Exam 10: Managing Human Resource Systems

Employees should be sent to training even if they don't need it in order to maximize use of classroom seats in a training program.

What is a drawback of performance appraisal?

Narrative 10-2 The GoForth Institute was founded by Dr. Leslie McGeough,who left academia to focus on developing entrepreneurial training for small business owners. After years of studying entrepreneurs and small businesses,she realized that most small businesses fail-and that she had an answer. She launched the GoForth Institute to help entrepreneurs "know what they don't know" about running a small business;she partnered with Community Futures,a network of non-profits that supports small businesses and entrepreneurs in rural communities. She identified cost,time,and impact as core values for her firm. As she puts it,"Entrepreneurs love to learn,but they aren't interested in education that's uninspiring or unaffordable." Narrative 10-2 The GoForth Institute was founded by Dr. Leslie McGeough,who left academia to focus on developing entrepreneurial training for small business owners. After years of studying entrepreneurs and small businesses,she realized that most small businesses fail-and that she had an answer. She launched the GoForth Institute to help entrepreneurs "know what they don't know" about running a small business;she partnered with Community Futures,a network of non-profits that supports small businesses and entrepreneurs in rural communities. She identified cost,time,and impact as core values for her firm. As she puts it,"Entrepreneurs love to learn,but they aren't interested in education that's uninspiring or unaffordable." -Refer to Narrative 10-2. Which of the following did Dr. McGeough do to determine that entrepreneurs "aren't interested in education that's uninspiring or unaffordable"?

Identify the employee characteristics that are protected by federal employment anti-discrimination laws (i.e.,the characteristics upon which employers are not legally allowed to discriminate). Specify which human resource management decisions these laws affect.

A perennial problem of teacher education programs is to select the highest-quality candidates and to deny admission to those unsuited to work in schools. One suggested method is to ask applicants a series of questions about their experiences with siblings,how they deal with stress,their attitude toward procrastination,and ways that they like to have fun. What is the term for what this method gathers?

Job analyses,job descriptions,and job specifications help companies meet the legal requirement that their human resource decisions be job related.

Engineered Fabrics makes bladders for airplane gas tanks. In the event of a puncture,the bladder will prevent the tank from exploding. The bladders must be defect-free. To check the bladders,company employees must be able to crawl into a 46 cm (18-inch)diameter hole in the bladder side and look for light leaks. Why is it legal to limit the weight and height of individuals working in quality control at this company?

Virginia works in the human resources department of a pharmaceutical company. Virginia is reviewing the skills of current managers to determine if any have both formal business and biochemistry education. Based on her findings,Virginia will know whether she can promote one of the current managers to a new position or will have to look outside of the company. What part of the human resources management process is Virginia involved with?

Briefly identify and describe the two kinds of sexual harassment that can be specified from a legal perspective.

Which type of information is typically collected as part of a job analysis?

Freelance industry experts are often hired through sites such as Monster,Workopolis,and LinkedIn.

Which type of interviewing typically leads to much more accurate hiring decisions-that is,correctly predicting which job applicants will perform better and therefore should be hired?

Federal employment laws are relatively unchanging.

Which federal law prohibits discrimination on a number of grounds?

Which of the following asks raters to rate the frequency with which workers perform specific actions representative of the job dimensions that are critical to successful job performance?

From which type of selection information would employers receive the greatest benefit if their goal is to stop employee theft?

Explain the nature and intent of federal employment law. Identify the circumstances under which protected characteristics such as gender,age,or religion can be used as the basis for employment decisions as well as the circumstances under which a company may be found guilty of illegal discrimination. Define the relationship between the federal,provincial,and territory employment laws and governing bodies.

Needs assessments identify employees' learning needs and should never be used to determine which employees shouldn't attend training.

Estimates of losses in the HAZMAT driver workforce could vary from 2 percent to 20 percent as a result of new federal regulations requiring that all drivers be fingerprinted and each set of fingerprints checked to see whether the driver has a criminal record. This new requirement will cause a worsening problem for the already over-extended workforce. What does this requirement call for?

Internal recruiting relies on career paths,or planned sequences of advancement within an organization.