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HR in General
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Job Analysis
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The designing of organizational systems to ensure that human talent is used effectively to accomplish organizational goals.
What is Human Resource Management?
100
The two approaches that are the basis for equal employment opportunity in U.S. organizations are-
What is non-discriminatory practices and diversity training?
100
Women hold ____ percent of the highest-ranking executive management positions in Fortune 500 firms.
What is 10%?
100
The most variation in workforce availability and quality occurs on the ____ labor market level.
What is Local?
100
Odd and unusual aspects of jobs that are unique to the employing organization- are important job requirements and should be included in the ____.
What is job description?
200
What HR metrics must be linked to-
What is business performance?
200
Most of the charges filed with the EEOC are based on-
What is race?
200
The process of generating a pool of qualified applicants for organizational jobs-
What is recruiting?
200
Measurable indicators of the selection criteria are ____.
What are predictors?
200
____ is an effort directed toward producing or accomplishing results.
What is work?
300
The Chief Financial Officer of McGill Tubing wants to learn the contribution of McGill’s workforce toward creating value for shareholders. An analysis which would provide this information is the calculation of-
What is the return on human capital investment?
300
The key to an organization being able to successfully defend itself against a charge of harassment-
What is quick remedial action against a harasser?
300
Hector Graphics, Inc., is laying off a number of its skilled designers because of the loss of some major clients. Priam Designs, Inc., is Hector Graphics’ major competitor. Priam Designs’ business has held steady the last few years, but Priam Designs landed a couple of Hector Graphics’ old clients, and Priam Designs expects to gain more clients in the next 12 months. As the HR director of Priam Designs, Inc., you approach the CEO to-
What is argue that new jobs should be created at Priam Designs for designers so that you can hire the best designers Hector Graphics is laying off?
300
Voltra, Inc., is planning to fill a number of openings for entry-level professionals. The selection process is quite extensive and includes several levels of individual interviews, team interviews, and psychological tests, as well as general ability tests. Much of the interview time is spent on the applicant’s philosophy of life and work. Voltra, Inc., is highly concerned with ____.
What is person-organization fit?
300
An analysis is being conducted at OneStop Pharmacy to track how prescription orders arrive, how they are logged in, how they are filled, how they are stored, how they are sold to customers, etc. The analysis is considering all the inputs, activities, and outputs associated with the prescription drug business at the store. This is an example of ___.
What is workflow analysis?
400
Through ____ HR management provides the organization with a sufficient supply of qualified individuals to fill the jobs in the organization.
What is staffing?
400
TransGlobal Electronic Systems has a spoken-English skills test that it gives every applicant for its telephone customer service representative positions serving its U.S. clientele. This test can be considered-
What is a non-discriminatory business necessity?
400
The ____ includes all individuals available for selection, if all possible recruitment strategies are used.
What is labor force population?
400
19. Jill graduated with her MBA during a severe economic recession in the region. The only acceptable job she could find was in a bank officer training program for a major national bank. Jill was one of the top candidates when she was hired by the bank. She has been with the bank for three months and has become disillusioned with it. Jill feels that the individual bank customers are not valued, that the bank extends home mortgages to borrowers who are poor risks, and that the bank engages in misleading advertising. Jill is experiencing ____.
What is poor person-organization fit?
400
Work and jobs in organizations are changing dramatically. The primary drivers of this change are ___ and ___.
What is technology and globalization?
500
____ identifies paths and activities for individual employees as they develop within the organization.
What is career planning?
500
The practice of allowing relatives to work for the same employer-
What is nepotism?
500
As director of recruiting for a large bank, Stacy has decided to restrict her recruiting efforts for loan officers to placing advertisements on the web site of the American Banking Association. This will determine the ____ for the job of loan officer.
What is applicant population?
500
HR staff is LEAST likely to make the final hiring decisions when ____ positions are filled.
What are executive?
500
Henry, a manager for a floor covering manufacturing firm, is attending a presentation by a consultant proposing a project to improve organizational productivity by changing the jobs themselves. “Looks like the company is planning ____.” says Henry to himself
What is re-engineering?