MGT 461 Chapter 3 & 4

All of the following EXCEPT _____ are bases for judging job analysis.

Cost

T/F CEOs of organizations with egalitarian pay structures usually have higher salaries than that of CEOs in organizations with hierarchical pay structures.

False

T/F Distributive justice is more important than procedural justice for employee acceptance of their pay.

False

A set of identical positions makes a _____.

Job

Mike, a job analyst, is in the process of conducting a job analysis. He is given an initial tour of the work site by George, a first-level supervisor, and by Haley, a new recruit. According to the conventional job analysis procedures developed by the U.S. federal government, which of the following steps should Mike perform next?

Mike should conduct an interview with George to get an overview of the job.

_____ are related to greater performance when the work flow depends on individual contributors.

More hierarchical structures

One of the more readily accessible sources for generic job descriptions is the _____.

O*NET

T/F A layered pay structure is more hierarchical than a delayered pay structure and less egalitarian in terms of number of levels.

True

T/F According to the marginal productivity theory, employers pay use value to their employees

True

T/F Both external and organization factors shape internal pay structures.

True

T/F Labor unions support small pay differentials.

True

T/F The content and value of work are the most common bases for determining internal structures.

True

Nina is a high-performing individual who works best alone. Which of the following companies is the most appropriate for her?

A company that uses a hierarchical pay structure to pay its employees based on performance.

Most job structures are best described as

Both person- and job-based structures

The problem that is most likely to be faced by organizations using an egalitarian pay structure is _____.

The difficulty in external recruitment

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors that define an internal pay structure?

The number of times the pay structure has been changed

The government's job analysis procedures recommend interviewing

The regular employee

Inclusion of essential elements in job descriptions for jobs covered by the legislation is required by the

Americans With Disabilities Act.

Jacob works at PrimeClean Corp., a carwash company. He is asked to follow a set of instructions in a predetermined order to wash a car. All the details including the amount of washing liquid to use for each type of car are clearly specified. In this case, Jacob's company is most likely to use a:

Closely tailored pay structure.

Organization factors that shape internal pay structures include all BUT which of the following?

Economic pressures

Joshua believes that treating employees equally will improve their job satisfaction, which in turn will increase their work productivity and performance. In accordance to his beliefs, he wants to reduce the number of job levels and the pay differentials between the levels. In this case, he is most likely to use a(n):

Egalitarian pay structure

Which of the following is NOT a factor in defining equal work according to the Equal Pay Act?

Equal experience

T/F Egalitarian pay structures send the message that the organization values differences in work content, individual skills, and contributions to the organization.

False

T/F Exchange value is always higher than use value.

False

T/F Greater pay dispersion is related to lower turnover among executives.

False

T/F Pay structure refers to the array of pay rates for different work or skills between competing companies.

False

T/F Pay structures are immune to changes in external factors such as skill shortages.

False

T/F Recent research shows that different jobs, such as computer programmer and first-line supervisor, have significantly different ratings of importance and job requirements across countries.

False

T/F The Americans With Disabilities Act's essential-elements requirement for hiring and promotion decisions seems to require less detail than what is required for pay decisions.

False

T/F The content of a job refers to the worth of the job and its relative contribution to the organization's objectives.

False

T/F The institutional model states that it is best to wait for other organizations to adopt innovative practices and then copy those practices

False

T/F Typical data collected for a job analysis would not include relationships with suppliers and customers.

False

External factors are dominant influences on jobs filled via:

Hiring graduates

Which of the following is NOT true?

Large raises with a promotion decreases effort and increases absenteeism.

Hierarchical pay structures have all BUT which of the following characteristics?

Prefer team performance over individual performance

Jane works as a copy editor at TreeTime Inc. She receives an e-mail from the human resources department with a link to a questionnaire that asks her to rate the necessary attributes required for her job. In this scenario, the approach used by TreeTime is characterized as:

Quantitative job analysis.

A specific statement of what a worker does on a job is known as a(n) _____.

Task

The job analysis method that uses information input, mental processes, work output, job context, other job characteristics, relationships with other persons, and general dimensions is _____.

The PAQ

Common bases for modern pay structures include all BUT which of the following?

The extent of external competitiveness and equity

Pay for temporary workers is based upon

The internal structure of their home employer.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of aligned pay structures?

They are designed to increase the turnover rate.

T/F The verification process of job analysis is conducted with both the supervisor and the job incumbents.

True

If several incumbents, supervisors, and peers respond in similar ways to job analysis questionnaires, it suggests that the results are most likely to be _____.

Valid

Apart from being reliable, a job analysis is also considered valid if:

the results converge among various sources of data and methods.

The most common way to collect job information is _____.

to ask incumbents to fill out a questionnaire