Discuss the below:
1.1 Name and describe or define the activities that are involved in the staffing function of HRM
2.2 You are trying to get a job as a recruiter for an HR department for a large multinational company. One of the things you are asked in your interview is to describe the following types of recruiting methods, explain when you would most likely use each of them (i.e., for what kind of jobs), and explain why (at least one reason each). What would you say if the methods were online recruiting, job fairs, and employment agencies?
3.3 Identify and describe four legally required benefits.
4.4 As an HRM professional, you have just been hired by the ABC Company as the new HR director. Senior management has called a meeting to discuss new employee orientation. ABC has not really done much in this area and wants a sound rationale from you before spending money on a formal program of new employee orientation. What would your presentation include, and how would you justify the expense?
5.5. _____ is the process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees and attending to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns.
Labor relations
Human resource management
Behavioral management
Organizational health and safety management
6.6. Dalmar has worked for 22 years at a 40-employee branch of a large auto parts chain. Business has been very bad lately, and there are rumors of consolidation, reorganization, and even bankruptcy. Which protection is Dalmar given under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act?
With less than 25 years seniority, he can be laid off with less than 6 months' notice.
Dalmar will be given 60 days warning if his location closes.
Dalmar has no protection. His industry is not covered by the act.
Dalmar has no protection. His branch is too small for coverage.
Dalmar will be given 30 days warning but only if the whole organization closes.
7.7.What are the two components of ethical decisions?
Distributive justice and procedural justice
Normative judgments and legal precedents
Morality and normative judgments
Morality and fairness
8.8. Based on research into ethical behavior in the workplace, which of the following is a true statement?
Offering rewards for ethical behavior supports the intrinsic nature of personal ethics.
Punishing unethical behavior fails to alter the behavior of others in the workplace.
Managers significantly influence the ethical behavior of their subordinates.
Employees feel uncomfortable discussing ethics, so it should be avoided.
9.9. Which of the following is the primary disadvantage of using questionnaires to gather job analysis information?
Questionnaires are the most expensive method of collecting data.
Supervisors are required to verify all collected questionnaire data.
Questionnaires are too open-ended for statistical information.
Developing and testing questionnaires is time-consuming.
10.10. The more specific the job qualifications in a help wanted ad are, the
higher the salary that will be offered.
lower the salary that will be offered.
more important the position will be.
lower the number of résumés that will be received.
higher the number of résumés that will be received.
11.11.Which of the following things should be discussed in the initial job screening telephone interview?
The applicant's relevant experience
The applicant's relevant education
The applicant's interest in the company
Identifying a salary range
All of the above
12.12.RIPStop Outfitters LLC notified all of its director-level employees and above that next week they would be expected to travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands for a 5-day sail. Training on how to sail, along with the expectation that all directors would carry their weight in cooking, cleaning, and all duties to survive the sail, was going to be part of their performance plan for the year. The HR executive team decided this would assist in team spirit and cohesiveness in the organization. This is an example of which kind of employee development tactic?
ADDIE
OSHA
Adventure training
Motivational speaker
PIRATE training
13.13. When comparing individual career development to organizational career development, which statement is the most true?
They are both the responsibility of the individual.
Organizational career development focuses on meeting organizational goals and needs. Individual career development focuses on
meeting individual goals and needs.
Individual career development involves training. Organizational career development does not.
They are different terms for the same experience.
Individual career development has a much shorter time frame than organizational career development.
14.14. Pick the statement(s) that best describes forced ranking issues and concepts.
Forced ranking is designed to ensure the best are compensated, whereas the worst are asked to leave.
Forced ranking will eventually ensure a company is rated "Best Place to Work" by JD Powers.
The 20:70:10 is the GE version; Ford got sued for it in a class action.
Only A and C are correct.
Only B and C are correct.
15.15. The Equal Pay Act prohibits employers from
hiring more men than women.
hiring more whites than blacks.
paying men more than women for the same job, throughout their careers.
paying one gender more than the other for the same job, at initial hire.
paying one race more than another for the same job, at initial hire.
16.16. Which of the following statements is the most accurate?
A pension is a benefit that only congresspeople get.
IRAs and SEP-IRAs are designed to allow small businesses or the individuals who work in them to establish retirement funding.
401(k)s and pensions are different names for the same thing.
Social Security benefits pass to a person's heirs upon death, in perpetuity.
If a person doesn't have a pension, he or she can apply to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for monthly payments when they turn 65.
17.17. Which of the following statements is not true for carpal tunnel syndrome?
Back pain is one of the most commonly associated issues with carpal tunnel syndrome.
Most states' worker's compensation covers employees who suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome.
OSHA will get involved in situations involving carpal tunnel syndrome.
Ergonomics is one solution for carpal tunnel syndrome.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a class of repetitive stress injuries.
18.18. A teachers' union has been trying to negotiate a new contract with school officials for 30 days. The old contract expires in 2 months, the day before school starts for the year. To resolve the contract negotiation disputes, a third party has been hired to pull together the common ground that exists and to make recommendations in the settlement that would overcome barriers that exist between the two sides. Which kind of impasse resolution technique is being used?
Lockout
Conciliation
Mediation
Interest arbitration
Fact finding
19.19. Of the following, which is the only performance-based benefit or award?
Cost-of-living salary increase
Salary increase due to seniority
Salary increase due to achieving a bachelor's degree
A commission payment
Salary increase due to geographic location