management

A company engages in in order to generate a pool of job candidates.

recruiting in

Companies that use artificial intelligence systems to screen applicant résumés are using this HR practice.

Algorithm-based hiring

This law requires that employers provide "reasonable accommodations" to people with disabilities.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Which of the following tests collect information about a candidate's background in order to predict future performance?

Biographical data tests

Disruptive innovation:

Causes companies to grow Causes companies to shrink Can put companies out of business

When Coca-Cola purchased first a part and then all of Honest Tea, what would have been appropriate ways to help this change be successful? Check all that apply.

Conduct team-building exercises to help groups of employees from Coca-Cola and Honest Tea communicate effectively and address conflict. Train employees on Coca-Cola's payroll and expense reimbursement systems since Honest tea uses them. Survey Honest Tea employees to identify sources of anxiety and conflict related to the acquisition.

This law requires that employers allow terminated employees to stay on a group health plan at the expense of the employee for up to 18 months after leaving the company.

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

In the ambidextrous approach, a company combines which two of the following elements? Check all that apply.

Exploitation Exploration

This law allows employees to switch health coverage plans when changing jobs, regardless of preexisting health conditions. It also prohibits group health insurance plans from dropping sick employees.

Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act

important to predict what jobs the organization will need to fill and what knowledge and skills future workers will need to have.

Human resource planning is

Which of the following are dividends of diversity? Check all that apply.

Increased understanding of the marketplace Enhanced breadth of understanding in leadership positions Reduced costs associated with absenteeism

Suppose that a company known for producing very high— quality and high-priced vacuum cleaners went to India and recognized a need for inexpensive stick vacuums that could easily be used on wood or even dirt floors. The company worked with an Indian firm and developed these new vacuums, which sold well in India, and are now starting to sell well in the United States. What is the company engaged in?

Reverse innovation

Which of the following are major challenges for managers today with regard to diversity? Check all that apply.

More women workers. Increased diversity.

Trainers need to attend seminars on a regular basis to update their understanding of conditioning techniques based on the latest research. Then they need to integrate these new techniques into their training programs. Which personality factor is most important to perform this task successfully?

Openness to experience

A manager will use to make sure the company is paying enough that employees won't leave for other companies but not paying more than it has to.

a wage and salary survey

For managers, this model emphasizes:

Recognizing and celebrating each employee's individuality, regardless of the source of the differences

This diagram shows theinclusive model of diversity. This model defines diversity in a broad way.

inclusive broad

Organizations deal with changes in the environment through

innovation .

One change that Seth mentions is the PlantBottle. Another is using grape juice instead of sugar to sweeten drinks. What is true about these changes?

The PlantBottle is a potentially disruptive innovation; grape juice-sweetened drinks are a product change.

In which of the following situations would top management support be an effective technique to implement change?

When making a change across multiple departments

In human resource planning, companies determine: Check all that apply.

Where they can expect to get new employees in an upcoming time period How many new employees they will need in an upcoming time period

Because organizational change is a difficult endeavor, a company may use a change agent , who is an OD expert, to diagnose problems, develop a training plan, and document performance.

a change agent

Not satisfied with the status quo, identifies opportunities for change and promotes innovation in the organization, helping to overcome resistance.

an idea champion

are required by law, such as employer contributions to Social Security and Medicare; others are discretionary, such as dental and vision insurance and tuition reimbursement.

certain benefits

The only time you should use to implement change is if a crisis exists or all other implementation techniques have failed.

coercion

Managers across the globe face diversity challenges. Out of 153 countries, placed 121 in gender equality.

japan

An employee's consists of the wages, paid vacation, and medical insurance they receive for working for her company.

compensation.

To gather information about a job's tasks and context, a manager conducts a job analysis .

conducts a job analysis .

A company has strong if it continuously seeks new ideas from customers and by looking for ways to use new technologies.

external coordination

The environment and the workplace are changing, as illustrated by the increase in employees and foreign-born employees

female

HRM planning, job analysis, and forecasting are associated with the HR goal of

finding the right people .

More than half of the foreign-born workforce today is:

hispanic

The 360-degree feedback performance appraisal system tries to improve performance ratings by forcing managers to:

include information from a wide variety of sources in their reviews.

An employee sees themselves as a partner in business improvement

new social contract

An employer offers employees traditional compensation packages, such as salaries and raises for promotions.

old social contract

An organization is engaged in , a type of discrimination, when its culture permits crude jokes and images that result in a hostile environment for some employees.

sexual harassment

The chief advantage of bottom-up approaches and internal innovation contests is that both these techniques:

solicit new ideas from existing employees.

To gather and analyze information about employee attitudes and perceptions about the climate, their managers' leadership, and relationships, an organization could use

survey feedback

If Marco's client tries out for a professional team but doesn't make the cut, Marco is likely to believe that this result is mostly due to the client's lack of effort or ability , as a result of the fundamental attribution error .

the client's lack of effort or ability fundamental attribution error .

An organization invests in to improve employees' skills in their current jobs and prepare them for future jobs.

training and development

If a manager spends twenty minutes talking to one applicant about the school that the applicant attended, and twenty minutes talking to another applicant about the jobs the applicant had done in the past, the manager is conducting an unstructured interview, which is likely to be less successful than other interviews.

unstructured less

In the strategic approach to human resource management, organizations use model when they are trying to find the right people.

use a matching