Exam 4: Analysis and Design of Work and Human Resource Planning

You are the Supervisor of Production for "Bite-Size" Candy Bars;it is the middle of August and the Halloween rush is fast approaching and you realize that you are going to have a serious labour shortage in order to meet the demands until the season passes.Which option for avoiding an expected labour shortage is the best solution?

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Question 21

Although we tend to view jobs as changing and evolving over time,jobs are static and stable.

(True/False)

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Question 22

The _____ are the activities that members of a work unit engage in to produce a given output.

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Question 23

For teams to be effective,it is essential that the level of task interdependence be greater than the level of outcome interdependence.

(True/False)

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Question 24

The final stage of a work-flow analysis is analyzing the:

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 25

The mechanistic approach to job design has its roots in classical industrial engineering.

(True/False)

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Question 26

Employees in functional structures tend to have more decision-making authority than their counterparts in divisional structures.

(True/False)

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Question 27

List the advantages and disadvantages of employing temporary workers.

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Question 28

Job analysis refers to the process of getting detailed information about jobs.

(True/False)

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Question 29

All but one of the following is TRUE of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ).Name the exception.

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 30

What are arrangements whereby employees work the same number of hours normally expected in a traditional five-day workweek,except that the workload is compressed into fewer days of the week,with longer hours worked each day?

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Question 31

Which of the following is not a strategy option for the anticipation of an expected labour surplus shortage?

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Question 32

As a manager,you want to redesign a job to ensure that incumbents have fewer physical ailments,such as backaches and so on.Which job design approach would be most helpful to you?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 33

Consider the job of a university professor in terms of teaching.How would you redesign the job according to the mechanistic approach?

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Question 34

There is evidence to support the use of Flexible Work Arrangements to prevent turnover and to increase job satisfaction among employees.

(True/False)

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Question 35

The ergonomic approach is concerned with issues such as lighting,space,and working hours.

(True/False)

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Question 36

A person's factual or procedural information that is necessary for successfully performing a task is called:

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 37

What are some of the new technologies that are being applied to HRM? What do these technologies enable?

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Question 38

Self-cannibalization is a concern of which one of the following structures?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 39

Which of the following methods of job analysis involves a job analysis questionnaire which provides consistency in the type of data collection across all jobs being analyzed?

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Although we tend to view jobs as changing and evolving over time,jobs are static and stable.

The _____ are the activities that members of a work unit engage in to produce a given output.

For teams to be effective,it is essential that the level of task interdependence be greater than the level of outcome interdependence.

The final stage of a work-flow analysis is analyzing the:

The mechanistic approach to job design has its roots in classical industrial engineering.

Employees in functional structures tend to have more decision-making authority than their counterparts in divisional structures.

List the advantages and disadvantages of employing temporary workers.

Job analysis refers to the process of getting detailed information about jobs.

All but one of the following is TRUE of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ).Name the exception.

What are arrangements whereby employees work the same number of hours normally expected in a traditional five-day workweek,except that the workload is compressed into fewer days of the week,with longer hours worked each day?

Which of the following is not a strategy option for the anticipation of an expected labour surplus shortage?

As a manager,you want to redesign a job to ensure that incumbents have fewer physical ailments,such as backaches and so on.Which job design approach would be most helpful to you?

Consider the job of a university professor in terms of teaching.How would you redesign the job according to the mechanistic approach?

There is evidence to support the use of Flexible Work Arrangements to prevent turnover and to increase job satisfaction among employees.

The ergonomic approach is concerned with issues such as lighting,space,and working hours.

A person's factual or procedural information that is necessary for successfully performing a task is called:

What are some of the new technologies that are being applied to HRM? What do these technologies enable?

Self-cannibalization is a concern of which one of the following structures?

Which of the following methods of job analysis involves a job analysis questionnaire which provides consistency in the type of data collection across all jobs being analyzed?

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