Exam 10: Human Resource Management: Nurturing Turns Potential Into Performance

The process of attracting a qualified pool of applicants is called __________.

The appraisal system that includes descriptions of actual behaviors to exemplify the various levels of performance is known as a:*

A __________ plan allows employees to share in cost savings or productivity gains realized by their efforts.*

__________ involves balancing career demands with personal and family needs.

The text argues that a well-managed career should include a carefully thought out __________, as well as being guided by an eye for __________.

Based upon your studies to this point in the text, give an organizational reason for the decline in unions in the private sector and their growth in the public sector.

A realistic job interviewer "sells" only the positive features of a job and an organization.

__________ involves making a choice to hire from the pool of applicants for a given job.

Workers who have flexibility, at least with start and stop times, are less likely to leave their jobs.

Which of these was the very first bill signed by President Obama, which expanded workers' rights to sue employers on equal pay issue?

__________ workers are those with regular employment who are not eligible for regular benefits.

A performance appraisal method that rates and ranks employees relative to each other is called a__________.

Many employers talk about the "value" they place on their workers, but a good test is whether they invest in employee training.

Assigning an early career employee as a protégé to a more senior employee for the purpose of professional advice and career guidance is called __________.

Employment criteria justified by capacity to perform a job is called __________.

__________ programs allow choice to personalize benefits within a set dollar allowance.

List the three basic responsibilities of human resource management and the activities necessary to achieve them.

__________ penalizes a woman in a job or as a job applicant for being pregnant.

The process of negotiating, administering, and interpreting a contract is called ___________.*

The Family and Medical Leave Act grants up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for qualifying actions and protects the individual's employment status.