6. Human Resources: GCSE Business Eduqas recruitment

Which of the following documents would contain information about holiday entitlement, hours of work, duties/tasks at work.

• Job description

• Job analysis

• Application form

Which of the following is an advantage to a business of having a consistently high labour turnover?

• Recruitment and selection costs will be low

• Labour productivity rate will be high

• It will gain a positive reputation as a good employer

• New ideas may be introduced into the workplace

When two or more people come together to fulfill a single job role this is called:

• Part time employment

• Job sharing

• Zero hours contract

• Full time employment

Which of the following best describes the term staff retention?

• The number of people that leave a firm in a set period of time

• The number of staff that remain working in a firm in a set period of time

• The number of staff that are promoted in a firm in a set period of time

• The number of staff that are made redundant in a firm in a set period of time

A business has a highly productive workforce. This means that:

• It should have more flexibility in its pricing

• It will find it more difficult to compete with rivals

• Its labour costs per unit will decrease

• Its profit margins may fall

A plc uses profit sharing as a financial method of motivation for its staff. Which of the following is a potential drawback to its shareholders of this decision?

• Staff may see this as an ongoing entitlement

• Less funds available for reinvestment

• The share price will be guaranteed to rise

• Less money available for dividend payments

The quantity of goods or services produced by an employee over a period of time.

• Service

• Productivity

• Work ethic

• Motivation

Retention is

• How long an employee can remember instructions for.

• How long an employee has worked for a business.

• The proportion of a business's workforce that stays with the business over a period of time.

• The proportion of employees who are absent from work over a period of time.

A higher hourly rate that is paid for any additional hours worked.

• Fringe benefit

• Overtime

• Piece rate

• The National Living wage

Which of the following statements best describes the term recruitment?

• The number of people leaving an organisation in a specific time period

• The total amount of job vacancies in an organisation

• The number of people that are employed in an organisation

• The process of finding people to work for an organisation