Deck 12: Career Management and Development

Question 1

An expert focuses on building knowledge.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A key competency for individuals proposed by Jones and DeFillippi is "Knowing whom" to form work relationships with.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

According to Levinson 80% of men interviewed has experienced a midcareer period of self-questioning and reevaluation.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

According to Levinson age 30 is in the:

A) Beginning or early adulthood
B) Transition age
C) Beginning of middle adulthood
D) None of the above

Question 5

According to Greenhaus et al.(2000),a career is BEST defined as one's work experiences over a lifetime.

Question 6

HRD's role in career development is to make a plan for every employee.

Question 7

In the 'traditional' employment relationship,employees often felt that had joined the company 'family'.

Question 8

Career management involves becoming aware of one's options.

Question 9

Based on the Greenhaus et al.model,career establishment occurs at what age?

A) not until near retirement (about 55-65)
B) generally between the ages of 25-40
C) while still in high school or college, 16-22
D) it varies, based on the job market

Question 10

According to Greenhaus & colleagues a career is best defined as::

A) the pattern of work experiences over one's lifetime
B) advancement in jobs
C) staying with one job for a long time
D) something a doctor has, but a bricklayer does not

Question 11

Career planning involves becoming aware of one's options,constraints and consequences.

Question 12

Career exploration always includes goal setting.

Question 13

Career models can focus on the individual,the organization and the team

Question 14

Which of the following is the BEST example of the 'new' employment relationship described in your text?

A) employees are viewed as part of the 'family'
B) employees view benefits as an entitlement
C) companies exchange job security for employee loyalty
D) employment is viewed as an exchange relationship for mutual benefit

Question 15

In the 'new' employment relationship described in your text employment is BEST viewed as an exchange relationship for mutual benefit

Question 16

Outplacement focuses on keeping people happy within the organization.

Question 17

Generativity (according to Erikson)is when people focus on the generations that have gone before them.

Question 18

The career counseling process can be viewed as having three stages.

Question 19

A career path is a series of jobs with related tasks and experiences that an employee moves through over time.

Question 20

Hall and colleagues Protean career emphasizes::

A) Individuals drive their own careers
B) Organizations drive a person's career
C) Careers are determined by the God Proteus
D) None of the above are true

Question 21

An assessment center can be used to:

A) Determine employee pay raises
B) Assess employee potential for advancement
C) Determine who to cut during lay-offs
D) Who to invite to the company Picnic.

Question 22

The systems view of career management includes all of the following except:

A) The people system
B) The job market system
C) The organizational system
D) The management and information system

Question 23

In career management,which of the following is not one of the manager's roles?

A) Act as a Coach
B) Act as an Advisor
C) Act as a Disciplinarian
D) Act as an Appraiser

Question 24

The 4 career concepts are:

A) Linear, expert, top of the heap and translator
B) Linear, expert, spiral and transitory
C) Lunar, experienced, special and transitory
D) Linear, experimenter, spatial and transitory

Question 25

Career exploration can include any of the following EXCEPT:

A) self-analysis of KSAOs
B) research of possible jobs
C) working with a career coach
D) goal setting

Question 26

Outplacement focuses on:

A) Terminated employees
B) Retiring employees
C) Newly hired employees
D) Those remaining with the organization after a lay-off

Question 27

A systems view of career management is an example of:

A) individual career management
B) long-term career management
C) organizational career management
D) sequential career management

Question 28

According to Levinson the middle adulthood stage occurs at ages:

A) 17-45
B) 40-65
C) 0-5
D) 5-15

Question 29

Career models can focus on:

A) The individual, organization and team
B) The individual, organization and department or plant
C) The department, organization and union
D) The union, organization and individual

Question 30

All of the following are career concepts EXCEPT:

A) linear
B) horizontal
C) spiral
D) transitory

Question 31

A dual career path benefits:

A) managerial employees only
B) managerial and non-managerial employees
C) skilled workers only
D) unskilled workers only

Question 32

In the team based career development model the team:

A) Members serve as role models
B) Rewards behaviors that enhance team performance and growth
C) Determines training opportunities for team members
D) All of these are true

Question 33

According to Levinson the early adulthood stage occurs at ages:

A) 17-45
B) 45-60
C) 0-5
D) 5-15

Question 34

How does one's personal life impact their career choices?

A) No impact - the two are totally separate
B) A link between these two is illegal
C) Any link would be silly - what about privacy
D) It has a major impact on the decisions one makes about jobs

Question 35

The 'job entitlement' mentality suggests that:

A) A job a short-term event in one's life
B) Work hard, stay out of trouble and you have a job for life
C) Jobs are here today and gone tomorrow
D) Temporary work is the only entitlement we will have

Question 36

Which of the following is TRUE?

A) a transitory career features a devotion to one occupation
B) an expert generally changes fields every 5 years
C) a linear career is the traditional view of a career in the U.S.
D) a spiral career means moving progressively upwards to the top of an
Organization

Question 37

A career plateau is:

A) when burnout occurs
B) when you become President of the organization
C) when you make as much money as you want
D) when the likelihood of promotion becomes very low

Question 38

Assessment centers can be used:

A)for employee selection
B)for identifying the career potential of existing employees
C)both a.and b.above
D)none of the above

Question 39

During mid career the two events likely to occur are:

A) Plateauing and obsolesce
B) Disinterest and illness
C) Happiness and satisfaction
D) Laziness and loss of appetite

Question 40

Middle adulthood is almost always a period of:

A) Preparing to die
B) Pursuing one's career dreams
C) Questioning of the career dream
D) Great energy and stress

Question 41

In succession planning managers:

A) Determine models for success
B) Define success for their subordinates
C) Identify employees who should be developed to replace them
D) Succeed in strategic planning

Question 42

Self-assessment activities include:

A) Self-study workbooks
B) Career planning workshops
C) What color is your parachute?
D) All of the above

Question 43

Career counseling includes

A) Opening and probing
B) Understanding and planning
C) Organizing
D) Opening and planning

Question 44

Which of the following is not a way to measure an employee's potential to fill key positions.

A) Assessment centers
B) Succession planning
C) 360 degree evaluations
D) Potential ratings

Question 45

Job rotation involves assigning employees to a series of jobs in different:

A) States
B) Functional areas of the organization
C) Company divisions
D) Countries

Question 46

Potential ratings are:

A) Not used any more
B) Similar to performance evaluations
C) Very different than performance evaluations
D) Performed by HRD

Question 47

A career plateau occurs when:

A) Your pay is at the top of the pay scale
B) Your chances of further advancement become very slim
C) Your benefits are used up
D) You are ready for pre-retirement planning

Question 48

Succession planning is normally carried out by:

A) First line supervisors
B) An outside specialist
C) Senior management
D) HRD and the employee

Question 49

All of the following are a career management method proposed by Brousseau and colleagues except:

A) Performance planning
B) Counseling
C) Individual career development contracts
D) Cafeteria approach

Question 50

Mentoring occurs between:

A) Male and female employees
B) People who work in the same department
C) Junior and senior members of the organization
D) Different supervisors

Question 51

Which of the following is true of mentoring:

A) It must be assigned by HRD
B) The mentoring relationship is very complex
C) It does not need to tie to the strategic plan of the organization
D) It serves the needs of the junior member but does nothing for the senior member

Question 52

A career plateau means that:

A) You should retire
B) You will never get another pay raise
C) You reach the executive floor
D) Probability of further promotion is very low

Question 53

Managers and supervisors should be trained to fill all of the following roles except:

A) Coach
B) Appraiser
C) Critic
D) Adviser

Question 54

Career enrichment could include all of the following except:

A) Retraining
B) Promotions
C) Certification
D) Job transfers and rotation

Question 55

Which of the following is not a method to increase career motivation?

A) Define career plateau's
B) Enhance career insight
C) Build career identity
D) Support career self resilience