Deck 17: Managing Human Resources in Agribusiness

Question 1

Human resource management can be divided into two separate areas: managing -------------------functions and managing ------------ motivation.

Answer 1

human resource employee

Question 2

Every position should be defined in two ways: job ------------------- and job ------------.

Answer 2

specifications description

Question 3

The objective of ------------------------------- training is to teach the skills or procedures for accomplishing a specific task or job.

Answer 3

on-the-job

Question 4

------------------------------- is one of the most expensive of all business costs.

Question 5

If the collective bargaining process fails at a business with organized labor and no contractual agreement is reached, workers have the right to withhold their services, or-------------------------------

Question 6

The management of human resources in most organizations is affected by which of the following issue(s)?

A) Size of the firm
B) Knowledge of the human resource functions
C) Top management's philosophy toward human resources
D) All of the above

Question 7

A job's ____________________ should stress a job's activities and duties.

A) Specifications
B) Description
C) Both of the above
D) Neither of the above

Question 8

Goal(s) of performance evaluation is (are):

A) Identify employees with untapped potential, in order to help them realize that potential
B) Provide employees with a benchmark of their achievements
C) Give the manager information that can be used against employees in the future
D) a and b
E) All of the above

Question 9

When a new employee works with and helps a more experienced person, and learns under that person's direction over a period of time, it is called what?

A) Formal external training
B) Formal internal training
C) Apprenticeship
D) None of the above

Question 10

The objectives(s) of a training program include(s)

A) Reduce mistakes and accidents
B) Increase motivation and productivity
C) Prepare an employee for promotion, growth, and development
D) All of the above

Question 11

Which of the following should not be asked during an interview of an applicant for employment?

A) Information concerning an applicant's last job
B) Information about an applicant's aspirations
C) Information about an applicant's training
D) Information about an applicant's marital status

Question 12

Among the most important and valuable assets of any business is its

A) Land
B) People
C) Equipment
D) Patents

Question 13

Most training in small agribusiness firms or at lower levels in large firms is

A) On the job
B) Formal in-house
C) Outside formal
D) Outside informal

Question 14

The legislation that gave workers the right to organize and bargain collectively with their employers is the

A) Norris-LaGuardia Act
B) Wagner-Connery Act
C) Capper-Volstead Act
D) a and b

Question 15

Securing motivated employees and keeping them satisfied requires

A) Good wages
B) Fringe benefits
C) Incentives
D) All of the above

Question 16

All firms should hire a full-time person to handle human resource management when that firm has 50 full-time employees.

Question 17

The first step in human resource management is to find and recruit people.

Question 18

The first item included in a job specification should be the purpose of the job.

Question 19

Job orientation includes following up and evaluating a new employee's adjustment.

Question 20

In recent years, fringe benefits have been decreasing in importance.

Question 21

The process in which employers and representatives of employees attempt to arrive at agreements governing conditions under which employees are willing to work for the employer is called collective bargaining.

Question 22

A union is organized within a firm when employers petition the National Labor Relations Board.

Question 23

Retirees should never go through an exit interview.

Question 24

Testing is most often done in the following areas: intelligence, aptitude, personality, manual dexterity, and physical condition.

Question 25

A statement defining lines of authority should not be included in a job description.

Question 26

Why are the employees of a company sometimes called the "forgotten asset?"

Question 27

What are the key elements of a job specification?

Question 28

What are the key elements of a job description?

Question 29

Why is a job orientation a useful tool to both the employee and the company?

Question 30

What role does compensation play for the employee and the agribusiness?

Question 31

What value do monthly 1x1 (one-on-one meetings) with employees provide?

Question 32

How can employee training be viewed as an "investment?"

Question 33

What are some of the costs of employee turnover?

Question 34

What is a labor union and how do they come into existence in an agribusiness?