Deck 8: Managing Careers

Question 1

Career development has a shorter time focus than employee development.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Employers are increasingly looking at what employees have accomplished rather the titles that they have held.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

It is increasingly the responsibility of organizations to manage their employees' careers.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Holland's Vocational Preference Theory identifies sixteen occupational preferences that indicate a worker's occupational personality.

Question 5

Career planning focuses on assisting individuals in identifying their major goals and how to achieve them.

Question 6

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, bicycle repair is among the fastest growing occupations projected through 2026.

Question 7

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
Adept at generating conceptual possibilities and analyzing them strategically.

Question 8

The most effective way, according to research, to enhance your career is to keep your accomplishments to yourself and letting others discover them on their own.

Question 9

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
A personal value cluster identified by Edgar Schein.

Question 10

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
Involves the properties or qualities of an occupation.

Question 11

The exploration stage of a career has the least relevance to organizations because it occurs prior to employment.

Question 12

Unfortunately, research finds that career success can be defined only subjectively and not objectively.

Question 13

According to research by Edgar Schein, a worker is "anchored" in a job when the organization holds the same value clusters as the worker.

Question 14

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
A type in the Holland Vocational Preference Profile that indicates scientific, task-oriented, and preference for abstract problems.

Question 15

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
Actively guiding another individual.

Question 16

Stagnation in one's current job usually occurs at the late-career stage.

Question 17

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
A type in the Holland Vocational Preference Profile that indicates good facility with words, prefer selling or leading, energetic, and extroverted.

Question 18

The Myers-Briggs (MBTI)can help managers understand how to communicate and motivate workers more effectively.

Question 19

The mid-career stage is encountered when an individual becomes more of a teacher/mentor than a learner.

Question 20

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is less widely used than other types of testing that indicate career fit.

Question 21

_________ is a career stage in which individuals are no longer learning about their jobs and not expected to outdo levels of performance from previous years.

Question 22

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
Career stage during which an employee becomes more of a teacher/mentor than a learner.

Question 23

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
MBTI dimension that reflects one's preference of evaluating information in an analytical manner or on the basis of values and beliefs.

Question 24

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
Getting the first job and building a career.

Question 25

From an organizational point of view, ________ involves tracking career paths and developing career ladders.

Question 26

A ________ is the sequence of positions that a person has held over his or her life.

Question 27

________ is defined not only objectively, in terms of promotion, but also subjectively, in terms of satisfaction.

Question 28

The career development responsibility for organizations today is to

A)provide assessment tests and information for most fulltime employees.
B)groom internal candidates for promotions.
C)build employee self-reliance.
D)fire any employee who seeks development.
E)increase organizational contributions to employee career development.

Question 29

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
Represents an individual occupational personality as it relates to vocational themes.

Question 30

_________ describes an employee's stagnation in his or her current job.

Question 31

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
One of the more widely used methods of identifying personalities that uses four dimensions of personality to identify 16 different personality types.

Question 32

Career development is a shared responsibility between the organization, management and _________________.

Question 33

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
The pattern of work-related experiences that span the course of a person's life.

Question 34

The _________ is a career stage in which one begins to search for work and finds a first job.

Question 35

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
Career stage during which an employee's job assignments draw primarily on maturity of judgment.

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT true regarding career development in today's contemporary organizations?

A)Employees are responsible for managing their careers.
B)Organizations have an obligation to manage their employees' careers.
C)Organizations' responsibility is to build employee self-reliance.
D)Organizations' responsibility is to help employees maintain their marketability through continual learning.
E)Organizations should provide support, so employees can continually add to their skills, abilities, and knowledge.

Question 37

An employee who shows a high score in the ________ area of Holland's vocational preferences model enjoys creative self-expression and dislikes highly structured situations.

Question 38

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
A career stage that usually ends in the mid-twenties as one makes the transition from school to work.

Question 39

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
a)Late career
b)Proactive Personality
c)Mid-career
d)Coaching
e)External career
f)Exploration
g)Enterprising
h)Investigative
i)Establishment
j)Thinking-feeling
k)MBTI
l)Technical-functional competence
m)Holland vocational preferences
n)Career
o)ENTP
Describing those individuals who are more prone to take actions to influence their environment.

Question 40

The __________ is a career stage marked by continuous improvement in performance, leveling off in performance, or beginning deterioration of performance.

Question 41

All of the following historical career-related beliefs have changed EXCEPT

A)all employees want to be promoted.
B)competent people somehow emerge in organizations to fill arising vacancies.
C)a valuable employee will always be a valuable employee.
D)career development is an important recruiting tool.
E)HRM should match employee career needs with organization's requirements.

Question 42

Elijah and the five workers that he supervises participated in a workshop that included a questionnaire that determined how each of them prefers to receive and process information.He realized that he could motivate two of his workers more effectively if he allowed them to have a flexible schedule and work as a team, while the other three would prefer a predictable schedule and to work alone.What did the workshop probably include?

A)Holland Vocational Preference assessment.
B)Schein Anchor assessment.
C)Workspace Diversity assessment.
D)Sensitivity Training survey.
E)Myers-Briggs Typologies assessment.

Question 43

Which of the following is NOT a positive result that can accrue from a well-designed career development?

A)Needed talent will be available
B)Minorities and women have comparable opportunities for growth and development
C)Increased employee frustration
D)Enhanced cultural diversity
E)Organizational goodwill

Question 44

Which of the following is a subjective measure of career success?

A)Salary
B)Benefits
C)Awards
D)Meaningful work
E)Company car

Question 45

Arianna is enjoying sharing her experience as a mentor at work and is beginning to consider retirement.What is Arianna's career stage?

A)Exploration
B)Establishment
C)Mid-career
D)Late career
E)Early-retirement

Question 46

Andrea is self-assessing her own talents and limitations.She is developing a self-image and thinking of her ambitions, goals, motives, and limitations.At what stage is Andrea's career?

A)Late career
B)Establishment
C)Mid-career
D)Exploration
E)Decline

Question 47

Toshi is a stay-at-home husband.He has two children.He likes spending time with them and raising them.He is very involved in their education.He is a volunteer at the Parent Teacher Association of his children's school.He is also the coach of their baseball team.Henry likes to clean and decorate his house.He just redesigned his kitchen.Is Henry having a successful career?

A)No, being a stay-at-home father is not a career.
B)No, he does not earn any income from his work.
C)Yes, because he is a successful caretaker and homemaker.
D)No, but at least he is saving on childcare costs.
E)No, he is lowering the standard of living of his family by not earning an income.

Question 48

Compare individual career development to organizational career development.

A)They are both the responsibility of the individual.
B)Organizational career development focuses on meeting organizational goals and needs.Individual career development focuses on meeting individual goals and needs.
C)Individual career development involves training.Organizational career development does not.
D)They are different terms for the same experience.
E)Individual career development has a much shorter time frame than organizational career development.

Question 49

Sofia has worked for the same manufacturing firm for 20 years.Last week, she attended a workshop where she learned new coaching and mentoring practices for managers and supervisors.She is in line for a promotion next year, and this session will enhance her opportunity for that job.What kind of session did Sofia attend?

A)Career development
B)Sigma management practice
C)Employee development
D)Employee training
E)Retirement planning

Question 50

Rodriguez, a college sophomore, is unsure of his career choice.If he came to you, a human resource professional, for advice, what would you tell him?

A)Your career development will be managed by the organization that hires you.
B)Make sure can learn on the job.Stay flexible.
C)Any first job will do.
D)Career is an outmoded concept.
E)Your career doesn't take on any meaning until you are 45-50 years old.

Question 51

Ying is experiencing the shock of entering the real world.She feels insecure around the new tasks of interviewing, applying, being tested, and facing being turned down.What is Ying's career stage?

A)Exploration
B)Establishment
C)Mid-career
D)Late career
E)Decline

Question 52

Marcus, a new graduate, wants to work for a firm that will support his career development.He can expect all of the following EXCEPT

A)Financial assistance.
B)Clear communication of the organization's goals and future strategies.
C)Limited contingent workforce contracts.
D)Time for him to learn.
E)Growth opportunities.

Question 53

Alberto is preparing himself for retirement.He has found new sources of self-improvement off the job and new sources of job satisfaction through teaching others.What is Alberto's career stage?

A)Exploration
B)Establishment
C)Mid-career
D)Late career
E)Out placement

Question 54

Gabriele has worked for the same manufacturing firm for 20 years.Last week, he attended a workshop where he reflected on his goals and aspirations.He learned that two of his vocational preferences were satisfied in his current job, and that neither one of them would be present in a promotion.He, along with 58 of his coworkers, is in line for a promotion next year.Attending this session was a recommended step.What kind of session did Gabriele attend?

