Exam 9: Talent Management

As an HR manager,when you do career planning for a high-potential employee who has a spouse with a professional occupation,it would be a good idea to sit down with both the employee and the spouse.

Job sequencing

When opportunities for promotion are scarce,a good way to keep employees motivated and develop their talents within the organization is

In general,women's career advancement is negatively affected by

Even though she is a relatively junior manufacturing supervisor,Angela has been assigned to a plant-wide committee on quality control.Angela is concerned that she will be unable to do her regular job as well as take part in extra committee meetings and assignments.She is concerned that this committee will be a "time sink" and a waste.Angela's boss is probably intending this assignment to

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A centralized Web site for news,information,course listings,business games,simulations and other training materials is called a/an

A/an ____ is a sequence of work-related positions a person occupies throughout life.

What are the main career challenges for women? What can organizations do to make better use of its female talents?

Which of the following is TRUE about career plateaus.

In comparison to people who graduated from college thirty years ago,current college graduate entering the job market can expect all of the following EXCEPT

Bill and his family have been living in an Asian country for four years while Bill has been on international assignment.As director of global HR for Bill's employer,you will probably need to help Bill and his family adjust to all of the following EXCEPT

As director of training and development you are examining development programs for managers offered by vendors.It will be MOST difficult to find a development program that addresses

Which of the following is TRUE?

In order to reward talented technical people who do not want to move into management,many companies have established

In over ____ percent of couples,both partners have a career.

All of the following are common mistakes in succession planning EXCEPT

The career stage that stymies the job progression of many women with family responsibilities and blocks them from advancing to executive ranks is the late career stage.

Kevin is a member of the board of directors for a non-profit organization that is engaged in environmental causes.The group does fund-raising,legislative lobbying,and publicizes the need for action to reduce pollution.The organization pays salaries below market.With his knowledge of the general stages in the typical person's career,Kevin knows that the organization would have the BEST luck recruiting new full-time employees

Common problems with management development programs include all of the following EXCEPT