Exam 6: Orientation and Training

Yung made a choice to leave a large management consulting firm where she had worked for 10 years to become the executive director of a newly established nonprofit association, ChildAid, which is dedicated to helping children living in poverty.She had been volunteering with the organization prior to become the executive director, as she was inspired by the organization's mission.ChildAid has enough funds to give her a very modest salary for a year.She must engage in vigorous fundraising efforts to enable the organization to continue paying her salary beyond 1 year.Yung most likely has which of the following career anchors? technical/functional service/ dedication service/dedication and security creativity and autonomy independence and lifestyle

The manager performs all of the following career development functions except listening to and clarifying the individual's career plans. shielding the employee from organizational resources and career options. offering organizational support. giving feedback. generating career options.

Targus, an engineering consulting company based in Vancouver, Canada, has opened new offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.Targus wishes to hire Asian-born staff for these new offices and would also like to increase the percentage of aboriginal persons it hires as engineering consultants in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.Given this shift in hiring practices, designing the orientation program for the company will present which of the following challenges?

A systematic method of training that is used for teaching job skills involving presenting questions or facts, allowing the trainee to respond, and giving the trainee immediate feedback on the accuracy of his/her answers, is known as

The following are all steps in an ideal training program except

A lifelong series of activities (such as workshops) that contributes to a person's career exploration, establishment, success, and fulfillment is retraining. a job seminar. product life-cycles. career development. empowerment.

Trainees learn best when they learn at

Learning organizations engage in all of the following activities except learning from others. unsystematic problem solving. experimentation. transferring knowledge. learning from experience.

People who are attracted to work as advertising executives are likely to have what kind of personality orientation? enterprising artistic conventional social executive

Developmental activities provide educational and training resources required to help managers identify job rotations. on the job training. educational and training resources required to help employees identify job-sharing opportunities. educational and training resources required to help employees identify their career potential. educational and training resources required to help employees identify career-related progress.

A person with a strong social orientation might be attracted to careers that entail interpersonal, rather than intellectual or physical, activities and to occupations such as social work. accountant. professor. research chemist. contemporary artist.

A person becomes aware of career anchors as a result of learning about his or her talents and abilities, motives and needs, and attitudes and values.

People who are attracted to work as accountants are likely to have what kind of personality orientation? enterprising conventional mature investigative realistic

Antonio owns several franchises of a successful quick-serve restaurant chain, which he manages as a single business enterprise.He built this business from the ground up, starting and then selling successful businesses in order to "buy into" the franchises.Antonio has two children, Susan and Alex, who are both now in their 20's.He would like them to take over the business from him when he retires.Susan and Alex both took the Vocational Preference Test (VPT)-Susan's type was identified as investigative and Alex's type was identified as realistic.Based on your knowledge of the VPT, assess whether Antonio should try to develop either Susan or Alex (or both) to take over the business.

Management development is training of a more long-term nature.

People who are attracted to work as biologists or professors are likely to have what kind of personality orientation? artistic investigative conventional mature social

An important key to successful executive integration is

The skills needed to be successful in a particular occupation are developed through education and experience. aptitudes. motivation. life skills. job skills.

A technique for determining the training needs of newly hired employees is

The first step in training is to determine what training is required.