Exam 5: Person-Focused Pay

Which pay model promotes learning and skills development for a wide variety of jobs from different job families?

Core ________ are often derived from the overall strategic statements of companies and are very general knowledge and skills.

Which of the following is a reason many European and Japanese employees are better skilled and able to work more productively than American workers?

Which pay plan generally rewards employees for acquiring job-related competencies,knowledge,or skills rather than for demonstrating successful job performance?

In the XYZ Corp.passenger car manufacturing plant,assembly line station team leaders are allowed to stop the assembly line by pulling a cord available at each station whenever they notice a serious quality problem in the assembly process.This is an example of which of the following?

In a TV set manufacturing facility of XYZ Inc.,there are different assembly lines in which workers focus on certain aspects of production.Senior line workers are capable of producing the TV sets from start to finish.This capability of doing the entire operation from start to finish is an example of which following term?

In this team,members learn scheduling,coordinating,training,leadership.Which of the following describes this type of work team?

In which settings are person-focused pay programs likely to be found?

This type of pay program rewards employees for successfully learning specific criteria.

________ is the degree which an employee receives clear and direct information about job performance from his or her employer.

Which company discussed in the chapter tests its employees twice per year and has abnormally high training costs in assessing the skill levels of its employees?

________ skills refer to similar skills or knowledge.

Which of the following is a characteristic of job-based pay?

Jamie earned a raise in pay when he finished the training for the Technician 2 position.He will receive another raise when he finishes the training for the Technician 3 position.The company is probably using which type of pay program?

A ________ encourages employees to develop skills and learn to perform jobs from different job families.

________ skills are those skills typically considered supervisory.

________ of skills is the level of expertise or specialization an employee brings to a job.

Which company emphasizes globalization,product services,and six sigma quality improvements for corporate growth? This company also offers a renowned two-year global program for high potential HR professionals that includes the opportunity for cross-functional experience.

Describe the concept of competencies.

In the garment factory of XYZ Co.,line workers are trained to be able to work at different manufacturing steps such as grading,cutting,sewing and assembling,pressing,etc.XYZ Co.'s strategy of training its workers to do different tasks is an example of which of the following?