Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Vocab
Vocab
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What is recruiting?
Any activity carried on by the organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees
100
List 4 impermissible questions in an interview
How old are you? What is your maiden name? What is your nationality? Have you ever been arrested? Do you have any children?
100
What are the categories of training methods? Give 3.
Classroom instruction, Audio Visual Training, Computer Based Training, On the Job Training, Simulations, Business Games and Case Studies, Behavior Modeling, Experimental Programs, Team Training, Action Learning
100
Training
What is an organization's planned efforts to help employees acquire job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors, with the goal of applying these on the job.
100
Downsizing
What is the planned elimination of large numbers of personnel with the goal of enhancing the organization's competitiveness?
200
What are the three stages of Human Resource Planning?
1. Forecasting 2. Goal Setting/Planning 3. Implementation/Evaluation
200
List 6 permissible interview questions
What is your full name? Have you ever worked under a different name? What was your major? What degrees have you earned? What schools have you attended?
200
What managers should do to support training? Give two examples.
-Understand the content of the training. -Know how training relates to what you need employees to do. -Evaluate employees on their application of training. -Support employees use of training when they return. -Enure employees have proper equipment and training. -Discuss how employes will use training. -Recognize trained employees who used training content. -Give employees release time for training. -Explain employees the reason for training. -Give employees feedback related to skills and behavior that they develop.
200
Forecasting
What are the attempts to determine the supply of and demand for various types of human resources to predict areas within the organization where there will be labor shortages or surpluses?
200
Outsourcing
What is contracting with another organization to perform a broad set of services?
300
What are some options for reducing a labor surplus? Name at least three
Downsizing; Pay reductions; Demotions; Transfers; Work sharing; Hiring freeze; Natural attrition; Early retirement; Retraining
300
Give all 5 steps in the selection process
Screening applicants and resumes; testing and reviewing work samples; interviewing candidates; check references and backgrounds; making a selection
300
1. Organization - What is the context in which training will occur? 2. Person - Who needs training? 3. Task - What subjects should the training cover?
What are the 3 questions that need to be answered in the needs assessment?
300
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
What is the Federal law requiring employers to verify and maintain records on applicants' legal rights to work in the United States?
300
Avatars
What is computer depictions of trainees, which the trainees manipulate in online role-play?
400
In recruiting Human Resources, recruiters rely on trend analysis and their own ___________, to make their decisions/recommendations.
good judgement
400
List 4 employment tests and samples
Physical ability test; cognitive tests; Job performance test; Work samples; Personality inventories; Honesty test; Drug test; Medical examination
400
-The cost is high. -It can be a very narrow field of training.
What are the disadvantageous of contracting training outside of a company?
400
Adventure Learning
What is a teamwork and leadership training program based on the use of challenging, structured outdoor activities?
400
Multiple-Hurdle Model
What is a process of arriving at a selection decision by eliminating some candidates at each stage of the selection process?
500
Aside from working within an organization, how do people find out and learn about an open position? Name four ways
Referrals; Company web site; job boards; Direct sourcing; College recruiting; Rehiring former employees; Print/media ads; Walk-ins; Employment agencies; Career fairs; Hiring temporary employees as permanent
500
What are the major personality dimensions measured by personality inventories? List three
Extroversion; Adjustment; Agreeableness; Conscientiousness; Inquisitiveness
500
What are the effective training objectives characteristics?
They include performance standards that are measurable. They identify the resources needed to carry out the desired performance or outcome. Successful training requires employees to learn but also employers to provide the necessary resources.
500
Construct Validity
What is the consistency between a high score on a test and high level of a construct such as intelligence or leadership ability, as well as between mastery of this construct and successful performance of the job?
500
Compensatory Model
What is the process of arriving at a selection decision in which a very high score on one type of assessment can make up for a low score on another?
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