Exam 10: Managing Careers

Dual-career couples represent only a small portion of married couples.

Demand and supply of this work group will continue to expand.

The keys to success in an early retirement program are to identify,before the incentives are offered,exactly which jobs are targeted for attrition and to understand the needs of the employees targeted to leave.

Both the demand for and the supply of older workers will continue to expand.

What is the most persuasive reason for helping employees manage their own careers?

_________ represent logical and possible sequences of positions that could be held,based on an analysis of what people actually do in an organization.

Ultimately it is the supervisor's responsibility to develop and implement a cost-effective career planning program.

A mentor's role is to be a culture carrier,to teach new hires the ropes,to provide candid feedback on how they are being perceived by others,and to serve as a confidential sounding board for dealing with work-related problems.

The process of "moving inside" or becoming more involved in a particular organization is:

Myths about psychological landmarks of midlife,such as the "empty-nest syndrome," the "midlife crisis," and the menopausal "change of life" have little scientific basis.

Whereas male midlife crises are more likely to begin with family events or problems,women's are more likely to be driven by work or career issues.

Rapidly changing technology,shifting organizational structures,and global marketplace dynamics have transformed mentoring into a process that often extends beyond the services of a female mentor.

In selecting a field of employment and an employer,all of the following guidelines should be followed EXCEPT:

A career that consists of a sense of where a person is going in his or her work life is the ________ career.

Which of the following is NOT a reason employer-supported child care will continue to grow?

Which of the following is NOT a reason that organizational career management systems sometimes fail?

Older managers meet with younger subordinates to learn about new technology and electronic commerce in:

Companies such as Travelers Corporation,Monsanto,and Deloitte Consulting have begun to draw on a previously untapped source of workers with experience,namely:

You should plan to exit an organization only when:

A lesson for managers is that all models of adult life-cycle states should be viewed as broad guidelines rather than as exact representations of reality.