Chapter 12 quiz

Family and Medical Leave Act require employers to provide up to _____ weeks unpaid leave for childbirth, adoption, or family emergencies.

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_____ is a systematic process of gathering and interpreting information about the essential duties.

A job analysis

Which of the following is a device for collecting information about an applicant's education, previous job experience, and other background characteristics?

An application form

_____ allow employees to select the benefits of greatest value to them.

Cafeteria-plan benefits packages

Which of the following refers to all monetary payments and all goods or commodities used in lieu of money to reward employees?

Compensation

Which are used to help determine why employees are leaving their jobs?

Exit interviews

_____ refers to the activities undertaken to attract, develop, and maintain an effective workforce within an organization.

Human resource management

_____ requires the applicant to play the role of a manager who must decide how to respond to ten memos in his or her in-basket within a two-hour period.

In-basket simulation

The strategic approach to human resource management recognizes key elements. Which of the following is NOT an ingredient in successful human resource management?

Only top-line managers are predominantly human resource managers.

_____ is incentive pay that ties at least part of compensation to employee effort and performance.

Pay-for-performance

Which of the following is a recruiting approach that gives applicants all pertinent and realistic information about the job and the organization?

Realistic job preview

A(n) _____ is a company that is highly attractive to potential employees because of human resources practices that focus on tangible and intangible benefits, and that embraces a long-term view to solving immediate problems.

employer of choice

An example of _____ is when current employees are given preference when a position opens in their organization.

internal recruiting

When an experienced employee guides and supports a newcomer or less-experienced employee, this is referred to as _____.

mentoring

Intentionally reducing the company's workforce to the point where the number of employees is deemed to be right for the company's current situation is referred to as _____.

rightsizing