A downsizing strategy at City Corp. has resulted in negative stock returns and lower
profitability following the layoffs. Which statement best explains the reason for these
negative results?
a) downsizing tends to eliminate good performers instead of poor performers first
b) downsizing demands the HR department have a third party vendor provide
services, which results in lower revenues
c) downsizing conducts a complete review of the organization's critical work
processes, which results in heavy expenditures
d) the HRM of a firm must provide downsized employees with multiple stock options
e) when labor costs fall after a downsizing, sales per employee also tend to fall
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e) when labor costs fall after a downsizing, sales per employee also tend to
fall
Age Discrimination in Employment Act - ADEA
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U.S. act that prohibits discrimination in the workplace of persons who are
over the age of 40
Jacob, the CEO at Einstein Inc., learns that his company is perceived as low value by
customers. He plans to combat this by hiring highly skilled and knowledgeable
employees in order to improve Einstein's competitive standing. In this scenario, Jacob
will most likely be hiring:
a) outsourced employees
b) offshored employees
c) employees with a core competency
d) employees with a college degree
e) temporary workers
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c) employees with a core competency
Frank is the CEO of Telex Inc., a company that has a team oriented culture in which
people perform as groups and complete short term projects to earn revenue. After
studying his company's structure, Frank feels Telex's current processes are inefficient.
As a result, Frank decides to downsize the organization and then use the profits to
enhance the organization's efficiency. What is the disadvantage of this approach?
a) downsizing yields slow but long term benefits
b) downsizing is the simplest way to ensure current and future competitiveness
c) downsizing will interfere with the effectiveness of the organization's teamwork
d) downsizing often results in acquisition of companies by other organizations
e) downsizing requires moving to relatively expensive locations
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, c) downsizing will interfere with the effectiveness of the organization's
teamwork
Forecasting
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the attempts to determine the supply of and demand for various types of
human resources to predict areas within the organization where there will
be labor shortages or surpluses - step one of HR planning
for tests that measure abstract qualities such as intelligence or leadership skill, validity
would best be established by:
a) criterion related validity
b) content validity
c) concurrent validity
d) construct validity
e) predictive validity
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d) construct validity
key functions of HR departments
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analysis and design of work, recruitment and selection, training and
development, performance management, compensation and benies,
, employee relations, personnel policies, employee data and info systems,
compliance with laws, support for strategy
An OSHA inspector completed her inspection of a mining operation, including a walk
around and employee interviews. Then the OSHA inspector sought a restraining order
from a federal court. What can you infer from this action taken by the inspector?
a) the inspector is an attorney representing the employees of the company
b) the inspector looked for violations of the general duty clause
c) the inspector is requesting to conduct a closing conference
d) the inspector wants the company to has a reasonable time frame to correct
violations
e) the inspector found a violation that could cause serious injury or death
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e) the inspector found a violation that could cause serious injury or death
What is the first step in the human resource planning process?
a) forecasting
b) goal setting
c) program implementation
d) program evaluation
e) performance evaluation
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a) forecasting
selection methods should accurately predict how well individuals perform and they
should:
profitability following the layoffs. Which statement best explains the reason for these
negative results?
a) downsizing tends to eliminate good performers instead of poor performers first
b) downsizing demands the HR department have a third party vendor provide
services, which results in lower revenues
c) downsizing conducts a complete review of the organization's critical work
processes, which results in heavy expenditures
d) the HRM of a firm must provide downsized employees with multiple stock options
e) when labor costs fall after a downsizing, sales per employee also tend to fall
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e) when labor costs fall after a downsizing, sales per employee also tend to
fall
Age Discrimination in Employment Act - ADEA
,Give this one a try later!
U.S. act that prohibits discrimination in the workplace of persons who are
over the age of 40
Jacob, the CEO at Einstein Inc., learns that his company is perceived as low value by
customers. He plans to combat this by hiring highly skilled and knowledgeable
employees in order to improve Einstein's competitive standing. In this scenario, Jacob
will most likely be hiring:
a) outsourced employees
b) offshored employees
c) employees with a core competency
d) employees with a college degree
e) temporary workers
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c) employees with a core competency
Frank is the CEO of Telex Inc., a company that has a team oriented culture in which
people perform as groups and complete short term projects to earn revenue. After
studying his company's structure, Frank feels Telex's current processes are inefficient.
As a result, Frank decides to downsize the organization and then use the profits to
enhance the organization's efficiency. What is the disadvantage of this approach?
a) downsizing yields slow but long term benefits
b) downsizing is the simplest way to ensure current and future competitiveness
c) downsizing will interfere with the effectiveness of the organization's teamwork
d) downsizing often results in acquisition of companies by other organizations
e) downsizing requires moving to relatively expensive locations
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, c) downsizing will interfere with the effectiveness of the organization's
teamwork
Forecasting
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the attempts to determine the supply of and demand for various types of
human resources to predict areas within the organization where there will
be labor shortages or surpluses - step one of HR planning
for tests that measure abstract qualities such as intelligence or leadership skill, validity
would best be established by:
a) criterion related validity
b) content validity
c) concurrent validity
d) construct validity
e) predictive validity
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d) construct validity
key functions of HR departments
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analysis and design of work, recruitment and selection, training and
development, performance management, compensation and benies,
, employee relations, personnel policies, employee data and info systems,
compliance with laws, support for strategy
An OSHA inspector completed her inspection of a mining operation, including a walk
around and employee interviews. Then the OSHA inspector sought a restraining order
from a federal court. What can you infer from this action taken by the inspector?
a) the inspector is an attorney representing the employees of the company
b) the inspector looked for violations of the general duty clause
c) the inspector is requesting to conduct a closing conference
d) the inspector wants the company to has a reasonable time frame to correct
violations
e) the inspector found a violation that could cause serious injury or death
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e) the inspector found a violation that could cause serious injury or death
What is the first step in the human resource planning process?
a) forecasting
b) goal setting
c) program implementation
d) program evaluation
e) performance evaluation
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a) forecasting
selection methods should accurately predict how well individuals perform and they
should:
