Question 1

Explain why it is necessary for an organization to communicate career options.

Accepted Answer

To set realistic career goals,an individual must know about options and opportunities available.Posting job vacancies helps employees know what is available.Organizations should identify possible paths of advancement within the organization and share human resource forecasts with employees.

Question 2

Managers acting as good career counselors should:

Accepted Answer

A) respect confidentiality and privacy. 
B) design career plans for subordinates. 
C) help employees recognize their limitations based on past experience. 
D) not divulge the organization's assessment of the employee. 
A) respect confidentiality and privacy. 
B) design career plans for subordinates. 
C) help employees recognize their limitations based on past experience. 
D) not divulge the organization's assessment of the employee. A

Question 3

Differentiate dual-career couples from dual-earner couples.

Accepted Answer

Dual-employed couples can usually be classified as either dual-career couples or dual-earner couples.In dual-career couples,both members are highly committed to their careers and view work as essential to their psychological sense of self and as integral to their personal identities.They view their employment as part of a career path involving progressively more responsibility,power,and financial remuneration.In dual-earner couples,one or both of the members defines his or her employment as relating to rewards such as money for paying bills,an opportunity to keep busy,or an additional resource to help out.Dual-earner couples do not see their employment as an integral part of their self-definition.

Question 4

The organization can help employees to plan their careers by providing trained specialists to encourage and guide the employee.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Plateaued employees:

Accepted Answer

A) have usually been in the job for very short while and have little job knowledge. 
B) usually have an overall negative impact on the organization. 
C) are usually job-hoppers who have demonstrated below-average loyalty to the organization. 
D) usually know the organization well. 
A) have usually been in the job for very short while and have little job knowledge. 
B) usually have an overall negative impact on the organization. 
C) are usually job-hoppers who have demonstrated below-average loyalty to the organization. 
D) usually know the organization well.

Question 6

Individuals whose present performance has fallen to an unsatisfactory level and who have little potential for achievement are called:

Accepted Answer

A) learners. 
B) stars. 
C) solid citizens. 
D) deadwood. 
A) learners. 
B) stars. 
C) solid citizens. 
D) deadwood.

Question 7

It is necessary to make adjustments to most career plans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following is a benefit the organization receives when employees engage in career self-management?

Accepted Answer

A) Human resources management costs are cut. 
B) More highly skilled and flexible employees and the retention of these employees. 
C) Managers are freed from the responsibility of career counseling. 
D) The organization is no longer responsible for employees' career paths. 
A) Human resources management costs are cut. 
B) More highly skilled and flexible employees and the retention of these employees. 
C) Managers are freed from the responsibility of career counseling. 
D) The organization is no longer responsible for employees' career paths.

Question 9

There is always room for one more person at the top of an organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a primary partner in successful career development?

Accepted Answer

A) Immediate manager 
B) Employee 
C) Organization 
D) Board of directors 
A) Immediate manager 
B) Employee 
C) Organization 
D) Board of directors

Question 11

According to the Glass Ceiling Commission,which of the following is a suggestion for toppling job-advancement barriers?

Accepted Answer

A) Avoid the use of affirmative action as a tool. 
B) Make an effort to "hire in one's own image". 
C) Limit the pool of candidates. 
D) Initiate family-friendly programs. 
A) Avoid the use of affirmative action as a tool. 
B) Make an effort to "hire in one's own image". 
C) Limit the pool of candidates. 
D) Initiate family-friendly programs.

Question 12

Individuals with high potential for advancement who are performing below standard are classified as deadwood.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Many factors that contribute to the glass ceiling stem from the common tendency "to hire in one's own image".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is a factor in today's work environment that helps explain why plateauing of careers may become more prevalent?

Accepted Answer

A) More promotions occur during recessionary periods. 
B) Today's employees enter organizations at lower positions. 
C) Today's employees are generally less educated than their predecessors. 
D) Employers are now depending more on older employees. 
A) More promotions occur during recessionary periods. 
B) Today's employees enter organizations at lower positions. 
C) Today's employees are generally less educated than their predecessors. 
D) Employers are now depending more on older employees.

Question 15

Which of the following is an appropriate managerial advocate role concerning career development?

Accepted Answer

A) Shares knowledge about how to learn and work with others. 
B) Communicates the informal and formal realities of progression in the organization. 
C) Assists in linking employees with appropriate educational or employment opportunities. 
D) Represents employee's concern to higher-level management for redress of specific issues. 
A) Shares knowledge about how to learn and work with others. 
B) Communicates the informal and formal realities of progression in the organization. 
C) Assists in linking employees with appropriate educational or employment opportunities. 
D) Represents employee's concern to higher-level management for redress of specific issues.

Question 16

Which of the following is true about career development versus career planning?

Accepted Answer

A) Career development is the process by which an individual formulates career goals and develops a plan for reaching those goals. 
B) Career development looks at careers through the eyes of individual employees. 
C) Career development and career planning should reinforce each other. 
D) Career planning looks at individual careers from the viewpoint of the organization. 
A) Career development is the process by which an individual formulates career goals and develops a plan for reaching those goals. 
B) Career development looks at careers through the eyes of individual employees. 
C) Career development and career planning should reinforce each other. 
D) Career planning looks at individual careers from the viewpoint of the organization.

