Ch 6

Firms operating globally often need to give some latitude to their local managers to tailor their strategies and practices to meet the needs of their locations. This highlights the ________ aspect of global sourcing.

differentiation

Which of the following refers to the training of employees to extend their capabilities and prepare them to assume other jobs and roles in the firm?

employee development

Internet data mining involves searching the Internet to locate active job seekers with the characteristics and qualifications needed for a position

false

Job fairs are best for finding passive job seekers.

false

SteelMakers Inc. (SMI) is in urgent need of senior sales executives. Sales have declined in the last three quarters while the market share of their leading competitor, Steelworld, has steadily increased. SMI has realized that they are losing out not because of inferior products, but because they have not been able to pitch their products as well as Steelworld. After careful observation of the sales efforts of the latter, the SMI management has decided to offer extremely lucrative, hard to refuse, deals to one or two selected members of Steelworld's sales team. Which of the following modes of sourcing is SMI using in this case?

poaching

Which of the following recruitment strategies can reduce the possibility of overlooking qualified internal talent?

talent inventories

Geographic targeting can help an organization reduce turnover

true

Internal recruiting sources locate people who currently work for the company who would be good recruits for other positions

true

Which of the following external recruiting sources is fast, cheap, and useful for finding active job seekers?

walk ins

Web sites that continually search the Web for information about people with desirable talents and sell access to their database of potential recruits are called

web crawlers

ABZ Corp. has tried to fill the post of a senior project engineer for a while but has been unable to find a suitable candidate. To avoid further delay in the execution of a major project, ABZ Corp. decides to target Julian Patterson, rival firm Telstra Inc.'s junior project engineer. On getting an offer that not only pays substantially more than what he currently gets, but also offers greater responsibilities and more learning opportunities, Julian accepts the position. Which of the following is most similar to the sourcing strategy used in the example above?

Maria luis,economics professor at Brown University, is hired to head the Economics Department of Cornell University.

Which of the following are considered to be an underutilized labor source?

Qualified persons with disabilities

Which of the following is an internal recruiting source?

Succession management

Recruiting sources should be prioritized based on staffing goals and the results of the recruiting source effectiveness analysis.

True

Online job fairs are best for recruiting ________.

active job seekers