Exam 11: Managing Human Resource Systems

Camila is a new employee at Dario Enterprises and is undergoing training. A senior employee from her team is assigned the task of mentoring Camila. Camila learns by watching her mentor perform various tasks and by working on simple tasks alongside her mentor. Which of the following training methods has Dario Enterprises adopted to train Camila?

__________is the process of developing a pool of qualified job applicants.

The top management of a company decided to lay off about 20 percent of its employees to cope with the financial loss the company incurred over the year. This scenario is an example of__________.

The instructors at Edudrakel, a tutoring center for undergraduate students, are required to teach multiple subjects that are not limited to their expertise or their majors. Therefore, the employee selection criteria at Edudrakel does not include testing of subject knowledge but focusses on assessing the logical, mental, numerical, problem-solving, and verbal abilities of the job applicants. In this scenario, which of the following selection tests should Edudrakel conduct to hire the right candidates?

The first selection devices that most job applicants encounter when they seek a job are application forms and résumés.

Which of the following acts provides for jury trials and punitive damages for employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, or national origin?

Job specifications can be defined as:

While hiring a human resources manager at Naongiam, an automobile dealer, applicants were given the details of a fictitious company and asked to assume a role in it. They had to solve personnel issues in the company in a given amount of time. This in-basket exercise was administered via computer and reviewed by a trained evaluator. This scenario illustrates that Naongiam used _____ for the selection of a human resources manager.

Molleenz, a visual effects company, has multiple openings for the positions of compositor, concept artist, digital preparation artist, layout artist, and match move artist. Due to the high attrition rate in the company, the recruitment team decides to post and update these openings on the company website. Job applicants can create a temporary user login on the website to apply for the openings of their choice. In this scenario, Molleenz is engaged in _____.

The junior accountants at Stejings, a textile manufacturing company, are being interviewed to fill a vacancy for the position of senior accountant in the company. In this scenario, Stejings is engaged in_____.

Which of the following defines job posting?

In vestibule training, experiential exercises place trainees in realistic job-related situations and give them the opportunity to experience a job-related condition in a relatively low-cost setting.

After the chief executive officer of Wradamt Inc. resigned, the human resources department of the company placed an advertisement in several leading newspapers inviting applicants with the requisite qualifications and work experience. In this scenario, Wradamt Inc. is engaged in _____.

Adverse impact is intentional discrimination that occurs when people are purposely not given the same hiring, promotion, or membership opportunities because of their race, color, sex, age, ethnic group, national origin, or religious beliefs

At Bapostsyl, a telecommunications company, marketing managers are hired after testing their strategic thinking capabilities through a job simulation exercise. This scenario illustrates that Bapostsyl uses _____ for the selection of marketing managers.

A female worker is working late hours at her office. Her manager approaches her on the pretext of inquiring about work updates. He casually turns the conversation into a personal one and starts touching her and making explicit remarks about her body. The female worker reacts furiously and tells the manager that she is going to take this issue to the human resources department. The manager feels intimidated and threatens her that if she files any complaints, her appraisal will be affected. This case is an example of _____.

When managers give administrative feedback, they are acting as coaches.

Identify a subjective performance measure.

At Corpceton, a plastic products manufacturing company, two to three newly hired machine operators are assigned to senior machine operators who train them for a few weeks. After the trainees complete three months of probation in the company, each of them is given a machine to operate on. In the context of training methods, this scenario best illustrates _____.

In general, most companies try to keep the rate of employee turnover high.