Question 17

In the context of the four principal career categories,the term _____ denotes individuals whose present performance is satisfactory but whose chance for future advancement is small.These people make up the bulk of the employees in most organizations.

Accepted Answer

A) deadwood 
B) learners 
C) solid citizens 
D) stars 
A) deadwood 
B) learners 
C) solid citizens 
D) stars

Question 18

Which of the following is true about dual-career couples vis-à-vis dual employed couples?

Accepted Answer

A) They do not see their employment as an integral part of their self-definition. 
B) One or both of the members defines his/her employment as relating to rewards such as money. 
C) They view their employment as part of a career path involving progressively more responsibility,power,and financial remuneration. 
D) One or both of the members defines his/her employment as relating to an opportunity to keep busy. 
A) They do not see their employment as an integral part of their self-definition. 
B) One or both of the members defines his/her employment as relating to rewards such as money. 
C) They view their employment as part of a career path involving progressively more responsibility,power,and financial remuneration. 
D) One or both of the members defines his/her employment as relating to an opportunity to keep busy.

Question 19

An employee's ability to keep pace with the speed at which change occurs within the organization and the industry and to prepare for the future denotes career ____.

Accepted Answer

A) drafting 
B) self-management 
C) pathing 
D) counseling 
A) drafting 
B) self-management 
C) pathing 
D) counseling

Question 20

What is outplacement?

Accepted Answer

Outplacement helps a terminated employee

Explain why it is necessary for an organization to communicate career options.

Managers acting as good career counselors should:

Differentiate dual-career couples from dual-earner couples.

The organization can help employees to plan their careers by providing trained specialists to encourage and guide the employee.

Plateaued employees:

Individuals whose present performance has fallen to an unsatisfactory level and who have little potential for achievement are called:

It is necessary to make adjustments to most career plans.

Which of the following is a benefit the organization receives when employees engage in career self-management?

There is always room for one more person at the top of an organization.

Which of the following is NOT a primary partner in successful career development?

According to the Glass Ceiling Commission,which of the following is a suggestion for toppling job-advancement barriers?

Individuals with high potential for advancement who are performing below standard are classified as deadwood.

Many factors that contribute to the glass ceiling stem from the common tendency "to hire in one's own image".

Which of the following is a factor in today's work environment that helps explain why plateauing of careers may become more prevalent?

Which of the following is an appropriate managerial advocate role concerning career development?

Which of the following is true about career development versus career planning?

In the context of the four principal career categories,the term _____ denotes individuals whose present performance is satisfactory but whose chance for future advancement is small.These people make up the bulk of the employees in most organizations.

Which of the following is true about dual-career couples vis-à-vis dual employed couples?

An employee's ability to keep pace with the speed at which change occurs within the organization and the industry and to prepare for the future denotes career ____.

What is outplacement?

Human Resource Management: A Strategic Function

Equal Employment Opportunity: The Legal Environment

Implementing Equal Employment Opportunity

Job Analysis and Job Design

Human Resource Planning

Recruiting Employees

Selecting Employees

Orientation and Employee Training

Management and Organizational Development

Performance Management Systems

The Organizational Reward System

Base Wage and Salary Systems

Incentive Pay Systems

Employee Benefits

Employee Safety and Health

Employee Relations

The Legal Environment and Structure of Labor Unions

Union Organizing Campaigns and Collective Bargaining

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Exam 10: Career Development

Explain why it is necessary for an organization to communicate career options.

Managers acting as good career counselors should:

Differentiate dual-career couples from dual-earner couples.

The organization can help employees to plan their careers by providing trained specialists to encourage and guide the employee.

Plateaued employees:

Individuals whose present performance has fallen to an unsatisfactory level and who have little potential for achievement are called:

It is necessary to make adjustments to most career plans.

Which of the following is a benefit the organization receives when employees engage in career self-management?

There is always room for one more person at the top of an organization.

Which of the following is NOT a primary partner in successful career development?

According to the Glass Ceiling Commission,which of the following is a suggestion for toppling job-advancement barriers?

Individuals with high potential for advancement who are performing below standard are classified as deadwood.

Many factors that contribute to the glass ceiling stem from the common tendency "to hire in one's own image".

Which of the following is a factor in today's work environment that helps explain why plateauing of careers may become more prevalent?

Which of the following is an appropriate managerial advocate role concerning career development?

Which of the following is true about career development versus career planning?

In the context of the four principal career categories,the term _____ denotes individuals whose present performance is satisfactory but whose chance for future advancement is small.These people make up the bulk of the employees in most organizations.

Which of the following is true about dual-career couples vis-à-vis dual employed couples?

An employee's ability to keep pace with the speed at which change occurs within the organization and the industry and to prepare for the future denotes career ____.

What is outplacement?

Human Resource Management: A Strategic Function

Equal Employment Opportunity: The Legal Environment

Implementing Equal Employment Opportunity

Job Analysis and Job Design

Human Resource Planning

Recruiting Employees

Selecting Employees

Orientation and Employee Training

Management and Organizational Development

Performance Management Systems

The Organizational Reward System

Base Wage and Salary Systems

Incentive Pay Systems

Employee Benefits

Employee Safety and Health

Employee Relations

The Legal Environment and Structure of Labor Unions

Union Organizing Campaigns and Collective Bargaining

Filters