Question 1

Mentors are executives who coach,advise,and encourage junior employees.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What can HR professionals do to manage the risks associated with succession management?

Accepted Answer

A) promote a culture of talent management 
B) encourage development only for key positions 
C) identify historic gaps in competencies 
D) develop successors for all organizational positions 
A) promote a culture of talent management 
B) encourage development only for key positions 
C) identify historic gaps in competencies 
D) develop successors for all organizational positions

Question 3

According to MDS,a medical supply company,why does the company hire talent even when there are no openings available?

Accepted Answer

A) Recruitment is strategic. 
B) The company can pay less. 
C) The hiree can work two jobs. 
D) Someone is about to be fired. 
A) Recruitment is strategic. 
B) The company can pay less. 
C) The hiree can work two jobs. 
D) Someone is about to be fired.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a reason that links succession planning to effective HR planning?

Accepted Answer

A) It enables smooth internal employee movement and continuity. 
B) It improves employee opportunities for management. 
C) It supports new organizational structures and flexibility. 
D) It motivates employees and promotes them for performance. 
A) It enables smooth internal employee movement and continuity. 
B) It improves employee opportunities for management. 
C) It supports new organizational structures and flexibility. 
D) It motivates employees and promotes them for performance.

Question 5

The effective implementation of succession management has been linked to several outcomes.One of these outcomes is the reduced senior executive turnover after succession.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.Which of the following would NOT be a risk that would be managed by PHC's HR professionals when considering succession management?

Accepted Answer

A) transition risk 
B) vacancy risk 
C) potential risk 
D) readiness risk 
A) transition risk 
B) vacancy risk 
C) potential risk 
D) readiness risk

Question 7

Which of the following is the goal of succession management programs?

Accepted Answer

A) to improve the performance management of leaders and to ensure business continuity 
B) to identify leadership positions and develop future leaders 
C) to identify and prepare future leaders and to ensure business continuity 
D) to identify leadership behaviours that will improve the performance of leaders 
A) to improve the performance management of leaders and to ensure business continuity 
B) to identify leadership positions and develop future leaders 
C) to identify and prepare future leaders and to ensure business continuity 
D) to identify leadership behaviours that will improve the performance of leaders

Question 8

What HR concept might be viewed as part of the talent management process of an organization that focuses on the flow of employees,starting from selection to career management to exit,through the organization?

Accepted Answer

A) leadership development 
B) mentorship and coaching 
C) succession management 
D) management development 
A) leadership development 
B) mentorship and coaching 
C) succession management 
D) management development

Question 9

Key job candidates seem to be attracted to companies where employees have flexibility and good relationships with the boss.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What is the first step in the succession management process?

Accepted Answer

A) identify high-potential employees 
B) identify the skills and competencies needed 
C) align succession management plans with strategy 
D) provide developmental opportunities and experiences 
A) identify high-potential employees 
B) identify the skills and competencies needed 
C) align succession management plans with strategy 
D) provide developmental opportunities and experiences

Question 11

Why are Canada's family businesses facing a leadership crisis?

Accepted Answer

A) lack of business planning 
B) lack of environmental scanning 
C) lack of organizational goals 
D) lack of succession planning 
A) lack of business planning 
B) lack of environmental scanning 
C) lack of organizational goals 
D) lack of succession planning

Question 12

Once high-potential or star employees are discovered,it is important for an organization to communicate to them that they are valued and have leadership potential,while at the same time making commitments to their promised career progression.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to your textbook,what is one reason organizations have succession management programs?

Accepted Answer

A) to improve employees' ability to respond to changing environmental demands 
B) to assist employees set realistic and attainable career plans 
C) to improve performance management systems 
D) to improve organizational development 
A) to improve employees' ability to respond to changing environmental demands 
B) to assist employees set realistic and attainable career plans 
C) to improve performance management systems 
D) to improve organizational development

Question 14

Why is succession planning critical for effective HR planning?

Accepted Answer

A) It helps to develop employees by providing new job experiences. 
B) It helps employees to stay motivated because it promotes them for their performance. 
C) It helps an organization to stabilize its organizational structures . 
D) It saves time and money and helps employees to in career transition. 
A) It helps to develop employees by providing new job experiences. 
B) It helps employees to stay motivated because it promotes them for their performance. 
C) It helps an organization to stabilize its organizational structures . 
D) It saves time and money and helps employees to in career transition.

Question 15

Demographic trends predict even greater shortages in the market supply due to retiring baby boom generation workers.What HR supply analysis method is therefore assuming much greater importance?

Accepted Answer

A) staffing inventories 
B) HRMS database 
C) succession planning 
D) movement analysis 
A) staffing inventories 
B) HRMS database 
C) succession planning 
D) movement analysis

Question 16

What two approaches are used to identify the characteristics of successful managers?

