Exam 11: Human Resources Management

________ refers to pay tied to an employee's acquisition of skills.

Salary differs from wages in that the salary ________.

Headhunters refer to outside agencies that specialize in finding and placing employees.

The ________ provides retirement,disability and medical coverage for employees and their dependents and is jointly funded by employers and employees.

The process of attracting appropriate applicants for an organization's jobs is known as ________.

The term outplacement services refers to external professionals who help an organization in terminating employees.

________ refers to a state of physical and emotional exhaustion that can result from constant exposure to stress over a long period of time.

Linda W.Taylor is the recruitment manager at Creative Solutions,a brand management firm.The creative director of the firm recently quits,and Linda needs to find a replacement for the position.She conducts a job analysis to identify the nature and demands associated with the position of the creative director,as well as the skills required to fill the position.Based on this research,she creates a summary stating the tasks the creative director is responsible for,the working hours,and the working conditions.Linda posts this document in key job portals to inform potential applicants what to expect from the job.This document is an example of a ________.

Which of the following enables employees to become partial owners of a company?

Compare and contrast job description with job specification.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act outlaws mandatory retirement based on age alone.

Discuss the processes involved in training and developing employees.

________ refers to an incentive program that rewards employees for meeting specific,individual goals.

According to a recent survey of the companies that make up the S&P 500 stock market index,CEOs are paid roughly 20 times more than average workers are paid.

________ services,such as resume-writing courses,career counseling,and secretarial assistance are offered to laid-off employees by many companies.

Pearl Architectural Design,an architecture firm in Vermont,hired several junior-level architects on a temporary basis to fill the workforce requirement for a specific project.In this example,Pearl Architectural Design uses ________ employees.

The ethnic composition of the United States has been on a long-term trend of decreasing diversity.

________ refers to distributions of financial incentives to employees who voluntarily depart; usually undertaken in order to reduce the payroll.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about administering employee compensation?

Sexism refers to discrimination on the basis of gender.