Exam 11: Managing Human Resources

A key element of the strategic approach to human resource management argues that human resource management is not a matching process and managers should avoid attempts to match or integrate employees to organization's strategy and goals.

One of the most dangerous performance evaluation errors is ____, which places an employee into a class or category based on one or a few traits or characteristics.

Greene, Inc. requires that all managers undergo gender sensitivity training with the intent of eliminating gender stereotypes in the organization. This is an example of

All managers are involved in human resource management.

Conolly Company uses internal recruiting whenever possible. This practice

____________________ is defined as "activities or practices that define the characteristics of applicants to whom selection procedures are ultimately applied."

Managers must acknowledge that jobs are multidimensional and job performances may be multidimensional as well to obtain an accurate performance rating.

____________________ are people who work for an organization, but not on a permanent or full-time basis.

Human resource specialists, with the matching model, exploit the newly hired employees.

Which of these is(are) part of new approaches to recruiting?

According to your textbook, benefits in general make up approximately ____ of an organization's labor costs.

Research shows that realistic job previews lower employee satisfaction and increase turnover.

____________________ present a series of managerial situations to a group of applicants over a period of time.

____ is incentive pay that ties at least part of compensation to employee effort and performance.

A type of training in which an experienced employee "adopts" a new employee to teach him or her how to perform job duties is known as on-the-job training.

Family and Medical Leave Act require employers to provide up to ____ weeks unpaid leave for childbirth, adoption, or family emergencies.

Which of the following is a process that uses multiple raters, including self-rating, to appraise employee performance and guide development?

Telecommuting means using computers and telephones at the office.

A device for collecting information about an applicant's education, previous job experience, and other background characteristics refers to a resume.

Recruiters are now viewing the profiles and pictures of candidates on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.