Exam 14: Human Resource Management: Building a Top-Quality Workforce

Firms that have seasonal business patterns are less likely to hire contingent workers than firms that have relatively stable employment patterns.

Which of the following is a major challenge that human resource managers face with their baby boom generation employees?

What have several recent studies shown about women in the labour force?

What must HR managers do in order to gain the respect of other managers within their organizations?

The discrimination faced by women in the workforce has contributed to a brain drain.

Ramon is interested in hiring a clerical worker for his department.He notes that the clerk must be able to type at least 40 words-per-minute,know how to use a fax machine,have good filing skills,and have good people skills.Ramon could have obtained this information by looking at the job description for this position.

What has happened to the gap between average CEO pay and average worker pay since 1980?

When it comes to references and background checks,which of the following is true for most firms?

Define how employers evaluate workers' performance.Describe some of the potential appraisal goofs that can arise during this process.

Which of the following include compensation such as health insurance,sick leave,and childcare or eldercare programs offered to an employer's workers?

In which type of program does a beginning worker serve as an assistant to a fully trained worker for a specified period of time before attaining full credentials to work in the field?

Because the human resources department generally attracts the best and brightest managerial talent in most companies,human resource managers are generally held in very high regard by others within their organizations.

According to a report in Fast Company,which of the following is a major reason why many HR managers struggle to add value to their firm?

Vestibule training is a type of off-the-job training that involves working with "real" equipment very similar to the equipment the worker will use on the job.

Apprenticeship programs are more popular in Canada than in Europe.

Contingent workers are employees who do not expect regular,full-time jobs,including temporary full-time workers,independent contractors,and temporary agency or contract agency workers.

Human resource management is the management function that primarily focuses on which of the following?

Shelly Tiller is a human resource manager with a medium-sized corporation.She has noticed that managers in other departments seldom seem to include her and other HR managers in their planning efforts.One problem Shelly and her HR colleagues face is that it is virtually impossible to quantify the financial impact HR functions have on the company's bottom line.