Complete the below:
Question 1
Training traditionally focuses on:
preparing employees for other jobs in the organization.
increasing employees' ability to move into jobs that may not exist yet.
helping employees prepare for changes in current jobs and responsibilities.
helping employees improve their performance in their current job.
Question 2
A benchmark is a tool that:
evaluates employees' performance on a number of exercises.
measures performance and is used by supervisors, peers, employees, and customers.
identifies individual preferences in decision making, lifestyle, and information gathering.
gathers ratings of a manager's use of skills associated with success in managing.
Question 3
Succession planning is a form of employee development that is:
designed to help women and minorities break through the glass ceiling.
designed to identify high potential employees to fill top management positions.
designed to help current managers use skills successfully in managing.
designed to help employees gain exposure to a more diverse set of problems.
Question 4
Which of the following is a method for measuring performance that assigns a certain percentage of employees to each category?
Simple ranking
Alteration ranking
Forced-distribution method
Paired-comparison method
Question 5
Which of the following statements BEST describes a mentor?
A mentor is someone who is an experienced, senior employee who helps a less experienced employee.
A mentor is someone who works one-on-one with an employee and provides feedback.
A mentor is someone who provides resources, such as mentors, courses, or job experiences.
A mentor is someone who helps develop employee learning by teaching them to obtain feedback.
Question 6
Part of planning an effective performance management system includes the following criteria:
fit with strategy, validity, reliability, acceptability, and specific feedback.
fit with strategy, validity, goal setting, action planning, and follow-up.
data gathering, feedback, performance, ranking, and specific feedback.
data gathering, feedback, goal setting, action planning, and follow-up.
Question 7
Employee development that consists of four broad categories and approaches that can be combined is:
formal education, achievement, skill building, and experience.
formal education, assessment, job experience, and building relationships.
assessment, skill building, achievement, and job success.
assessment, job experience, skill building, and building relationships.
Question 8
Which of the following is a possible problem that may arise with job rotation?
Managers and employees understand job rotation expectations.
Exposes high potential employees to experiences for management preparation.
May give employees short-term perspective on problems and solutions.
Top management should be committed to program success and meeting goals.
Question 9
Lawsuits related to discrimination or unjust dismissal may arise if:
an employee feels decisions were based on traits other than behavior or performance.
there is a defensible performance management system based on valid job analysis.
an employee can have upper level managers review evaluations or request an appeal.
requirements for job success are clearly communicated to employees.
Question 10
Which of the following BEST describes a protean career while trying to become the "norm" in today's ever changing society?
Frequent changes based on a person's interests, abilities and values
A sequence of positions within an occupation
Job security and a career ladder to climb
A job that involves repetitive tasks
Question 11
Define the three broad purposes for performance management, and provide an example of a situation that relates to each purpose.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, should be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material should have accompanying citations.
Question 12
Defend legal and ethical issues that affect performance management systems.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, should be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material should have accompanying citations.
Question 13
You have just been promoted to manager of your department. Your supervisor has asked that you review the current performance management system measures in place, and make any possible suggestions. Would you enlist input from the employees in your department? Why, or why not? List and interpret the criteria you would use to evaluate the current performance management system.
Your response should be at least 75 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, should be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material should have accompanying citations.
Question 14
What are the manager's roles in a career management system? Which role do you think is most difficult for the typical manager? Which role do you think would be the easiest? What are some reasons a manager might resist becoming involved in career management? Discuss a work experience where a manager helped or resisted helping you with your career management.
Unit IV Case Study
Choose ONE of the following assignment options below:
Option One: "The Supreme Court has held that the selection guidelines in the federal government's Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures also apply to performance measurement" (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, & Wright, 2011, p. 249). Locate a recent court case or lawsuit related to discrimination or unjust dismissal by a performance management system. Write a paper at least 500 words in length about the selected court case of lawsuit. You are required to use at least your textbook and a court case as source material for your paper.
Be sure to include the following in your paper:
• A brief description of the selected court case or lawsuit.
• A discussion of the purpose of performance management.
• An analysis the criteria and methods used for measuring performance management in the court case or lawsuit.
• A discussion of the legal and ethical issues related to performance management in this court case or lawsuit.
• All sources used, including the textbook, should be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material should have accompanying citations in APA format.
OR
Option Two: Analyze both Case Studies of the textbook (Noe, Hollenbeck, Gerhart, & Wright, 2011, pp. 253-255); "Performance Review Takes a Page from Facebook" and "When Good Reviews Go Bad". Answer the three questions at the end of each case.
• Summarize answers for the case studies in essay format with a minimum of 250 words for each case for a total of 500 words minimum for both cases combined.
• All sources used, including the textbook, should be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material should have accompanying citations.
Course Textbook
Noe, R. A., Hollenbeck, J. R., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P. M. (2011). Fundamentals of human resource management (4th ed.). Chicago, IL: McGraw-Hill.