Accepted Answer

A) task-based and knowledge-based 
B) job-based and competency-based 
C) skill-based and curriculum-based 
D) market-based and value-based 
A) task-based and knowledge-based 
B) job-based and competency-based 
C) skill-based and curriculum-based 
D) market-based and value-based

Question 17

The succession management process links replacement planning and management development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following development method tests high-potential employees by giving them an assignment in addition to their regular duties?

Accepted Answer

A) formal experience 
B) job rotation 
C) mentoring 
D) action learning 
A) formal experience 
B) job rotation 
C) mentoring 
D) action learning

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a way in which succession planning is linked to effective HR planning?

Accepted Answer

A) It enables smooth internal employee movement and continuity. 
B) It improves employee opportunities for management. 
C) It supports new organizational structures and flexibility. 
D) It motivates employees and promotes them for performance. 
A) It enables smooth internal employee movement and continuity. 
B) It improves employee opportunities for management. 
C) It supports new organizational structures and flexibility. 
D) It motivates employees and promotes them for performance.

Question 20

In replacement planning,what would be the starting point for HR planning?

Accepted Answer

A) the job 
B) the strategy of the organization 
C) employees' competencies 
D) position replacements 
A) the job 
B) the strategy of the organization 
C) employees' competencies 
D) position replacements

Mentors are executives who coach,advise,and encourage junior employees.

What can HR professionals do to manage the risks associated with succession management?

According to MDS,a medical supply company,why does the company hire talent even when there are no openings available?

Which of the following is NOT a reason that links succession planning to effective HR planning?

The effective implementation of succession management has been linked to several outcomes.One of these outcomes is the reduced senior executive turnover after succession.

Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.Which of the following would NOT be a risk that would be managed by PHC's HR professionals when considering succession management?

Which of the following is the goal of succession management programs?

What HR concept might be viewed as part of the talent management process of an organization that focuses on the flow of employees,starting from selection to career management to exit,through the organization?

Key job candidates seem to be attracted to companies where employees have flexibility and good relationships with the boss.

What is the first step in the succession management process?

Why are Canada's family businesses facing a leadership crisis?

Once high-potential or star employees are discovered,it is important for an organization to communicate to them that they are valued and have leadership potential,while at the same time making commitments to their promised career progression.

According to your textbook,what is one reason organizations have succession management programs?

Why is succession planning critical for effective HR planning?

Demographic trends predict even greater shortages in the market supply due to retiring baby boom generation workers.What HR supply analysis method is therefore assuming much greater importance?

What two approaches are used to identify the characteristics of successful managers?

The succession management process links replacement planning and management development.

Which of the following development method tests high-potential employees by giving them an assignment in addition to their regular duties?

Which of the following is NOT a way in which succession planning is linked to effective HR planning?

In replacement planning,what would be the starting point for HR planning?

Strategic Management

Aligning HR With Strategy

Environmental Influences on HRM

The HR Forecasting Process

Determining HR Demand

Ascertaining HR Supply

Information Technology for HR Planning

Change Management

Downsizing and Restructuring

Strategic International HRM

Mergers and Acquisitions

Outsourcing

HR Assessment and Analytics

Filters

Exam 7: Succession Management

Mentors are executives who coach,advise,and encourage junior employees.

What can HR professionals do to manage the risks associated with succession management?

According to MDS,a medical supply company,why does the company hire talent even when there are no openings available?

Which of the following is NOT a reason that links succession planning to effective HR planning?

The effective implementation of succession management has been linked to several outcomes.One of these outcomes is the reduced senior executive turnover after succession.

Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.Which of the following would NOT be a risk that would be managed by PHC's HR professionals when considering succession management?

Which of the following is the goal of succession management programs?

What HR concept might be viewed as part of the talent management process of an organization that focuses on the flow of employees,starting from selection to career management to exit,through the organization?

Key job candidates seem to be attracted to companies where employees have flexibility and good relationships with the boss.

What is the first step in the succession management process?

Why are Canada's family businesses facing a leadership crisis?

Once high-potential or star employees are discovered,it is important for an organization to communicate to them that they are valued and have leadership potential,while at the same time making commitments to their promised career progression.

According to your textbook,what is one reason organizations have succession management programs?

Why is succession planning critical for effective HR planning?

Demographic trends predict even greater shortages in the market supply due to retiring baby boom generation workers.What HR supply analysis method is therefore assuming much greater importance?

What two approaches are used to identify the characteristics of successful managers?

The succession management process links replacement planning and management development.

Which of the following development method tests high-potential employees by giving them an assignment in addition to their regular duties?

Which of the following is NOT a way in which succession planning is linked to effective HR planning?

In replacement planning,what would be the starting point for HR planning?

Strategic Management

Aligning HR With Strategy

Environmental Influences on HRM

The HR Forecasting Process

Determining HR Demand

Ascertaining HR Supply

Information Technology for HR Planning

Change Management

Downsizing and Restructuring

Strategic International HRM

Mergers and Acquisitions

Outsourcing

HR Assessment and Analytics

Filters