Exam 11: Human Resource Management: Finding and Keeping the Best Employees

Akiko works for a company that allows her to choose when she begins and ends her workday, as long as she works a required number of hours and is at her job station at certain specified core times. Akiko's company is using a compressed workweek plan.

The overall purpose of the five-step human resource planning process is to:

The Hay compensation system gives managers the flexibility to adjust pay for workers to reflect the value of their contribution to the firm.

Which of the following statements about contingent workers is most accurate?

Automated software already exists that will review information provided by an applicant and e-mail a report to a manager with a recommendation as to whether the applicant should be interviewed.

______________ is the easiest kind of training to implement, when the job requires simple tasks and/or is repetitive.

Before American Road Builders, Inc., permits its new employees to operate the heavy equipment it uses to build roads, it sends them to a nearby classroom where they learn the safe and proper way to work with all of the tools and equipment they will use when they perform their jobs. American Road Builders is using a training technique known as:

A problem with the Hay system of compensating workers is that:

Blue-collar and clerical workers who punch a time clock typically are paid a(n):

Human resource management is the process of deciding the number and types of people your business needs, and then, recruiting, selecting, developing, motivating, evaluating, compensating, and scheduling employees to achieve organizational goals.

One purpose of employee orientation programs is to initiate new workers to the organization's policies, practices and objectives.

A 360-degree review will include the opinions of an employee's subordinates, as well as those above him/her in the organization structure, and those who work alongside the employee in comparable positions.

One objective of a carefully managed compensation plan is to keep labor costs low. In order to achieve this objective, a firm should strive to keep wages, salaries and benefits at or below the compensation levels of its competitors.

A _________________ is a check of a potential employee's work record, academic record, credit history, and recommendations.

Flextime plans are popular with employees because they allow them to work fewer hours while still earning the same income.

Jack is a project manager for a large construction company. Each day his job requires him to prepare detailed reports of the progress of current projects assigned to him. Since this responsibility is something that he does on a regular basis, the HR professional for his company would list it as part of the ______________ for Jack's project management position.

The changes in the American business system that have had the most dramatic impact on the workings of the free enterprise system are the changes in:

MinnieA. Dent is completing her thirtieth year as a bus driver. Her company recently told her that she would be required to retire within the next two years because she had reached the age limit for mandatory retirement. Minnie wants to fight this ruling based on a claim of age discrimination. Which of the following statements about this case is most accurate? According to the:

This is Anne's year! She finally broke through the "glass ceiling"-meaning she has reached an executive-level position with her company, with a salary upward of $200,000. Recently a competitor firm has approached her offering her $15,000 less in salary, but the job would come with an upgraded car, memberships in two country clubs of her choice, an additional two weeks paid vacation with use of the company's villa in Jamaica, and paid financial counseling. With respect to compensation, Anne:

The growing importance of human resource issues has led most firms to expect only their human resource specialists to tackle HR issues.