Deck 9: Career Development

Question 1

Delayering means jobs are reclassified more broadly,yet old reporting lines exist to maintain managerial control.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The internal focus of career refers to the actual series of job positions held by the individual,while the external focus refers to the way an individual views his or her career.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

One way to motivate managers to effectively perform the role of career counselor for their employees is to link their compensation to positive employee development outcomes.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Executive coaching is described as a practical,goal-focused form of personal one-to-one learning for executives.

Question 5

Due to the amount of money invested in placing employees in international assignments,companies are prepared to place repatriates into appropriate roles that leverage the experience and skills gained through the international role.

Question 6

Career counseling sessions often are conducted on a one-on-one basis.

Question 7

The implementation of flexible work schedules and part time work can lead to positive outcomes for both the organization and individual employees.

Question 8

Career-planning workshops consist of questions and exercises designed to guide individuals to figure out their strengths and weaknesses,job and career opportunities,and necessary steps for reaching their goals.

Question 9

One of the guidelines for effective job posting systems is posting all permanent promotion and transfer opportunities for at least one week before recruiting outside the organization.

Question 10

Counseling sessions are less time consuming and more cost-effective compared to other career development methods.

Question 11

Career resource centers consist of methods for evaluating employees' potential for growth and development in the organization.

Question 12

A company will socialize their employees in order to ensure that they have the ability to be successful at a variety of organizations within a particular industry.

Question 13

Gen Y employees are looking for stability and finding jobs that will pay them the highest level of compensation regardless of the content of the job.

Question 14

The most effective career development programs take into consideration the goals of both the individual and the organization.

Question 15

One of your employees,who has been with the company for 7 years,is frustrated after a reorganization.You should suggest that they complete a self-assessment to determine next steps in their career.This is a good suggestion?

Question 16

Two tools often used to assist individuals in their self-assessments include career-planning workshops and career workbooks.

Question 17

Psychological assessment is used by the organization to make early identifications of individuals with exceptionally high career potential.

Question 18

Some commonly used developmental programs include assessment centers,job rotation programs,in-house training programs,and tuition-refund or assistance plans.

Question 19

A job posting system that is linked to internal training opportunities is likely to increase the effectiveness of the system.

Question 20

Career management activities are conducted independently of other HR activities.

Question 21

Which of the following is an organizational assessment program?

A)Succession planning
B)Realistic recruitment
C)Career workbooks
D)Skills inventory
E)Career center

Question 22

Your company has headquarters is in Boston,however,20 employees devoted to sales are in 10 offices spread throughout the northeast.Senior management is interested in providing career development to the sales employees.They should consider ____ as their most likely solution.

A)Job-sharing
B)Psychological assessment
C)Employee orientation
D)a career library
E)E-mentoring

Question 23

All of the following are information services used to compile and communicate career-related information EXCEPT:

A)job-posting systems
B)skills inventories
C)career ladders
D)succession planning
E)career resource centers

Question 24

Which of the following is true about career development? Career development is:

A)a stand alone program, independent of the corporate strategy and other HR activities
B)useful and important at the beginning of an individual's career, but not necessary for mid-level managers or average performers
C)focused primarily on the strengths and weaknesses of the organization, and structured around corporate strategy
D)linked to both organizational and individual performance, and both short and long term goals
E)an exercise that stems from the "wish list" of the employee's promotional aspirations, not actual performance and realistic goals.

Question 25

Your company is reorganizing based on an alignment with the introduction of a new strategy and product offering.You will be prepared to be a part of the new structure if you?

A)Maintain your current skill set and rigidly adhere to your personal definition of your job
B)Keep focused on ensuring that your current job remains relevant through the reorganization
C)Stay true to individual contribution, ensuring that management is aware of the work you do on an individual basis
D)Be careful not to look too far in the future, focus on past lessons and accomplishments
E)Develop self knowledge and remain adaptable and flexible in your skill set, and your definition of career

Question 26

All of the following are benefits of a career development system EXCEPT:

A)evaluation of career tools and practices.
B)realistic staff and development planning.
C)helpful assistance with career decisions.
D)clarification of goals of the organization.
E)enhanced reputation s a people developer.

Question 27

What type of career program includes workshops designed to show individuals how to become successful job seekers?

A)Succession planning
B)Anticipatory socialization programs
C)Outplacement programs
D)Promotability forecasts
E)Realistic recruitment

Question 28

Succession planning is primarily the organization's ability to?

A)Plan for specific international assignments for individuals
B)Provide opportunities for employees to understand their strengths and weaknesses
C)Understand future goals and identify a talent pipeline for senior positions
D)Test individual's potential early in their career
E)Train managers as coaches and mentors

Question 29

Which of the following is a definition of career management?

A)An organizational process which involves preparing, implementing, and monitoring career plans undertaken by an individual alone or within the organization's career systems.
B)A formal, organized, planned effort to achieve a balance between individual career needs and organizational workforce requirements.
C)An attempt by an individual to become more aware of his or her own skills, interests, values, opportunities, constraints, choices, and consequences.
D)An individually perceived sequence of attitudes and behaviors associated with work-related activities and experiences over the span of a person's life.
E)A process that has an "internal" and an "external" focus.