A)Career development
B)Sigma management practice
C)Employee development
D)Employee training
E)Retirement planning

Question 55

David, vice-president of marketing and a long-time employee of a major firm, takes John, a promising managerial candidate, to lunch once a month where he introduces him to other executives in the organization and major vendors and customers.He recommended that John should find a community service organization and volunteer to serve on the board to gain leadership experience.What is going on?

A)John is David's son-in-law
B)David is reverse mentoring John
C)John is mentoring David
D)David is coaching John
E)David is John's boss

Question 56

Which of the following is NOT true regarding career development from the organization's perspective?

A)It is also called organizational career planning.
B)It focuses on assisting individuals to identify their major goals and how to achieve them.
C)It looks at individuals filling the needs of the organization.
D)It involves tracking career paths.
E)It involves developing career ladders.

Question 57

Which statement is true?

A)Employee development and career development activities often overlap.
B)Career development activities focus on personal growth.
C)Employee development activities are mostly to benefit the organization.
D)Employee career success is the result of organizational culture.
E)HRM administers career development, but employee development is solely the responsibility of the employee.

Question 58

Benefits of career development programs include all of the following EXCEPT:

A)Lower employee turnover.
B)Easier recruiting.
C)More diverse workforce.
D)Regional Specialist groups.
E)Strong organizational cultures.

Question 59

Jason is in a period of feeling settled at work.He feels threatened by his younger, better trained, more energetic, and ambitious colleagues.What is Jason's career stage?

A)Exploration
B)Establishment
C)Mid-career
D)Late career
E)Decline

Question 60

Which of these is NOT mentioned in the text as a reason that managers do not support Career development activities?

A)They do not understand the reason for the career development activity.
B)The activities require managers to become involved and they do not have time for that involvement.
C)They haven't been trained in how to assist with career development.
D)Managers fear that good employees will apply for promotions and leave the work group.
E)They feel that the mentoring that managers provide to workers is sufficient.

Question 61

Sunil is very concerned with the welfare of others.He is extroverted, cheerful, and popular.Which of the following is likely to be the best job match for Sunil?

A)Soldier in the U.S.Army
B)Tax lawyer
C)Teacher
D)Cashier
E)Scientist

Question 62

Automated Visual Innovations is a small holographic imaging manufacturer, known for being the first in the field with several new products, such as holograms on credit cards and student identification cards.Employees are rewarded for having new ideas and trying them.Workers can choose their hours and their location of work.Many choose to work at home; no one likes staff meetings or company parties.What kind of employee would have the most difficulty working at Automated, according to the Holland Vocational Preferences?

A)Realistic-Investigative-Artistic
B)Social-Enterprising-Investigative
C)Social-Conventional-Realistic
D)Investigative-Enterprising-Social
E)Realistic-Investigative-Interesting

Question 63

Myron, an HR expert, is evaluating the resume of Jeannie, his friend, who has just finished her exit interview.Jeannie has been an interior designer for the same department store for the last 15 years.All of the following would be good advice EXCEPT

A)Take anything that comes along, personal preferences are not important in today's work world.
B)Identify other skills that you have developed, your tech skills should be highlighted.
C)Include the community service part of your life, It shows leadership and concern for community.
D)Restate these items in your resume to show accomplishments.
E)Contact the business relationships you have made during the last few years and ask them to be references.

Question 64

How can a college student get the experience and understanding of corporate culture that most employers seek in new hires?

A)By developing a strong online profile.
B)Through part-time, after-class jobs.
C)Through understanding strengths and weaknesses and working to eliminate weaknesses.
D)By networking with professionals in the desired field.
E)Through internships.

Question 65

Emma is a financial analyst who has survived four mergers of her employer over the last 15 years.She has decided that although she has been very successful, she's tired of the corporate world and the stress of the constant reorganization that mergers bring.She has decided to leave her employer and take a lower paying job as Chief Financial Officer at a non-profit that needs her financial skills.Identify Emma's career stage.

A)Exploration
B)Establishment
C)Mid-career
D)Late career
E)Decline

Question 66

Which of the following models represents an individual's occupational personality as it relates to vocational themes?

A)The Schein vocational preferences model
B)The Holland vocational preferences model
C)The Jung vocational preferences model
D)The Myers-Briggs vocational preferences model
E)The Lewin vocational preferences model

Question 67

Dmitry is a 45-year-old marketing manager for a major appliance manufacturer.He was not promoted last year and realized that he will never be a senior vice-president of the organization.He has decided to wait it out for another decade until he can retire.Identify Dmitry's career stage.

A)Decline
B)Late career
C)Exploration
D)Establishment
E)Mid-career

Question 68

Which of the following is NOT a dimension of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?

