MHR 386 Quizzes

The percentage increase that is planned for an organizational unit or company is called _____. a top-down budget a bottoms-up budget a planned pay-level rise the current year's rise

a planned pay-level rise

Denial of jobs, promotions, or training opportunities to qualified women or minorities are examples of _____ discrimination. access valuation disparate treatment preferential treatment

access

_____ is movement through the wage ranges where seniority is specified as the basis of the movement. Length-of-stay progression automatic progression Merit differential Performance differential

automatic progression

According to Hofstede's cultural dimensions, in Malaysia and Mexico where there is high power distance, _____ pay structures are appropriate. equitable hierarchical egalitarian parallel

hierarchical

When compared to the impact of unions during periods of strong economies, the impact of unions during periods of higher unemployment is _____. unknown the same smaller larger

larger

Annual bonuses often play a major role in executive compensation and are primarily designed to _____. motivate better short-term performance reduce overtime pay decrease pay differentials between supervisors and subordinates increase employee turnover

motivate better short-term performance

When employees are paid more than the maximum of their pay grade, these rates are called ______ rates. red circle yellow circle blue circle green circle

red circle

Which method of budgeting relies heavily on employee pay histories? Unit-level budgeting Bottom-up Control to planned level rise Top-down

Bottom-up

Which of the following is based on the premise that employees on overseas assignments should have the same spending power as they would in their home country? The assets-liability approach The balance sheet approach The local plus approach The income statement approach

The balance sheet approach

_____ prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Executive Order 11458 The FMLA Executive Order 11246 The Rehabilitation Act

Executive Order 11246

Susan works in a sterile laboratory that requires her to scrub and put on protective clothing. Which of the following acts determines whether she should be paid for this time? The Fair Labor Standards Act The Occupational Safety and Health Act The portal to portal Act The Health Care Workers Protection Act

The portal to portal Act

The _____ Act extends the prevailing-wage concept to manufacturers or suppliers of goods for government contracts. Sarbanes-Oxley Walsh-Healey Fair Labor Standards Davis-Bacon

Walsh-Healey

All of the following are criteria used in determining exempt status for executives regarding overtime pay provisions except _____. engage in semi-routine activities primarily undertake management duties supervise two or more employees authority to hire or fire other employees

engage in semi-routine activities

A(n) _____ approach designs a total pay system at headquarters and applies it globally. centralized globalizer localizer exporter

exporter

The compa-ratio reflects the _______. rate paid for satisfactory performance relationship of actual salaries to the midpoint of the going rates in the market maximum value of red circle rates relationship of the average actual salary in each range to the midpoint of the range

relationship of the average actual salary in each range to the midpoint of the range

MaxTrain Corp. recognizes that its competitor GlasWell Corp., which is unionized, offers higher wages and benefits. To avoid unionization demands from its workers, MaxTrain decides to offer the same wages and benefits to its employees as GlasWell. Which of the following phenomena is exemplified in this case? The sorting effect The halo effect The leniency effect The spillover effect

the spill over effect

Executives, supervisors, and sales staff often receive special compensation treatment because _____. these jobs face conflicting demands these jobs are exempt under FLSA recruitment and retention are always difficult for these jobs these jobs are covered under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

these jobs face conflicting demands

A French citizen working for IBM in Canada is _____. host-country national third-country national expatriate local-country national

third country national

Sometimes referred to as "churn" or "slippage," the _____ recognizes the fact that when people leave an organization, they typically are replaced by employees who earn a lower wage. productivity effect conflict effect turnover effect

turnover effect

In a(n) _____ pay plan, a contract is negotiated which specifies that employees hired after a given target date will receive lower wages than their higher-seniority peers working on the same or similar jobs. skill-based efficiency-based one-tier two-tier

two tier