Exam 11: Human Resource Management: Finding and Keeping the Best Employees

Greg, a control room engineer at Tri State Power, Inc.'s nuclear power plant regularly practices handling emergency situations in a computerized mockup that duplicates the sights, sounds, and experiences of a real control room under emergency conditions. TriState uses to train its engineers.

At Washington Seat Belt Industries, new workers are immediately assigned to jobs. They learn by doing the actual work and by watching longer-term employees. This company uses a policy of:

When you collect information about a particular job title, including how the job is performed and what it takes to perform the job, you are conducting a job analysis.

Job sharing has received a great deal of attention in recent years as more women with small children have entered the labor force.

Ben Eisner is a HR manager at Claymont Communications. Which of the following tasks would Ben perform as a part of the human resource planning process?

A firm that wants to reduce its office costs, broaden its base of available talent and improve job satisfaction could achieve all of these goals by:

Public and private employment agencies and college placement offices are internal sources used by human resource managers when they are recruiting employees.

The changes in the American business system that have had the most dramatic impact on the workings of the free enterprise system are the changes in:

Which of the following is an essential element of a job description?

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that women cannot be barred from "men only" clubs where, in the past, business contacts are often made and business activity occurs.

The benefit of a firm establishing "hoteling" is that it can reduce operating costs because it eliminates the need for office space, for employees that telecommute.

Many firms now offer their employees benefits, such as on-site haircuts and free breakfasts, which help employees maintain a balance between work and family life.

Jake accepted a management trainee position at Opelika Resorts, a real estate development company. Corporate management believes Jake has potential to move into a top management position within the organization. They have begun assigning Jake to a different department every few months so he can obtain the broad perspective needed by top managers. This company is using to develop Jake's management skills.

Discrimination against whites and males is referred to as:

When managing your human resources, is the process of deciding who should be hired, under legal guidelines, to serve the best interests of the individual and the organization.

One of the challenges facing today's human resource managers is a shift in the age distribution of the labor force, including aging baby boomers, many of whom are deferring retirement.

A disadvantage of job sharing is that it requires a firm to hire, train, motivate, and supervise more employees.

The was created by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and has since become a formidable regulatory force in the administration of human resource management.

A common way of compensating teams is a system, in which bonuses are based on improvements over a previous performance baseline.

Julie Daniels recently became a member of the Plumbers Union. She has been told she will work with John Weimeister, a skilled and experienced plumber, for at least three years in order to learn all of the skills and techniques of her craft. This type of training is referred to as: