Chapter 6

manufacturing

1. Skill-based pay applications is most common in: A. education. B. manufacturing. C. health care. D. service industries

True

10. Scaled competency indicators are similar to degrees of compensable factors. True False

True

11. The main appeal of competencies is the direct link to the organization's strategy. True False

True

12. Skill-based plans often fail to account for whether or not an individual is using a particular skill on a particular day. True False

True

13. Validity refers to the degree to which the evaluation assesses the relative worth of jobs to the organization. True False

True

14. One approach to both improving and measuring the level of acceptance of job evaluation is to establish a formal appeals process. True False

Supports Strategy and Objective Supports Workflow Fair to employees Motivates behavior toward organization objectives

15. What are the objectives that may be used to assess a skill-based pay plan?

What is the objective? What information should be collected? What method should be used? Who should be involved? How useful are results?

16. Which are the major skill-analysis decisions?

determining what to value

2. Compensable factors, skill blocks, and competency sets are all for the purpose of: A. assessing relative value. B. collecting work content information. C. determining what to value. D. each of the three has a different purpose.

skill analysis

3. _____ is the process of identifying and collecting information about skills required to perform work in an organization. A. Job analysis B. Core competency analysis C. Skill analysis D. Job specifications analysis

College degree

4. Which of the following is least likely to be used as a skill-based certification method? A. Tests B. College degree C. Peer review D. On-the-job demonstration

compensable factors

5. The process of identifying competencies resembles identifying _____ as part of job evaluation. A. compensable factors B. job description C. employee requirement D. workflow outlay

executive leadership's

6. Competencies are derived from the _____ beliefs about the organization and its strategic intent. A. executive leadership's B. stakeholders' C. employees' D. customers'

job-based

7 Managers whose employers use _____ plans focus on placing the right people in the right job. A. pay-based B. skill-based plans C. competency-based D. job-based

job-based

8. A _____ approach controls costs by paying only as much as the work performed is worth, regardless of any greater skills the employee may possess. A. performance-based B. competency-based C. job-based D. skill-based

True

9. Skill-based plans are generally well accepted by employees because it is easy to see the connection between the plan, the work, and the size of the paycheck. True False