A)Extroversion versus introversion
B)Active versus passive
C)Sensing versus intuitive
D)Thinking versus feeling
E)Judging versus perceiving

Question 69

Mikhail had an internship as an undergraduate in a regional planning office that applied his major in Economics.He went on to law school and today is starting a job in a real estate development firm.He arranges his desk, looks at his parking and employee identification cards, shines the edge of the frame of the picture of his wife and his dog, and proudly puts his credentials on the office wall.Identify Mikhail career stage.

A)Decline
B)Late career
C)Exploration
D)Establishment
E)Mid-career

Question 70

To best assess how employees will interact and solve problems, what type of personality indicator should be used?

A)Myers-Briggs
B)Vocational Preferences
C)Schein Anchors
D)Holland's General Occupational Themes
E)Proactive Personality Scale

Question 71

Which of the following is NOT one of Holland general occupational themes?

A)Conventional
B)Conscientious
C)Artistic
D)Enterprising
E)Realistic

Question 72

Which statement is NOT true about Myers-Briggs typologies?

A)Workers who are Realistic-Investigative-Artistic prefer to work alone and don't like following rules.
B)Thinking-Feeling indicates how analytical a person is in evaluating information.
C)It can identify how people prefer to interact with others.
D)Knowing an employee's typology can help managers understand the best job fit for an employee.
E)The assessment determines an individual's degree of Extroversion or Introversion.

Question 73

Which of the following is NOT a personal value cluster identified by Edgar Schein?

A)Technical-functional competence
B)Managerial competence
C)Security-stability
D)Autonomy independence
E)Professional competence

Question 74

Adrian is a finance major.He likes coaching and playing all kinds of team sports.He wants to be sure to make a lot of money.He did two internships during his undergraduate career, appreciating the structured approach to entering his career.He plans to get 2 to 4 years of work experience before going for an MBA.What is Adrian's Holland type?

A)Realistic-Investigative-Artistic
B)Social-Enterprising-Conventional
C)Social-Conventional-Intuitive
D)Investigative-Enterprising-Artistic
E)Realistic-Conventional-Artistic

Question 75

Hector is a research scientist in a large company.He refuses to go to staff meetings, but volunteers to attend conventions where he receives recognition for his accomplishments.He holds 17 patents (more than two for each year he has been with his company and they are proudly displayed on his office wall), but will not work with his manager on quarterly goals.What is Hector's Holland vocational preferences type?

A)Realistic-Investigative-Enterprising
B)Social-Enterprising-Conventional
C)Social-Conventional-Realistic
D)Investigative-Conventional-Artistic
E)Realistic-Conventional-Artistic

Question 76

Polina attended her college reunion, where she told her former roommate about her work during the last year.She has continued to work for her employer of 30 years, now finally realizing she doesn't have to top what she did last year.She was assigned to the restructuring task force as an advisor and consultant.Identify Polina's career stage.

A)Retirement
B)Late career
C)Exploration
D)Establishment
E)Mid-career

Question 77

Which of the following describes the sequence of career stages typical for most adults?

A)Establishment, Mid-career, Peak performance, Mid-life crisis, and Retirement
B)Establishment, Mid-career, Peak performance, Late career, and Retirement
C)Exploration, Establishment, Mid-career and Late career
D)Early-career, Mid-career, Late career, and Decline
E)Exploration, Mid-career, Late career and Retirement

Question 78

Why is it important for a manager to understand the personality type of their employees?

A)Because personality drives the need for promotion and recognition.
B)Because personality influences the way people interact and solve problems.
C)To better understand the benefits that will attract and retain employees.
D)Because personality helps to shape skill sets.
E)To match the employee with the correct mentor.

Question 79

Viktoria has a good facility with words.She is energetic, extroverted, adventurous, and enjoys persuasion.She likes to sell and lead.Which of the following is unlikely to be good job match for Viktoria?

A)A job in public speaking
B)A job in business management
C)A job in merchandising
D)A job in medical science
E)A job in laws and politics

Question 80

Catalina opened a pottery shop last year.She worked on Wall Street for 15 years as a broker, and although she liked the excitement and competition, she was not as satisfied with work as she is now, working with clay and being her own boss.She still competes and wins, but now it is at craft shows and on the golf course.What is Catalina's Holland vocational preferences type?

A)Realistic-Investigative-Artistic
B)Social-Enterprising-Conventional
C)Security, managerial competence
D)Realistic-Artistic-Enterprising
E)Autonomy- Creativity