Question 1

Which of the following is an element in the final stage of human resources planning?

Accepted Answer

The final stage of human resource planning involves implementing strategies and evaluating outcomes.

Question 2

Grexel Tools Inc.is a large manufacturing company with branches in different countries in Asia.The company desires to gain competitive advantage by reducing unnecessary process costs.Which of the following is most suitable for this company to gain competitive advantage?

Accepted Answer

Organizations use outsourcing as a way to operate more efficiently and save money. Costs are also lower when the outsourcing firm is located in a part of the world where wages are relatively low.

Question 3

Identify the benefit of relying on internal recruitment sources.

Accepted Answer

Filling vacancies through internal recruiting is generally cheaper and faster than looking outside the organization.

Question 4

Nazir,an HR manager at Solomon Beverages,recognizes and attracts potential job seekers to his organization.In the context of HRM functions,Nazir is carrying out the _____ process.

Accepted Answer

In this scenario, Nazir is carrying out the recruiting process. An activity carried on by an organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees is referred to as recruiting.

Question 5

_____ formally lay out the steps an employee may take to appeal an employer's decision to terminate that employee.

Accepted Answer

Due-process policies formally lay out the steps an employee may take to appeal an employer's decision to terminate that employee.

Question 6

A small company that manufactures special-order wood furniture has kept its employees busy on a 40-hours-a-week schedule for the past two years.The company just received a large contract from a Japanese company that is opening offices in the area.The Japanese company has given a month's time for completion of its order.To complete the contract in the required one month,the furniture company needs additional skilled labor on short notice.Which of the following strategies is best suited to avoid this short-term labor shortage if the company desires to find a simple and cost-effective solution?

Accepted Answer

Organizations facing a labor shortage may be reluctant to hire employees, even temporary workers, or to commit to an outsourcing arrangement. Especially if the organization expects the shortage to be temporary, it may prefer an arrangement that is simpler and less costly. Under some conditions, these organizations may try to garner more hours from the existing labor force, asking them to go from part-time to full-time status or to work overtime.

Question 7

Trotta Inc.,a manufacturer of widgets,has entered into a contract with a third party to perform a few functions of its supply chain management.The company is engaged in:

Accepted Answer

Outsourcing refers to contracting with another organization to perform a broad set of services.

Question 8

Identify the correct statement regarding internal recruitment sources.

Accepted Answer

Internal recruitment sources generate applicants who are well known to an organization. In addition, these applicants are relatively knowledgeable about the organization's vacancies, minimizing the possibility they will have unrealistic expectations about the job.

Question 9

In the context of options for reducing a labor surplus,identify the similarity between natural attrition and early retirement strategies.

Accepted Answer

In the context of options for reducing labor surplus, both natural attrition and early retirement yield slow results and cause low suffering to the employees.

Question 10

Which of the following is true of companies that use a "lead-the-market" pay strategy?

Accepted Answer

Pay is an important job characteristic for almost all applicants. Organizations have a recruiting advantage if their policy is to take a "lead-the-market" approach to pay-that is, pay more than the current market wages for a job.

Question 11

Berzen Inc.hires John as a supervisor in the company.They have an implied understanding that both the employer and the employee have the right to end their relationship at any time they desire.In the context of personnel policies,the relationship between the company and John is based on the _____.

Accepted Answer

In this scenario, the relationship between John and the company is based on the employment-at-will policy. This policy holds that if there is no specific employment contract stating otherwise, the employer or employee may end an employment relationship at any time.

Question 12

_____ influence the kinds of job applicants an organization reaches.

Accepted Answer

Recruitment sources influence the kinds of job applicants an organization reaches.

Question 13

_____ states that if there is no specific employment contract saying otherwise,the employer or employee may end an employment relationship at any time,regardless of cause.

Accepted Answer

Employment at will is an employment principle, which holds that if there is no specific employment contract saying otherwise, the employer or employee may end an employment relationship at any time, regardless of cause.

Question 14

The process of communicating information about a job vacancy on company bulletin boards,in employee publications,on corporate intranets,and anywhere else an organization communicates with employees is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

Job postings refer to the process of communicating information about a job vacancy on company bulletin boards, in employee publications, on corporate intranets, and anywhere else an organization communicates with employees.

Question 15

Which of the following aspects of recruitment is most likely to affect the nature of the positions that are vacant?

Accepted Answer

An organization's personnel policies are its decisions about how it will carry out human resource management, including how it will fill job vacancies. These policies influence the nature of the positions that are vacant. According to the research on recruitment, it is clear that characteristics of the vacancy are more important than recruiters or recruiting sources for predicting job choice.

Question 16

In the context of HR planning,implementation that ties planning and recruiting to an organization's strategy and to its efforts to develop employees becomes a complete program of:

Accepted Answer

Implementation that ties planning and recruiting to an organization's strategy and to its efforts to develop employees becomes a complete program of talent management. Today's computer systems have made talent management more practical.

Question 17

In the context of managing human resources,the process of _____ creates a buffer between planning and the actual selection of new employees.

Accepted Answer

In human resource management, recruiting consists of any practice or activity carried on by an organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees. It thus creates a buffer between planning and the actual selection of new employees.

Question 18

Which of the following is an internal source of recruitment?

Accepted Answer

Job posting refers to communicating information about a vacancy on company bulletin boards, in employee publications, on corporate intranets, and anywhere else an organization communicates with employees.

Question 19

Rhodes Group,a financial services corporation,advertises itself to cultivate a favorable picture of the organization by using the slogan,"Investing innovatively." This scenario is an example of _____ advertising.

Accepted Answer

Besides advertising specific job openings, organizations may advertise themselves as a good place to work in general. Advertising designed to create a generally favorable impression of the organization is called image advertising. In this scenario, Rhodes Group is engaging in image advertising.

Question 20

In the context of options for avoiding a labor shortage,identify the similarity between outsourcing and overtime strategies.

Accepted Answer

In the context of avoiding a labor shortage, both overtime and outsourcing strategies yield fast results and are easy to change after implementation, i.e., they have high revocability.

Quiz 5: Planning for and Recruiting Human Resources