Exam 7: Managing Diverse Human Resources

________ orientation sessions are generally designed to help the new employee get up to speed on the new job,co-workers,policies,procedures,and expectations.

What is a cafeteria-style benefit plan?

In which of the following cases will written tests be the most useful selection technique?

Which of the following selection techniques is likely to offer the highest validity?

Orangetree has hired new employees following a campus recruitment drive.Tim and Sandy,the new employees,have the skills to do the job but lack experience in the work environment.Orangetree assigns two older employees in the same department to help Tim and Sandy get accustomed to the functioning of the organization.This is known as ________.

What does "valid selection technique" mean in the context of job selection?

Alison is a newly promoted manager at N&S.Though she has the requisite qualifications in terms of experience and process knowledge,her team told her supervisors that Alison's management style is abrasive and authoritarian.Which of the following sets of skills does Alison need to improve?

What are graphic rating scales? What are their advantages and disadvantages?

Papercraft Inc.is considering introducing a job sharing program for some departments in the company.Which of the following,if true,would weaken Papercraft's decision?

Janet has been a manager at N&S for the past six years.Following the retirement of her superior,Janet expected to be promoted in his place.However,a male colleague with similar qualifications and less experience was promoted instead.Janet notices that most top-level managers in N&S are male,even though a substantial percentage of the employees are female.Which of the following terms explains this scenario?

________ usually involve(s)the termination of an employee for criminal behavior,such as theft of company property,or for violating the company's policies,such as sharing confidential information with its competitors.

When a job has high physical demands,companies require physical examinations as part of the screening process.Information gathered from the examinations can be used in all of the following ways EXCEPT ________.

Which of the following is true for 360-degree feedback?

A(n)________ is a system that ties some compensation to employee performance.

Structured interviews tend to have lower levels of validity than unstructured interviews.

Placing an employee in several functional areas over the course of his or her career is called cross-functional job rotation.

Immediately upon being promoted to store manager in a bookstore,Rachel receives details of her new compensation package: her salary is tied to store profit,and she must customize her benefit plan.This manager's pay structure is a form of ________,and her benefit plan is ________.

Which of the following is true for behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS)?

Explain how orientation programs train employees in technical,interpersonal,and conceptual skills.

The practice of moving individuals to various types of jobs within the organization at the same level or next-immediate-higher level for periods of time from an hour or two to as long as a year is known as ________.