Exam 9: Human Resource Development

Activities that involve preparing an employee for future responsibilities are described as:

Training for new employees that provides them with the skills necessary to meet the performance standards of the job is known as:

The purpose of follow-up interviews with new employees is NOT to:

It is well known that adults learn differently from children. Discuss these differences.

A US study found that the costs associated with online teaching:

Planned orientation activities should commence:

In some situations, the costs and risks involved in training on real equipment are unacceptably high. In such cases, which type of training method would be employed?

The action learning approach to training and development is based on the assumption that people learn best when:

If training effectiveness was evaluated by measuring changes in attitudes, interpersonal relationships and motivation that could be attributed to that training activity, then this effectiveness measure would be known as:

In the new information-based economy, the most important intellectual property;

A developmentally-oriented relationship between senior and junior colleagues or peers that involves advising, role modelling, sharing contacts and giving general support is:

Task variables can be identified through an examination of which of the following documents:

A study found that most Australian companies believe technology and innovation are important:

Web-based instruction is seen as inappropriate for training in:

In today's business environment, training and development is required to:

On-the-job training might make use of all of the following EXCEPT:

An assignment to gain exposure to some specific knowledge and/or skills in order to prepare an employee to fill a particular job, is a training methodology known as:

The knowledge, skills, and abilities of an organisation's employees are known as:

Very few organisations measure training and development effectiveness. Those that do tend to:

Which technique is designed to give employees work experience in various parts of the organisation, allowing them to broaden their skills and knowledge?