Exam 7: Training, learning, Talent Management and Development

At what approximate ages does the maintenance career stage typically occur?

One of the disadvantages of distance learning is:

Acme Global provides its employees with the opportunity to experience job rotation.This allows the employees to see more of what goes on in the organization and how each job functions.Acme Global is developing its employees through ________.

Allie is showing Sam how to process certain types of laboratory specimens.Allie always works one-on-one with new hire employees.Sam and Allie are engaged in a training activity known as ___________.

Elaborate on the advantages and disadvantages to on-the-job training.

______ is the third level of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.

Karen is the next employee scheduled to attend three weeks of training in another state.Her employer knows the training will disrupt Karen's family life.The employer arranges cell phone service and internet access for Karen to communicate daily with her family while she is away.Other coworkers tell Karen how useful the training has been,and that the time away goes quickly.By supporting Karen,the coworkers and the employer are improving Karen's _________ to learn.

When Laura started working in the accounting department,she felt like her boss hovered over her all day and constantly double checked her work.As a result,Laura made sure she always did her work exactly as the boss would like and that she double checked her own work so the boss would find no errors.Eventually,she found that her boss stopped hovering and double checking her work.What Laura experienced was _________.

What type of training is Job Instruction Training?

Discuss the concept of a career.Why has career planning become such an important factor in 21st century companies?

Alex is unsure he will be successful in the upcoming management training program.He thinks he might not have the right educational and experiential background to do well in the training.Alex is demonstrating _____________.

In anticipation of tax season,Micah is working with the organization's tax preparers to determine their knowledge of current tax laws.Micah's goal is to make sure the tax preparers can deliver excellent customer service in alignment with the company's goals.If she finds they cannot provide this service,she will implement training to bring everyone up to speed.What Micah is conducting a _________.

If a ________________ is not done correctly,a training course may be poorly designed,or it may cover the wrong information.

If the goals of the training program include providing concrete information to a group of trainees or comparing process options,which one of the following methods would most likely to be used?

If a training needs assessment is not done properly,all of the following can occur with the exception of:

Competency models identify the tasks needed to perform a particular job in the organization.

Kathleen's manager has asked her to attend training on data analysis techniques.However,Kathleen feels that she never learned how to properly use a spreadsheet and that she will fail at the more difficult analysis techniques that require spreadsheet use.It appears that Kathleen's ________ for the training is low.

"I feel stuck in my job as mid-manager with no chance of moving up." What is this mid-manager stuck in?

How would you apply Kirkpatrick's Evaluation levels to a human resource management class?

John reached his sales goal for the first quarter of the year and earned a bonus.What John experienced was __________.