categorical variables and two levels. The purpose of OSHA does not include providing training programs to increase the number and competence level of occupational safety and health personnel. […]

Quantitative reviews, also known as meta-analyses are used to evaluate the effectiveness of HRM methodology. A blended training approach could include an integration of classroom and e-learning training approaches. Answer: True EEO legislation is meant to ensure that personnel selection […]

Firms that can effectively price discriminate can increase profitability when they engage in: A. predatory pricing. B. limit pricing. C. strategies that raises rivals’ costs. D. Any of the statements associated with this question are correct. A student in a […]

Two identical firms compete as a Cournot duopoly. The demand they face is P = 100 – 2Q. The cost function for each firm is C(Q) = 4Q. The equilibrium output of each firm is: A. 8 B. 16 C. […]

What is the level of net benefits when four units are produced? A. 0 B. 70 C. -70 D. 20 Your firm produces two products, Q1 and Q2. An economic consulting firm has estimated your cost function to be a. […]

Which of the following is true about an excise tariff? A. Domestic firms’ marginal cost curves are shifted up by the amount of the excise tariff. B. Foreign firms’ average cost curves are shifted down by the amount of the […]

Under a profit-sharing compensation scheme, the manager will: A. shirk all day. B. not shirk all day. C. optimize his choice between income and leisure. D. do the same thing as under a fixed salary scheme. When the owner runs […]

Consider a Stackelberg duopoly with the following inverse demand function: P = 100 – 2Q1 – 2Q2. The firms’ marginal costs are identical and are given by MCi = 2. Based on this information, the Stackelberg leader’s marginal revenue function […]