MGT 434 Final Exam - Questions With Complete
Solutions
Development Right Ans - refers to formal education, job experience,
relationships, and assessment of personality and abilities that help
employees prepare for the future
Examples of development plan areas Right Ans - talents or strengths,
development opportunities, development objectives and action steps
"Boundaryless" Right Ans - careers may involve identifying more with a
job or profession than with the present employer
Self-assessment Right Ans - refers to the use of information by
employees to determine their career interests, values, aptitudes, and
behavioral tendencies
Reality check Right Ans - refers to the information employees receive
about how the company evaluates their skills and knowledge and where
they fit into the company's plan
Goal Setting Right Ans - refers to the process of employees developing
short and long-term development objectives
Action plan Right Ans - a document summarizing what the trainee and
manger will do to ensure that training transfers to the job
Employee Development Approaches Right Ans - formal education
programs, assessments, job experience, interpersonal relationships
Formal education programs Right Ans - employee's development
programs, including short courses offered by consultants or universities,
executive MBA programs, and university programs
tuition reimbursement Right Ans - the practice of reimbursing
employees' costs for college and university courses and degree programs
, Assessment Right Ans - collecting information and providing feedback
to employees about their behavior, communication style, or skills
Personality tests and inventories such as Myers-Briggs Right Ans - a
psychological test used for team building and leadership development that
identifies employees' preferences for energy, information gathering,
decision making, and lifestyle
Performance appraisals Right Ans - is the process through which an
organization gets information on how well an employee is doing his or her
job
Upward feedback Right Ans - a performance appraisal process for
mangers that includes subordinate's evaluations ... evaluating your boss
360-degree feedback systems (360-degree appraisal) Right Ans - a
performance appraisal process for mangers that includes evaluations from
a wide range of persons who interact with the manger. The process
includes self-evaluations as well as evaluations from the managers boss,
subordinates, peers, and customers
interpersonal relationships Right Ans - Mentors and coaches
Mentor Right Ans - an experienced, productive senior employee who
helps develop a less experienced employee
Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) Right Ans - a psychological test
used for team building and leadership development that identifies
employees' preferences for energy, information gathering, decision making,
and lifestyle
Assessment center Right Ans - a process in which multiple raters
evaluate employees' performance on a number of exercises.... Usually off-
site
4 types of leadership assessment exercises Right Ans - leaderless group
discussion, interviews, in-baskets, role plays
Solutions
Development Right Ans - refers to formal education, job experience,
relationships, and assessment of personality and abilities that help
employees prepare for the future
Examples of development plan areas Right Ans - talents or strengths,
development opportunities, development objectives and action steps
"Boundaryless" Right Ans - careers may involve identifying more with a
job or profession than with the present employer
Self-assessment Right Ans - refers to the use of information by
employees to determine their career interests, values, aptitudes, and
behavioral tendencies
Reality check Right Ans - refers to the information employees receive
about how the company evaluates their skills and knowledge and where
they fit into the company's plan
Goal Setting Right Ans - refers to the process of employees developing
short and long-term development objectives
Action plan Right Ans - a document summarizing what the trainee and
manger will do to ensure that training transfers to the job
Employee Development Approaches Right Ans - formal education
programs, assessments, job experience, interpersonal relationships
Formal education programs Right Ans - employee's development
programs, including short courses offered by consultants or universities,
executive MBA programs, and university programs
tuition reimbursement Right Ans - the practice of reimbursing
employees' costs for college and university courses and degree programs
, Assessment Right Ans - collecting information and providing feedback
to employees about their behavior, communication style, or skills
Personality tests and inventories such as Myers-Briggs Right Ans - a
psychological test used for team building and leadership development that
identifies employees' preferences for energy, information gathering,
decision making, and lifestyle
Performance appraisals Right Ans - is the process through which an
organization gets information on how well an employee is doing his or her
job
Upward feedback Right Ans - a performance appraisal process for
mangers that includes subordinate's evaluations ... evaluating your boss
360-degree feedback systems (360-degree appraisal) Right Ans - a
performance appraisal process for mangers that includes evaluations from
a wide range of persons who interact with the manger. The process
includes self-evaluations as well as evaluations from the managers boss,
subordinates, peers, and customers
interpersonal relationships Right Ans - Mentors and coaches
Mentor Right Ans - an experienced, productive senior employee who
helps develop a less experienced employee
Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) Right Ans - a psychological test
used for team building and leadership development that identifies
employees' preferences for energy, information gathering, decision making,
and lifestyle
Assessment center Right Ans - a process in which multiple raters
evaluate employees' performance on a number of exercises.... Usually off-
site
4 types of leadership assessment exercises Right Ans - leaderless group
discussion, interviews, in-baskets, role plays
