Deck 6: Human Resources Processes With ERP

Question 1

The process of determining each employee's pay is called a ____.

A) Payroll run
B) Weekly round-up
C) Cash-out
D) Remunerations session

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which functional part of the organization communicates changes in salaries,benefits and policies to employees?

A) Sales and Marketing
B) Supply Chain Management
C) Accounting and Finance
D) Human Resources

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What is the name of the group of candidates selected to be interviewed by Fitter Snacker for a particular position? For example,assume 20 applicants applied and only 3 were selected to be interviewed.

A) Short list
B) Select group
C) Final Three
D) Applicants

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The responsibilities of an HR department include manufacturing of goods and purchasing raw materials.

Question 5

Hiring costs for an employee can reach as high as $70,000.

Question 6

An outgrowth of the ____ (referenced in Chapter 5)is that companies must account for the expected costs that occur as a result of long-term incentives such as the exercising of stock options.

A) Income Statement
B) Balance Sheet
C) Consolidated statements
D) Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Question 7

The job of managing salary benefits provided to each employee and confirming that the proper benefits are disbursed to new and current employees falls under the ____ department.

A) Accounting and Finance
B) Human Resources
C) Individual
D) Administrative

Question 8

SAP's ERP helps the administration of employees taking time off under a government act that allows compensation for family and medical problems.This act,passed in 1993,is the ____.

A) FIA
B) QOTA
C) FMLA
D) PROBA

Question 9

The tasks associated with managing a company's workforce is now known as human capital management or HCM.

Question 10

What does the acronym,CpH stand for?

A) Cost per Health Care Employee
B) Cost per Hire
C) Cost per Head
D) Cost per Healthy Worker

Question 11

Succession planning should be performed on every employee in the company.

Question 12

The tasks associated with managing a company's workforce is now known as ____.

A) Human capital management
B) Resource management
C) Workforce management
D) Hiring management

Question 13

The SAP ERP system evaluates the input data to payroll and notes any discrepancies in a(n)____.

A) Payroll report
B) Error log
C) Discrepancy list
D) Off-target list

Question 14

To record employee working times,SAP ERP uses ____.

A) Punched cards
B) RFIDs
C) CATS (cross application time sheets)
D) Multiple databases

Question 15

What is the source of Fitter Snacker's problems with Human Resources?

A) Inaccurate information
B) Out-of-date information
C) Inconsistent information
D) All of the above

Question 16

In February 2007,a federal appeals court approved class-action status for a discrimination lawsuit brought by seven women against the retailer,____.

A) Wal-Mart
B) Target
C) Sears
D) K-Mart

Question 17

The parts of an employee's pay that is comprised of base pay,bonuses,gratuities,overtime,sick pay ,and vacation allowances are known as ____.

A) Payroll run
B) Statutory deductions
C) Voluntary deductions
D) Remuneration elements

Question 18

Sabermetrics is the statistical technique that universities use to accept students into their college programs.

Question 19

A plan for replacing key employees is known as a ____.

A) Duty roster
B) Replacement circular
C) Succession plan
D) Reincarnation study

Question 20

____ are skills or abilities associated with a position,while ____ are skills or abilities associated with a specific employee.

A) Qualifications, requirements
B) Requirements, qualifications
C) Duties, tasks
D) Tasks, duties

Question 21

How does the SAP ERP system distinguish between a task,job,and person?

Question 22

What is management by objectives (MBO)?

Question 23

Discuss employee turnover and the cost of hiring.

Question 24

What is succession planning?

Question 25

What are remuneration elements?

Question 26

What are statutory and voluntary deductions?

Question 27

Define the terms human capital management.

Question 28

Outline the responsibilities of an HR department.

Question 29

What are the differences between requirements and qualifications?