Exam 1: Staffing Models and Strategy

Which of the following is a part of the recruiting phase of the staffing process?

An organization's core workforce is composed of workers who are used on an as-needed, just-in-time basis.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car tries to use a single strategy for recruiting employees, rather than spreading their efforts across a lot of different strategies.

A(n) ________ staffing strategy is when organizations decide to go to locations where there are ample labor supplies.

The person/job match model says that individuals are characterized by their level of qualifications and motivation.

The process of acquiring, deploying, and retaining a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality to create positive impacts on the organization's effectiveness is called ________.

The purpose of retention systems is to ________.

Quantity or quality labor shortages can mean lost business opportunities, scaled-back expansion plans, an inability to provide critical consumer goods and services, and even threats to organizational survival.

It is usually wise to just focus on task and KSAO requirements when staffing, because job requirements almost never extend beyond task and KSAO requirements.

Staffing the organization requires attention to both the quantity and quality of people brought into, moved within, and retained by the organization.

Which of these activities is most directly associated with the employment phase of the staffing process?

Some organizations accept a certain level of turnover as inevitable and frequently hire replacements to fill vacancies.

Which of the following statements is false regarding person-job match?

Organizations should attempt to eliminate all employee turnover if at all possible.

The ________ is composed of more peripheral workers who are used on an as-needed, just-in-time basis.

The selection stage of the staffing process emphasizes the assessment and evaluation of job applicants.

Support activities for HR include legal compliance, planning, and job analysis.

The staffing quantity model uses ________ to determine whether a condition of being overstaffed, fully staffed, or understaffed exists.

The recruitment stage of the staffing process involves identification and attraction activities by both the organization and the individual.

The process that involves the placement of new hires on the actual job they will hold is called ________.