Chapter 1-5 practice questions
Age Discrimination in Employment Act made it illegal to discriminate again the age
40 or older
Which international strategy involves not aligning w a particular country but across countries
Global strategy
Which of the following is NOT part of organizational demands
Labor force trends
Who are the individuals responsible for supervising and directing a group of employees to perform tasks
Line manager
Strategy jobs are narrowly focused and empathize standardized and repetitive actions , behaviors are fairly well understood, individuals hired w basic skills
Low cost strategy
A set of underlying values & beliefs employees share that is unwritten yet understand
Organizational culture
Which employee team is cross functional group that addresses problem or issue
Parallel team
In job analysis techniques this customized approach focuses on collecting into to identify tasks needed to be performed on a job
Task inventory
One issue w the ADA law an employer w limited financial resources would not be required to spend large sums of money for accommodations
Undue hardship
Which types of employee team is well defined, stable, full time members
Work teams
In labor force trends the fastest growing ethnic group are
Asians and Hispanics
Tools a company uses to manage employees are
HR practices
A company's ability to create more economic advantage then its competitors is
Competitive advantage
In job analysis techniques, this customized approach focuses on specific descriptions of work activities that distinguish good from bad performance
Critical incidents
Strategy jobs are geared toward creativity or customer service, pay is on individual potential
Differentiation strategy
Treating ppl differently bc of characteristics that have nothing to do w their ability to perform
Discrimination
When an employer unintentionally discriminated against a member of protected class
Disparate impact
When an employer intentionally discriminated bc of a characteristic that defines the protected class
Disparate treatment
Which justice deals with fairness in what individuals receive for their efforts, compensation for time and effort
Distributive justice
Which international strategy involves serving markets within a particular country
Domestic strategy
Which of the following are not environmental influences
Employee concerns
This gives employers the right to terminate employees at any time
Employment at will
When practices work in concert with one another as well as w external challenges companies face
External alignment
Which practices within each HR activity are consistent with each other there is
Internal alignment
Which act addresses employment discrimination on the basis of color , race , religon
Title VLL of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which international strategy involves shared vision and tailoring products to meet local county needs
Transnational strategy
Blurs country boundaries in business activities and encourages off shoring
Globalization
Is the extent to which individuals need to learn and be challenged
Growth need strength
Support function that designs and implements company policies for managing employees
HR department
Which of the following is not one of the benefits, health , and wellness required by law
Health care
Systematically identifying tasks, duties , responsibilities expected to be performed in a job as well as the competencies employees must possess to be successful
Job analysis
Are written summaries of specific tasks
Job description
Is determining job tasks and responsibilities employees are expected to perform
Job design
In job analysis techniques this customized approach focuses on analyzing employee competencies rather than on tasks to be performed
Job element
In the efficiency approach, this removed decision making authority from employees and placed it with a supervisor
Job simplification
In the efficiency approach, this focused on the breaking jobs down into core elements
Job specialization
Are competencies required by a job holder to be able to perform the job successfully
Job specifications
Ensuring employees have the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities and other talents to achieve work objectives falls under which of the following categories
Managing employee competencies
Which international strategy involves establishing autonomous business units in multiple counties
Multinational strategy
Both the EEOC and OFCCP are responsible for developing guidelines and overseeing compliance w anti discrimination laws, which one deals w executive order
OFCCP
Which Justice is achieved when the determination that the process used to make decisions of dispute is fair
Procedural justice
Perceived obligation employees believe they owe their company & company owes them
Psychological contract
Submission to sexual conduct is made explicitly or implicitly a condition of employment
Quid pro Quo
Which employee team involves members working collaboratively to make decisions, hire, plan , schedule work, and accomplish goals
Self managed teams
In job analysis techniques which approach uses a single instrument to collect data
Standardized approach
A plan for achieving a competitive advantage that influences how employees add value, impact types of jobs employees perform, and affects attitudes and behaviors employees display Is
Strategy