HR Test 1

disparate impact.

A common interview practice is to have the candidate create a Power Point presentation on how to make a grilled cheese sandwich. This would be an example of

Which of the following is true about offshoring?

A company should avoid outsourcing work that is self-contained and does not need an exchange of information.

Occupational Safety and Health Act

Bloom Corp. is a firm whose employees work in an old facility; they request a government inspection to ensure that they are not exposed to any hazardous materials while working in the facility. Which of the following acts gives them the right to do so?

offshoring

Sampson Lighting was struggling to make a quality product and meet its payroll. The costs for labor were too high. They visited several countries and then decided to move the production side of the business. This is called

one-way linkage.

Sandman, Inc. has completed its strategic business plan and informed HR of how many employees will now need to be hired or retrained. This is an example of

quid pro quo harassment.

Sanjay is the manager at a restaurant and offers to promote Linda, a waitress at the same restaurant, in return for sexual favors. This is an example of

strategy implementation

The _____ component of the strategic management process consists of structuring the organization, allocating resources, ensuring that the firm has skilled employees in place, and developing reward systems that align employee behavior with the organization's strategic goals.

Typically when a company is in the news, it is because the company failed to be sustainable. Which of the following best describes its failure?

The company is unable to meet the business needs without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet theirs.

goal

To achieve 100 percent compliance on the next 3 years' compliance inspections is an example of a Correct!

Divestment strategy

Tokyo Electronics is facing financial difficulties mainly due to losses incurred by its gaming division. As a consequence, it has decided to shut down operations of this division. Which of the following strategies has Tokyo electronics adopted?

disparate impact

Under _____, intent is irrelevant.

Perceptual-motor approach

Which of the following approaches to job design has roots in human-factors literature?

motivational approach

Which of the following approaches views job satisfaction as one of the most important outcomes of job design?

Employee attraction argument

Which of the following arguments states that companies develop reputations on favorability as prospective employers for women and ethnic minorities? Correct!

job description

Which of the following includes a list of the tasks, duties, and responsibilities that a job entails?

job specification

Which of the following includes the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that an individual must have to perform a job?

There will be less emphasis on discrimination against veterans.

Which of the following is a prediction about legal issues regarding employment in the United States?

divestment

Which of the following is a strategy made up of retrenchment and liquidation?

work flow design

_____ provides a longitudinal overview of the dynamic relationships by which inputs are converted into outputs.

Work-flow design

analyzing the tasks necessary for the production of a product.

The one-way linkage level

often leads to strategic plans that companies cannot successfully implement.

Which of the following statements is true of disparate treatment and disparate impact?

For there to be discrimination under disparate treatment, there has to be intentional discrimination.

Employees have access to work information at any time or location.

How does employees' use of mobile devices offer an advantage to companies?

Which of the following statements is true of intended and emergent strategies?

Intended strategies are the result of the rational decision-making process used by top managers as they develop a strategic plan.

Work-flow design

James, a manager at Brown & Brown (B&B) Inc., a publisher of academic books, is tasked with identifying the various pieces of work required to edit, typeset, and publish a fictional book prior to allocating and assigning them to his subordinates. Which of the following processes is James expected to perform?

organizational structure

Jeff was recently hired as a new manager. He is looking for the ________ to see the relationships between individuals and units.

Job design

Which of the following is the process of defining the way work will be performed and the tasks that will be required in a given job?

They provide predictions that are much more precise than judgmental methods.

Which of the following is true of statistical forecasting methods that capture historic trends?

They are very specific in the skills they require from their employees.

Which of the following statements is true for companies that employ cost strategies?

In this level, the human resource management department is completely divorced from any component of the strategic management process.

Which of the following statements is true of the administrative linkage level between the human resource management function and the strategic management function?