Exam 13: Managing Human Resources

Recruitment is defined as the process of screening job applicants to determine who is best qualified for the job.

One disadvantage of employee referrals as a source of job candidates is that it generates unqualified candidates.

Giving negative information about the organization to prospective candidates is not a good idea because it puts the company in bad light.

In a short essay, define selection and list some of the selection tools used by managers.

Steve recommends that employees should be compensated according to their competencies, rather than their designations.Employees should be financially rewarded when they gain more knowledge and learn new processes that are relevant to the job, even if the employee is at a lower level.This implies that Steve favors a ________.

The two most common forms of representative participation are ________.

Gareth has been promoted as the HR manager.He is now in charge of recruiting at Eowin Systems, and is expected to enhance the diversity of the workforce.Which of the following recruiting sources should Gareth avoid if he is to achieve the stated aim of a more diverse workforce?

A ________ selection device indicates that the device measures the same thing consistently.

The two types of orientations are ________.

Which of the following Acts requires continued health coverage following termination of an employee?

The first three activities of the human resource management process involves ________.

________ is an Internet-based learning where employees participate in multimedia simulations or other interactive modules.

Six months into Wade's tenure as sales manager, he hosts his first regional sales meeting.During the course of the meeting, Wade meets individually with his employees and shows them a chart of their sales numbers for each month compared to their budgeted quota for the year to date.Additionally, Wade and each employee set mutually agreed-upon budget goals for the remaining six months of the fiscal year.Wade is utilizing the ________ method of performance appraisal.

A ________ states the minimum qualifications that a person must possess to successfully perform a given job.

People who prefer integration are more likely to respond positively to options such as flextime and part-time hours.

Which of the following Acts prohibits discrimination on the basis of physical or mental disabilities?

An organization that wants to have high-performance work practices should discourage self-managed teams and decentralized decision making.

There are only two ways of controlling labor supply through decruitment: firing and early retirements.

Which of the following is a type of general training provided by organizations?

The process by which managers ensure that they have the right number and kinds of capable people in the right places and at the right times is known as ________.