Business Management Unit 2

The people who work to produce goods and services are known as

• capital
• raw materials
• human resources
• facilities

The first task in the HR management activity of staffing is

• screening and selecting applicants
• determining need
• determining job descriptions
• recruiting

A job specification is an explanation of

• the skills, knowledge, and characteristics required for a job
• the responsibilities and tasks associated with a job
• where a job is located within the company’s facility
• who manages the department where a job position is open

The part of staffing that involves seeking out and attracting qualified potential job candidates is called

• training
• on-boarding
• interviewing
• recruiting

When HR management executives participate in a company’s long-range planning efforts, they are taking part in

• strategic management
• marketing
• budgeting
• financial analysis

Staffing is one of the five functions of management, along with

• planning
• discussing.
• maintaining
• fixing

None of the other managerial functions can be carried out effectively without staffing because

• all of an organization’s communications are created during staffing
• staffing lays the foundation for organizing
• businesses are legally required to set up staffing first
• staffing supplies the human resources needed for management

Which of the following is an effect of overstaffing:

• Exhausted workers
• Low morale
• Inefficiency
• Poor customer service

When developing a human resources management strategy, managers

• set up organizational structure
• identify business goals and the best ways to achieve them
• hire as many recruiters as possible
• determine how to bridge gaps between HR needs and available HR

A workload analysis assesses

• current and future human resources needs
• the human resources that are available
• how many hours each job task takes to complete
• the number of staffing tasks each manager completes