Question 1

Managers whose employers use _____ plans focus on placing the right people in the right job.

Accepted Answer

A) person-based 
B) skill-based 
C) competency-based 
D) job-based 
A) person-based 
B) skill-based 
C) competency-based 
D) job-based

Question 2

How do modern organizations analyze work processes?

Accepted Answer

In today's organizations, the work proce

Question 3

Compensable factors, skill blocks, and competency sets are used for:

Accepted Answer

A) assessing relative value. 
B) collecting work content information. 
C) determining what to value. 
D) completely different purposes. 
A) assessing relative value. 
B) collecting work content information. 
C) determining what to value. 
D) completely different purposes.

Question 4

Basing pay on race or gender seems appalling today, but basing pay on someone's judgment of another person's integrity is considered the norm nowadays.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The roots of job-based pay structures is traced to _____.

Accepted Answer

A) Frederick Taylor 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Adam Smith 
D) Ronald McFreyer 
A) Frederick Taylor 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Adam Smith 
D) Ronald McFreyer

Question 6

Person-based plans have the potential to clarify new standards and behavioral expectations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The main appeal of competencies is the direct link to the organization's strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is relevance of flexibility in skill-based plans?

Accepted Answer

Research suggests that the greatest impa

Question 9

Validity refers to the degree to which an evaluation assesses the relative worth of jobs to an organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Leadership, customer orientation, and functional expertise are examples of which group of competencies?

Accepted Answer

A) Personal characteristics 
B) Visionary 
C) Organization specific 
D) Team dynamics 
A) Personal characteristics 
B) Visionary 
C) Organization specific 
D) Team dynamics

Question 11

Which of the following sentences regarding skill-based structure is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A) Employees have control over their own development. 
B) Training is a source of complaints. 
C) Less supervision is required in comparison to all other pay plans. 
D) Training costs are the lowest in comparison to all other pay plans. 
A) Employees have control over their own development. 
B) Training is a source of complaints. 
C) Less supervision is required in comparison to all other pay plans. 
D) Training costs are the lowest in comparison to all other pay plans.

Question 12

Transactional work is typically paid more than tacit work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Skill-based plans are generally well accepted by employees because it is easy to see the connection between the plan, the work, and the size of the paycheck.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Reliability of job evaluation techniques is measured by:

Accepted Answer

A) determining if different evaluators produce the same results. 
B) asking the question "What does the evaluation measure?" 
C) determining hit rates. 
D) surveying employee attitudes about the evaluation. 
A) determining if different evaluators produce the same results. 
B) asking the question "What does the evaluation measure?" 
C) determining hit rates. 
D) surveying employee attitudes about the evaluation.

Question 15

How are organizations redefining the original definition of competencies?

Accepted Answer

As experience with competencies has grow

Managers whose employers use _____ plans focus on placing the right people in the right job.

How do modern organizations analyze work processes?

Compensable factors, skill blocks, and competency sets are used for:

Basing pay on race or gender seems appalling today, but basing pay on someone's judgment of another person's integrity is considered the norm nowadays.

The roots of job-based pay structures is traced to _____.

Person-based plans have the potential to clarify new standards and behavioral expectations.

The main appeal of competencies is the direct link to the organization's strategy.

What is relevance of flexibility in skill-based plans?

Validity refers to the degree to which an evaluation assesses the relative worth of jobs to an organization.

Leadership, customer orientation, and functional expertise are examples of which group of competencies?

Which of the following sentences regarding skill-based structure is FALSE?

Transactional work is typically paid more than tacit work.

Skill-based plans are generally well accepted by employees because it is easy to see the connection between the plan, the work, and the size of the paycheck.

Reliability of job evaluation techniques is measured by:

How are organizations redefining the original definition of competencies?

Pay-For-Performance: The Evidence

Strategy: The Totality of Decisions

Defining Internal Alignment

R: Job Analysis

Job-Based Structures and Job Evaluation

Defining Competitiveness

Designing Pay Levels, Mix, and Pay

Pay-For-Performance: the Evidence

Pay-For-Performance Plans

Performance Appraisals

The Benefit Determination Process

Benefit Options

Compensation of Special Groups

Union Role in Wage and Salary Administration

International Pay Systems

Government and Legal Issues in Compensation

Management: Making It Work

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Exam 6: Person-Based Structures

Managers whose employers use _____ plans focus on placing the right people in the right job.

How do modern organizations analyze work processes?

Compensable factors, skill blocks, and competency sets are used for:

Basing pay on race or gender seems appalling today, but basing pay on someone's judgment of another person's integrity is considered the norm nowadays.

The roots of job-based pay structures is traced to _____.

Person-based plans have the potential to clarify new standards and behavioral expectations.

The main appeal of competencies is the direct link to the organization's strategy.

What is relevance of flexibility in skill-based plans?

Validity refers to the degree to which an evaluation assesses the relative worth of jobs to an organization.

Leadership, customer orientation, and functional expertise are examples of which group of competencies?

Which of the following sentences regarding skill-based structure is FALSE?

Transactional work is typically paid more than tacit work.

Skill-based plans are generally well accepted by employees because it is easy to see the connection between the plan, the work, and the size of the paycheck.

Reliability of job evaluation techniques is measured by:

How are organizations redefining the original definition of competencies?

Pay-For-Performance: The Evidence

Strategy: The Totality of Decisions

Defining Internal Alignment

R: Job Analysis

Job-Based Structures and Job Evaluation

Defining Competitiveness

Designing Pay Levels, Mix, and Pay

Pay-For-Performance: the Evidence

Pay-For-Performance Plans

Performance Appraisals

The Benefit Determination Process

Benefit Options

Compensation of Special Groups

Union Role in Wage and Salary Administration

International Pay Systems

Government and Legal Issues in Compensation

Management: Making It Work

Filters