Exam 10: Human Resource Management

Because drug fads come and go, the drug problem is

What are Jeffrey Pfeffer's seven people-centered practices.

Since 1992, Recreational Equipment Inc (REI) has had an anti-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation creating an environment that is welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

Unstructured interviews are preferable because of their systematic scoring and they give the interviewer room for adjusting to the interviewee's personality.

What does the R stand for in the PROCEED model of employee selection?

Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) are a strong performance appraisal technique.

If Mr. Songsui, a manager at PlanetCorp, asked you how to make his performance appraisals more legally defensible in the U.S., what would be your recommendation?

Barb is an HR manager for a defense contractor, and she believes that in terms of appraising employee performance, "two heads are less biased than one." What alternative performance appraisal technique should she use?

Raulf is the HR manager for Handy Construction Inc. He wants to develop an employment testing technique that assesses competence in actual "hands-on" situations. What type of test would you recommend to Raulf?

____ represents what affirmative action programs basically strive to do.

According to a 2010 survey, more than half of the disabled adults surveyed said the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) has made no difference in their lives.

Trait-oriented performance appraisals, from a legal viewpoint, are more defensible than behavior-oriented ones.

In the PROCEED model of the employee selection process, the P and C stand for

Goal setting is a comparatively strong performance appraisal technique if desired outcomes are clearly linked to specific behavior.

All of the following describes a structured interview except

The process of identifying basic task and skill requirements by studying superior performers is

Jessica is the owner of a small pizza shop that does not have a sophisticated assistance program for substance abusing employees. On three occasions, one of her employees, Marc, has shown up late to work, still drunk. What should Jessica do?

The aim of affirmative action programs is preventing future discrimination.

____ in the U.S. attempts to ensure a fair and unprejudiced experience for all job applicants.

Central to the human capital perspective is that every employee is a productivity resource and expense item.