Exam 14: Human Resource Policies and Practices in the Arab World

Explain why performance evaluations should be improved. Discuss some suggestions for improving performance evaluations.

Hands-on simulation of part of a job is known as a _______.

Describe and discuss the four general skill categories addressed by most employee training activities.

Describe and discuss the two most popular forced comparison methods of performance evaluation.

If raters make evaluations on only those dimensions which they are in a good position to rate, this increases the agreement between raters and makes the evaluation a more valid process.

Performance evaluations are used as a mechanism for all of the following except .

The individual ranking approach ranks each employee into a particular classification.

You have recently gone to work for Goodvibes, a medium-sized firm that provides temporary workers for organizations who are outsourcing such functions as accounting, marketing, and training and development. Most Goodvibes employees are highly trained and could work at almost any company of their choosing. Many employees work part-time or job share so that they can have more control over how their time is spent. Goodvibes has instituted many family-friendly programs in order to attract and keep these talented people. -Which of the following programs is Goodvibes likely to have instituted?

Discuss the reasons why managers utilize performance simulation tests over written tests.

If management fails to get a proper match between an employee and a position, both employee performance and satisfaction suffer.

The evaluation method that focuses the evaluator's attention on those behaviors that are key to executing a job effectively is known as_______ .

Probably the simplest method of evaluation is the graphic rating scale.

When a manager is evaluated on the cost per unit of production in his or her department, the evaluation criterion being used is behaviors.

Most informal training revolves around employees simply helping each other out.

One of the most popular methods of evaluation is the graphic rating scale.

Which of the following is the least predictive set of criteria used to evaluate employees?

_______ranking requires the evaluator to place employees into a particular classification, such as top one-fifth or second one-fifth.

The behavioral structured interview is built on the assumption that_______ .

Examples of off-the-job training include all of the following except .