Exam 7: Recruiting, Selecting, Training, and Developing Employees

Which of the following is true of psychomotor ability tests?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of internal recruiting?

In the context of basic selection criteria, the amount of time an individual may have spent working in either a general capacity or a particular field of study is called _____.

In which of the following organizational development (OD) techniques does an OD advisor observe managers in the organization to develop an understanding of their communication patterns, decision-making and leadership processes, and methods of cooperation and conflict resolution?

In the context of employment in organizations, identify a true statement about selection.

Which of the following is one of the three specific organizational goals that are important to the recruiting process?

Janice, a third-year undergraduate student, joins a publication house as a temporary employee for a period of 2 months to gain work experience. At the end of this period, based on her work, she is offered a permanent position in the organization. Considering that Janice is still a student, she is offered a contract that would be effective upon graduation. Janice confirms to the publication house that she will take up the permanent position as soon as she graduates. The given scenario is an example of _____.

An attempt to determine the extent to which a selection system provides real benefit to an organization is known as _____.

Which of the following statements is true of external recruiting?

In the context of designing a training and development program for an organization, which of the following is the next step after deciding between in-house versus outsourced training?

Which of the following refers to the process of looking within the organization for existing qualified employees who might be promoted to higher-level positions?

Identify a recruiting approach that enables an organization to combine the elements of both internal and external methods of recruiting.

Genoa Public School invited applications for a teaching position. The school wants to increase the diversity of its staff, which mostly comprised Asian-American women. After the completion of the selection tests and interviews, the school found that the top two scorers were both Asian-American women. However, it decided to hire an African-American woman, who was the third top scorer and as qualified as the top two. In this scenario, the school most likely made its selection decision through _____.

Which of the following statements is true of an executive search firm?

The process of designing a training and development program should begin with:

Rosario, a police officer, applies for the position of a deputy in the police department of her city. In the interview round, she is asked to pick up marbles using forceps and place them perfectly on little grooves. Which of the following types of employment tests is Rosario taking in the given scenario?

In the context of popular selection techniques, which of the following is an approach to selecting managers based on measuring and evaluating their ability to perform critical work behaviors?

Research shows that unstructured interviews are much better predictors of subsequent job performance than structured interviews.

Which of the following statements is true of internal recruiting?

Unlike public employment agencies, private employment agencies: