MGT 434 Final Exam (As Of Fall Semester 2024) –
Questions With Correct Answers
Performance Management Right Ans - The means through which
managers ensure that employees' activities and outcomes are congruent
with the organization's goals.
Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) Right Ans - A plan that describes
the performance changes that a poorly performing employee needs to
make in a specified time period or face termination.
Performance Appraisal Right Ans - The process through which an
organization gets information on how well an employee is doing his or her
job
Calibration Meetings Right Ans - A way to discuss employees'
performance with the goal of ensuring that similar standards are applied to
their evaluations.
Performance Feedback Right Ans - The process of providing employees
information regarding their performance effectiveness.
Employee Development Right Ans - The acquisition of knowledge, skills,
and behaviors that improve an employee's ability to meet changes in job
requirements and in client and customer demands.
Succession Planning Right Ans - The identification and tracking of high-
potential employees capable of filling higher-level managerial positions.
Assessment Right Ans - Collecting information and providing feedback
to employees about their behavior, communication style, or skills.
Mentor Right Ans - An experienced, productive senior employee who
helps develop a less experienced employee.
Stretch Assignments Right Ans - Job assignments in which there is a
mismatch between an employee's skills and past experiences and the skills
required for success on the job.
, Involuntary Turnover Right Ans - Turnover initiated by the organization
(often among people who would prefer to stay).
Prosocial Motivation Right Ans - The degree to which people are
motivated to help other people.
Voluntary Turnover Right Ans - Turnover initiated by employees (whom
the company often would prefer to keep).
Negative Affectivity Right Ans - A dispositional dimension that reflects
pervasive individual differences in satisfaction with any and all aspects of
life.
Procedural Justice Right Ans - A concept of justice focusing on the
methods used to determine the outcomes received.
Equal Employment Opportunity Right Ans - The government's attempt
to ensure that all individuals have an equal opportunity for employment,
regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin.
Techniq of Operations Review Right Ans - Method of determining safety
problems via an analysis of past accidents.
Disparate Treatment Right Ans - A theory of discrimination based on
different treatment given to individuals because of their race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability status.
Job Hazards Analysis Technique Right Ans - A breakdown of each job
into basic elements, each of which is rated for its potential for harm or
injury.
Disparate Impact Right Ans - A theory of discrimination based on
facially neutral employment practices that disproportionately exclude a
protected group from employment opportunities.
Checkoff Provision Right Ans - A union contract provision that requires
an employer to deduct union dues from employees' paychecks.
Questions With Correct Answers
Performance Management Right Ans - The means through which
managers ensure that employees' activities and outcomes are congruent
with the organization's goals.
Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) Right Ans - A plan that describes
the performance changes that a poorly performing employee needs to
make in a specified time period or face termination.
Performance Appraisal Right Ans - The process through which an
organization gets information on how well an employee is doing his or her
job
Calibration Meetings Right Ans - A way to discuss employees'
performance with the goal of ensuring that similar standards are applied to
their evaluations.
Performance Feedback Right Ans - The process of providing employees
information regarding their performance effectiveness.
Employee Development Right Ans - The acquisition of knowledge, skills,
and behaviors that improve an employee's ability to meet changes in job
requirements and in client and customer demands.
Succession Planning Right Ans - The identification and tracking of high-
potential employees capable of filling higher-level managerial positions.
Assessment Right Ans - Collecting information and providing feedback
to employees about their behavior, communication style, or skills.
Mentor Right Ans - An experienced, productive senior employee who
helps develop a less experienced employee.
Stretch Assignments Right Ans - Job assignments in which there is a
mismatch between an employee's skills and past experiences and the skills
required for success on the job.
, Involuntary Turnover Right Ans - Turnover initiated by the organization
(often among people who would prefer to stay).
Prosocial Motivation Right Ans - The degree to which people are
motivated to help other people.
Voluntary Turnover Right Ans - Turnover initiated by employees (whom
the company often would prefer to keep).
Negative Affectivity Right Ans - A dispositional dimension that reflects
pervasive individual differences in satisfaction with any and all aspects of
life.
Procedural Justice Right Ans - A concept of justice focusing on the
methods used to determine the outcomes received.
Equal Employment Opportunity Right Ans - The government's attempt
to ensure that all individuals have an equal opportunity for employment,
regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin.
Techniq of Operations Review Right Ans - Method of determining safety
problems via an analysis of past accidents.
Disparate Treatment Right Ans - A theory of discrimination based on
different treatment given to individuals because of their race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability status.
Job Hazards Analysis Technique Right Ans - A breakdown of each job
into basic elements, each of which is rated for its potential for harm or
injury.
Disparate Impact Right Ans - A theory of discrimination based on
facially neutral employment practices that disproportionately exclude a
protected group from employment opportunities.
Checkoff Provision Right Ans - A union contract provision that requires
an employer to deduct union dues from employees' paychecks.
