Exam 17: Human Resource Policies and Practices

Which of the following work-life initiatives is an example of a culture-change strategy?

Which of the following is an off-the-job training method?

Marcel hates the annual review process he has to do for the employees in his department. Although he is fully aware of some of his employees' faults, he is reluctant to discuss them in person, and is only comfortable writing them in an unsigned report that his supervisor will review. Marcel's behavior demonstrates ________.

The critical incidents method of performance evaluation focuses the evaluator's attention on the difference between executing a job effectively and executing it ineffectively.

A group of human resources practices that work together and reinforce one another to improve organizational outcomes is known as a high performance work system.

Compare and contrast between on-the-job training and off-the-job training.

Performance-simulation tests have higher ________, which measures whether applicants perceive the measures to be accurate.

Which of the following statements is most likely to be true regarding behavioral structured interviews?

Technical training has become increasingly important because of changes in organizational design.

Elaborate sets of performance-simulation tests specifically designed to evaluate a candidate's managerial potential are ________.

Sophia is a valued employee in your department. She is positive and dependable but lacks ambition and has stagnated in her position this year. She also is consistently late on deadlines, although the work she turns in is usually flawless. Choose one of the performance evaluation methods discussed in the chapter and use it to evaluate the three most popular sets of criteria for Sophia. Explain why your evaluation method is strong or weak and how it could be improved.

Which of the following is most likely to be used for preliminary "rough cuts" to decide whether an applicant meets the basic qualifications for a job?

During a selection process, the ________ selection stage immediately follows the initial selection stage.

By training employees on how to be better listeners, organizations attempt to improve their ________ skills.

You are involved in training and development for your division at Dunder Mifflin Inc. You want to target some specific organizational problems through training. -Your organization has reduced layers, flattening the organization. Your employees now need to perform a wider variety of tasks. As a result, you need to provide employees with training to help develop their ________ skills.

The group order ranking method of performance evaluation combines major elements from the critical incident and graphic rating scale approaches.

The government passes a new law requiring all companies to offer employees unpaid time off to care for their children. This would harm the economic competitiveness of the nation's businesses as companies must be free to set their own employment policies without mandated parental-leave regulations. Which of the following, if true, would weaken the argument?

Applicants describe how they handled specific problems and situations in previous jobs in a(n) ________ interview.

A formal mentoring program is an example of an off-the-job training method.

Ozu Tech offers employees four unpaid weeks sabbatical, or three to six partially paid weeks off for family-related reasons. This work-life initiative offered by Ozu Tech is a type of ________.