Quiz One

At the end of each day​ (or each month or each​ year), what is a​ manager's MOST important​ responsibility?

Achieving Results

What is the right to make decisions and give orders referred to​ as?

Authority

What defense can be used to allow an employer to hire an employee based on​ religion, sex, or national origin when those qualifications are necessary to the position or​ operation?

Bona fide occupational qualification

How might companies take advantage of​ lower-cost locations abroad in their search for greater​ efficiencies?

By offshoring jobs

Which of the following is a means to allow a company to build and strengthen a business​ unit's long-term competitive position in the​ marketplace?

Competitive Strategy

What are the standards someone uses to decide what appropriate conduct​ is?

Ethics

What type of strategic planning would most likely take place at the departmental​ level?

Functional

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act​ (ADA), which of the following is considered a disability by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission​ (EEOC)?

Mental Impairment

Which of the following enables employers to provide​ day-to-day guidance to employees to support organizational plans and​ goals?

Policies and Procedures

Which of the following are NOT covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights​ Act?

Public employers of 5 or more employees

Which of the following can be charged by proving that rejecting a​ supervisor's advances adversely affected opportunities for a​ "tangible work​ action" such as a​ promotion?

Quid pro quo

Which is the term for the attribution of specific behavioral traits to individuals based on apparent membership in a​ group?

Stereotyping

The overall approach for how an organization will match internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats is​ a(n) _______.

Strategic Plan

Which tool can be used to track how a​ department's performance contributes to the​ company's overall strategic​ goals?

Strategy Map

​Who, or​ what, is responsible for molding an​ organization's HR philosophy at every level of the​ organization?

The​ organization's top management

How do organizations formulate and execute HR policies and practices that produce employee competencies the company needs to​ succeed?

Through strategic human resource management

When does the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission​ (EEOC) enforcement process​ begin?

When an individual files a written charge with the EEOC

One way to compare a​ firm's HR metrics with those of other companies is through the use of​ _______.

benchmarking

Moving Hr management tasks from a central HR department to employees and managers allows for ______________.

distributed HR management

Which of the following makes employee engagement critical to the success of the​ organization?

it drives performance and productivity

One way to address the shortfall within the U.S. workforce is to hire employees who work part time or hold multiple jobs at once. These employees are known as​ _______ workers.

nontraditional

What managerial tool can be used to establish the goals of the​ organization, rules and​ procedures, and​ forecasts?

planning

An employer must be able to show that a test is a valid predictor of performance on the job to avoid​ _______.

prima facie discrimination

According to the Equal Pay Act of​ 1962, men and women who hold the same position cannot be paid differently if the difference is based on​ _______.

sex

What is a set of human resource management policies and practices that produces superior employee performance​ called?

​High-performance work system