POP QUIZ 8

Good organization HRM strategies include treating employees as ________.

• a renewable resource

• partners

• costs that should be minimized

• replaceable with automation

HRM is becoming less important as more and more jobs are automated.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The process by which managers ensure that they have the right number and kinds of capable people in the right places and at the right times is known as ________.

• human capital management

• performance management

• performance planning

• human resource planning

If human resource planning shows a surplus of employees, management can reduce the organization's workforce through ________.

• recruitment

• decruitment

• increased workweeks

• reduced job sharing

________ involves predicting which applicants will be successful if hired.

• Selection

• Recruitment

• Orientation

• Decruitment

All candidates for entry level engineering positions are given the mechanical aptitude test. Those who scored well and were hired later earned high scores on their performance evaluations. Those who scored less well and were hired earned lower scores on performance evaluations. This indicates that the test is ________.

• valid

• invalid

• reliable

• unreliable

A ________ includes both positive and negative aspects about the job and the company.

• structured interview

• job analysis

• realistic job preview

• behavioral preview

________ is the process of introducing a new employee to his/her job and the organization.

• Orientation

• Selection

• Staffing

• Communicating

In which one of the following traditional training methods do employees work with an experienced worker who provides information, support, and encouragement?

• Job rotation

• Experiential exercises

• Mentoring and coaching

• On-the-job training

A ________ is a method of performance appraisal by which each employee is rated in comparison to other employees in his work group.

• multiperson comparison

• behaviorally anchored rating scale

• critical incident

• graphic rating scale