Question 30

Which of the following is a definition of career planning?

A)An organizational process which involves preparing, implementing, and monitoring career plans undertaken by an individual alone or within the organization's career systems.
B)A formal, organized, planned effort to achieve a balance between individual career needs and organizational workforce requirements.
C)An attempt by an individual to become more aware of his or her own skills, interests, values, opportunities, constraints, choices, and consequences.
D)An individually perceived sequence of attitudes and behaviors associated with work-related activities and experiences over the span of a person's life.
E)A process that has an "internal" and an "external" focus.

Question 31

Tips for managers to be better coaches include the following EXCEPT:

A)Support the employee's learning by asking them about the actions they have taken and how successful they were.
B)Provide positive feedback to employee regarding the career development steps taken by the employee.
C)Outline minimum performance requirements you expect of the employee in their current job.
D)Help employee to work on easiest career goal first.
E)Actively listen to the employee.

Question 32

Which of the following is TRUE about entrenched employees?

A)The organization should understand that this is a natural progression in a career and there is nothing to be done except wait it out.
B)Career planning is not a solution to entrenchment. Employees need to have stability and preserve their positions.
C)One method to decrease entrenchment and the negative organizational impact, is to offer severance and portability of benefits to employees
D)Employee who have become entrenched need to continue to focus on their current job and stick with what they do best
E)Managers should focus on their newest employees and not waste resources on employees with long service.

Question 33

Which of the following is a definition of a career development system?

A)An organizational process which involves preparing, implementing, and monitoring career plans undertaken by an individual alone or within the organization's career systems.
B)A formal, organized, planned effort to achieve a balance between individual career needs and organizational workforce requirements.
C)An attempt by an individual to become more aware of his or her own skills, interests, values, opportunities, constraints, choices, and consequences.
D)An individually perceived sequence of attitudes and behaviors associated with work-related activities and experiences over the span of a person's life.
E)A process that has an "internal" and an "external" focus.

Question 34

A number of organizational change initiatives can affect an individual's career.These include the following EXCEPT:

A)downsizing
B)competency re-measurement
C)IT innovations
D)work-family balance
E)reorganizations

Question 35

Mentoring involves someone who:

A)Monitors an employee's performance in doing their job and provides a ranking of performance
B)Develops an employee in a particular area, for instance providing training in an area of identified deficiency
C)Takes a personal interest in an individual's career and who guides and sponsors the individual
D)Provides training in areas of interest to an employee
E)Develops multiple networking relationships in order to allow an employee to positively transition from one organization to another due to downsizing

Question 36

Which of the following is the most important predictor of future salary?

A)Sponsorship by a colleague
B)Work experience
C)Political knowledge
D)Hours worked
E)Education level

Question 37

A company is concerned about the fact that a senior manager is planning to retire in 2 years.The most direct way to be prepared to have a replacement of the retiree is to:

A)Have all employees complete career workbooks within the next two weeks
B)Implement a succession planning process
C)Schedule mid level manager for career planning workshops
D)Train managers to conduct one-on-one career counseling
E)Distribute a copy of "What Color is my Parachute" to all employees

Question 38

You are the manager of an employee who is scheduled to return from an expatriate assignment.In planning for their return you should?

A) Actually, there is no need to plan for their return. The employee will be placed in whatever position is open in the department when they return
B)Place them in a position that is one step below the position that they left in order to become re-acclimated with the organization and department
C)Review the employee's level of compensation from their last U.S. based job and plan to place them in a job that is at that level of compensation.
D)Let the employee know that they will be placed in a temporary position when they return, and reviewed over a 9-month period for potential permanent placement
E)Have a discussion with the employee before they return and consider jobs that will utilize the skills they acquired while overseas

Question 39

Programs that provide information on an organization's policies,procedures,rules,work requirements,and other sources of information are called __________

A)orientation programs
B)socialization programs
C)executive coaching programs
D)repatriation programs
E)supervisor training programs

Question 40

Which of the following uses questions and exercises to guide individuals in determining their strengths and weaknesses,job and career opportunities,and necessary steps for achieving their goals?

A)Succession planning
B)Realistic recruitment
C)Career workbooks
D)Skills inventory
E)Career center

Question 41

List a few recommendations to help the organization make the process of downsizing less traumatic and fair.

Question 42

Your organization has decided to develop a career development system and you have been asked to lead this project.What steps would you take to develop such a system?

Question 43

List a few advantages and problems of E-mentoring.

Question 44

Describe at least three problems that repatriates face in their companies and suggest how the company might solve the problem.

Question 45

List a few tips to help managers be more effective as coaches.

Question 46

List a few steps that organizations can take to eliminate the potentially adverse consequences of entrenchment.

Question 47

List a few guidelines for effective jobposting systems.

Question 48

List a few trends adopted by organizations to improve work-family balance.

Question 49

Explain the benefits of a career development system for an organization.

Question 50

Describe several career development programs that are methods for evaluating employees' potential for growth and development within an organization.