Chapter 09 Assignment: Attracting and Retaining the Best Employees

Kito has been diagnosed by his treating psychiatrist as clinically depressed. Kito plans to notify his work supervisor of this diagnosis, and he expects his employer to accommodate his mental disorder by allowing him some time off for therapy sessions, recovery, etc. Which of the following laws arguably entitles Kito to reasonable employment accommodation based on his clinical depression?

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Henry is the owner of a furniture manufacturing plant. After attending a recent employment law seminar, Henry has decided that he would like to implement an affirmative action plan within his company. Which of the following is correct regarding affirmative action?

Federal affirmative action is not one law.

Yuvaan is a front-line supervisor at an automobile manufacturing plant, and he plans to schedule performance feedback interviews with his non-supervisory employees. Which of the following is not a major approach to performance feedback interviews Yuvaan can use for the interviews?

Good cop/bad cop

As an experienced human resources management assistant for a community college, Ricardo has accepted hundreds of employment applications from candidates over the years. Which of the following is correct regarding employment applications?

The data from applications are used for two purposes: to identify applicants who are worthy of further scrutiny, and to familiarize interviewers with applicant backgrounds.

Zari, a newly promoted human resources manager, is eager to acquire information about workplace diversity in the United States. Which of the following is correct regarding workplace diversity?

Women make up about 47 percent of the U.S. workforce.

As a warehouse worker at Amazon.com, Inc., Ayana realizes that there are many differences among her coworkers based on factors such as age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and ability. Which of the following refers to these differences?

Workplace diversity

Chao, a human resources manager in the garment district of New York City, maintains a list of key personnel and their possible replacements within his firm. Which of the following refers to the list he keeps?

A replacement chart

As a human resources management major, Rowena has been learning about the various types of compensation that can be paid to employees. Which of the following is correct regarding employee compensation?

A salary is a specific amount of money paid for an employee's work during a set calendar period, regardless of the actual number of hours worked.

Darius, a human resources manager at the Bank of America Corporation, maintains a searchable database containing information on the skills and experience of all employees currently employed at the bank's corporate headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Which of the following refers to the searchable database Darius keeps?

A skills inventory

Daiki is experiencing a very bad Monday at the automobile parts manufacturing plant where he has worked for the past seven years. Management has just announced that due to a downturn in business, the company will be implementing a comprehensive human resources plan consisting of a hiring freeze, a reduction in employee hours and benefits, and a layoff of some employees. Daiki is very concerned that the plan will negatively affect him and his family, and making matters even worse, he is the only income earner in his family. Miguel's concern relates to which of the following?

Downsizing

Toben is a human resources manager for a mid-sized law firm in Poughkeepsie, New York. This year, the firm would like to hire three new associate attorneys. To acquire these employees, Toben will be involved in all but which of the following activities?

Employee relations

Elijah is a human resources manager at Sysco Corporation, a large food service company. Which of the following is an activity related to the "developing human resources" component of his job?

Employee training

As a longtime human resources management professional, Lachlan understands the importance of employee training and management development. Which of the following is correct regarding employee training and management development?

Employee training is the process of teaching operations and technical employees how to do their present jobs more effectively and efficiently.

As a fast-food worker for the past three months, Vanessa is alarmed at the number of employees at her restaurant who quit their jobs. Some leave their jobs after giving the required two-week notice, while many leave immediately upon deciding that the fast-food industry is not for them. Vanessa almost feels sorry for her manager Ana, who seems constantly occupied with seemingly never-ending process of filling vacant positions. Vanessa is surprised by which of the following?

Employee turnover

Ethan, a middle manager for a manufacturing firm, is scheduling several industry training sessions for his non-supervisory employees. All but which of the following are recognized training methods Ethan can offer them?

Factoring

Catarina is a human resources manager at an information technology company, and part of her job responsibilities involve forecasting human resources demand at her firm. Which of the following is correct regarding forecasting human resources demand?

Increasingly, companies are using specialized software to analyze employee data to make better human resource decisions.

Riya is a human resources manager at a large marketing firm in Chicago, Illinois. Which of the following is correct regarding human resources management?

It is also known as staffing and personnel management.

After having just graduated with an undergraduate degree in human resources management, Anasa has accepted a new position as a human resource assistant for a senior care facility. In her new job, Anasa will be learning quite a lot about the employee recruitment process. Which of the following is correct regarding employee recruitment?

It needs to be systematic.

As chief operations officer of an office supply company, Alba would like to learn more about workplace diversity. Which of the following is correct regarding workplace diversity?

It presents a challenge to human resource managers and their organizations.

As a newly promoted front-line supervisor in a solar panel manufacturing firm, Riko has been asked to conduct year-end performance appraisals of her non-supervisory employees. Which of the following is correct regarding the performance-appraisal process?

It provides an effective basis for distributing rewards.

In a large home improvement warehouse, there are numerous kinds of positions, which may all differ in terms of activities performed, the level of proficiency required for each activity, and the set of qualifications demanded. These distinctions are the focus of which of the following?

Job analysis

Miguel, a human resources manager who works for a trucking company, is conducting a job analysis of a loading dock position. What are the components of the job analysis Miguel is performing?

Job description and job specification

As a human resources manager for a medium-sized accounting firm, Imani has been asked to chair a committee to assess, for the purpose of employee compensation, the relative worth of the various jobs within the firm. In which of the following human resource management tasks will Imani and the committee be engaged?

Job evaluation

Beatriz is a new Yale Law School graduate. She would like to work for a large firm in Los Angeles, and the company has indicated in on its web page that to be considered for a new associate attorney position, the applicant must be proficient in legal writing, have outstanding public speaking skills, have graduated from an Ivy-League law school in the top 10 percent of their class, and have passed the California State Bar Examination. Which of the following refers to the list the law firm has prepared of the qualifications required to be considered for an associate attorney position?

Job specification

As a human resource manager for a lobster restaurant in Bangor, Maine, Lian is in the process of gathering information about applicants for several wait staff positions and using that information to choose the most appropriate applications. In which human resources process is Lian engaged?

Selection