Exam 6: Staffing and Human Resource Management

Which of the following permits employees in organizations with 50 or more workers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year for family or medical reasons?

Which of the following prohibits differences in pay for equal work based on the sex of the employee?

What is employment planning?

Life, health, and disability insurance are all examples of employee benefits-nonfinancial rewards designed to enrich employees' lives.

Most training focuses on teaching people the skills that they will need to be effective in their future jobs.

Sexual harassment occurs when people of either sex experience inappropriate behavior, conduct or language of a sexual nature that affects their employment situation.

Application of Employee Training and Development Jo sighed. Productivity levels were down by 5% this month. After just spending $150,000 on new equipment, she was not quite sure how to explain this to top management. She had been so sure that new equipment would increase productivity levels. In fact, all the research she had done before purchasing the equipment had substantiated just that. What was the problem? Jo decided a trip to the assembly line floor was in order. Talking to the assembly line supervisor provided her with some new insights. The equipment manufacturer had said the new equipment would be easier to run than the old equipment. Jo had felt the equipment was similar enough that no training on the new equipment was necessary. Evidently that was not the case. The assembly line supervisor said there had been many down hours while people tried to figure out how to run the new machines. Furthermore, these machines were much more interrelated. One job tied into the next job, so if one person did something incorrectly, the next person on the line could not easily step in and fix the problem. In addition, these machines were much more technical and computer- like than the old machines had been. Evidently, they were not as easy to use as the manufacturer had stated. -Which of the following would be most effective in training people on how to use the new equipment properly?

In terms of an employee selection method or device, what is meant by the term "reliability"?

In which of the following countries are employees more likely to be unionized than in the US?

Since the mid- 1960s, the federal government has continually reduced its influence over human resource management decisions.

_________, along with the application form, are an almost universal selection device.

The best- known performance- simulation tests are

_________is an appraisal method that involves superiors, subordinates, peers, and even internal and external customers in the evaluation process.

Graphic rating scales, behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS), the critical- incident technique, multi- rater comparisons, and 360° feedback are methods of appraising performance.

Which of the following can be valid and reliable selection devices when they are structured, well organized, and held to common questioning?

The selection process involves interviewing and choosing the most qualified candidates from a pool of job applicants.

_________is a performance appraisal method that requires little training and no complex forms, but may be more of a measure of the evaluator's writing ability than the performance of the employee.

Strategic Human Resources Planning is the process used to ensure that HR is aligned with and supports the accomplishment of the firm's mission, strategies and objectives.

Recruitment is a set of activities directed toward attracting a qualified pool of job applicants for evaluation by an organization.

The layoff- survivor sickness syndrome has leveled off in the US and is not as significant as it was just a few years ago.