Exam 9: Human Resource Management

What concerns do women face in today's workforce?

Barney is an HR manager and would like to see a more diversified workforce at his company.He decides the best way to do this is to follow a plan that requires the company to employ a certain number of minorities and women.This plan is otherwise known as ________.

Carlos needs to assess the current supply of employees in his company.He consults a document detailing the ages,educational backgrounds,training,experiences,specialized skills,and current and previous office positions for each employee.In HR,this document is called the ________.

Yoshiko owns a greeting card store and recently hired a new daytime clerk.The new clerk is learning job skills by performing them under Yoshiko's informal direction.Yoshiko is conducting a(n)________.

Recently,negotiations between a local housepainters union and their employer came to an impasse.The employer felt he had a legitimate position in the negotiations and refused to allow union member painters from entering the premises.This is called a ________.

Union representatives for the employees of a regional grocery store chain decide to negotiate with management for better hourly wages and better medical benefits.After a few meetings,they come to an agreement,which is called an arbitration.

Teresa just received a quarterly statement from the Vanguard Group,which shows earnings from investments using her pretax dollars.Teresa contributes a percentage of her salary to the plan and her company matches it.Teresa has a 401(k)plan.