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

As new parents, Sean and Molly applied for family medical leave to care for their new infant son. According to U.S. law, Sean and Lindsey:

A human resource inventory is designed to reveal whether:

One of the challenges facing today's human resource managers is a shift in the age distribution of the labor force, including aging baby boomers, many of whom are deferring retirement.

The human resource manager's job is easier today than it was in the past because a growing percentage of the workforce is highly educated and well-prepared for jobs in the contemporary business environment.

The creative director at Image First Promotion Company got word yesterday that the firm lost the Hottie Potatee account. As Hottie was its second best customer, the director must quickly perform damage control and unfortunately dismiss two creative writers and one web development content provider. As he prepares to call each of them to his office and perform the dismissals, he decides to make one final call to the company HR manager to make certain that he is doing and saying the right things. The HR manager will disagree with which of the following statements?

One drawback of performance appraisals is that they cannot be completed for top management because there is no one above this level of management to carry out and evaluate the results.

What are the key features of flextime plans, compressed workweeks, and job sharing plans? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these approaches to scheduling employees.

When managing your human resources, _____________ is the process of deciding who should be hired, under legal guidelines, to serve the best interests of the individual and the organization.

One of the key functions of human resource management is:

The Americans with Disabilities Act protects people who are born with physical disabilities, exclusively, but not those who acquire disabilities later in life.

Mallard's Department Store typically sells over a third of all its merchandise in the last two months of the year. Management has found that it must hire __________ workers during this period of increased business to supplement its permanent employees.

Which of the following is an essential element of a job description?

Performance appraisals are very useful for new, inexperienced workers and first-line managers, but have little value for top management.

A golden handshake refers to the severance pay that is offered to a worker that is laid off when the firm downsizes.

Selected employees who work as assistants to higher-level managers and participate in managerial functions are given such titles as:

According to U.S. business law, accommodation means:

Recruiting is relatively easy today because qualified labor is so plentiful.

The first step in establishing training and development programs is to:

Part-time workers, seasonal workers and independent contractors are all examples of contingent workers.

Job simulation is used to train astronauts, airline pilots, and ship captains.