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This exam has two (2) parts – multiple choice and short answer essay. Circle the correct answers
(2 points each).
1) The methods used to give new or present employees the skills they need to perform their jobs are called ________.
A) orientation
B) training
C) development
D) appraisal
2) The first step in a training program is to ________.
A) assess the program's successes or failures
B) design the program content
C) conduct a needs analysis
D) train the targeted group of employees
3) What is the second step in the training process?
A) assess the program's successes or failures
B) present the program to a small test audience
C)
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A) Fair Labor Standards Act
B) Civil Rights Act
C) Employer Retirement Income Security Act
D) Davis-Bacon Act
21) Jill works as a cashier at a grocery store. She earns $8 an hour (or $320 for a 40-hour week). Last week, she worked 44 hours. What did she earn last week?
A) $320
B) $336
C) $344
D) $368
22) The ________ prohibits discriminating against employees who are 40 years of age and older in all aspects of employment, including compensation.
A) Fair Labor Standards Act
B) Civil Rights Act
C) Equal Pay Act
D) Age Discrimination in Employment Act
23) ________ is a formal and systematic comparison of jobs to determine the worth of one job relative to another.
A) Job analysis
B) Job evaluation
C) Benchmark analysis
D) Job ranking
24) What are the benefits Social Security provides?
A) income if retirement is at age 62 or later and individual is insured under the Social Security Act
B) death benefits to surviving dependents for those insured under the Social Security Act
C) Medicare
D) income if retirement is at age 55 or later
25) Ethics refers to the ________.
A) basic beliefs about what is right or wrong
B) characteristic values, traditions, and behaviors a company's employees share
C) principles of conduct governing an
1. Define and explain the significance of the term ‘derived demand’ as it applies to Strategic Human Resources Planning. (5 marks)
Training for employees on key areas are the foundation for well-prepared workforce and will lead to a stable structured organization. The main objective of this type of training is to help to illustrate the importance of training and why achieving the proposed goals is so important for the success not only of the employee but of the entire company.
1. Ch 1, page 60-61, question 4: What is “evidence based HR”? Why might an HR department resist becoming evidenced based?
2. Give some examples of ethical issues that you have experienced in jobs, and explain how HR did or did not help resolve them.
Identify sources and types of information and advice available in relation to employment responsibilities and rights.
Examine two ways that companies can recruit qualified job applicants. Determine which method may be most effective and predict how it could benefit the company when hiring new employees.
2. Was the fact that the plaintiff had better performance evaluations than the younger worker promoted to the job evidence of discriminatory intent because of age?
4. What, if any, parts of the employer’s Employee Handbook violated Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA? Explain why you made the decision that you did.
Specify two (2) ways that you would measure whether current employees exhibit the key job performance behaviors. Propose two (2) methods that you could use to inform employees of the new performance standards.
People are biggest asset for every organization and, therefore, to draw, motivate, and preserve the most skilled employees and assign them to jobs for which they are exceptionally well suited is a responsible job for human resource. Therefore, human resources management is done in all type of organizations. Profound management of people is equally indispensable in success of organizations as the sound management of production, finance, and other operations. The human resource management field postulates the infinite diversity of people and their dynamics (McKenzie & Traynor, 2002). To get into this career field, one must have the required education degree by completing many different courses, and have the experience along with skills and
A manager must recognize the employees with knowledge and skills and encourage them to use their abilities. Organization and managers should recognize their successful business which this success depends on human capital and
Whether an organization consists of five or 25,000 employees, human resources management is vital to the success of the organization. HR is important to all managers because it provides managers with the resources – the employees – necessary to produce the work for the managers and the organization. Beyond this role, HR is capable of becoming a strong strategic partner when it comes to “establishing the overall direction and objectives of key areas of human resource management in order to ensure that they not only are consistent with but also support the achievement of business goals.” (Massey, 1994, p. 27)
Analysis of Human Resource Management The report starts with the introduction to Human Resource Management (HRM) and the role it has to play within an organisation followed by brief introduction of the chosen organisation for the discussion-McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd. Also, it gives the reasons why this organisation has been chosen. The report presents the key strategic issues and corporate strategy of McDonald’s.
When the process of recruitment is complete, the next tasks involve developing the personnel through exposure and training. The process of training and personnel development has the objective of enabling the employees to develop necessary skills for optimal performance of their respective roles. Therefore, the human resource development manager has to come up with effective schedules for training and developing the newly recruited