Quiz 9

Human resource management is the management function focused on maximizing the effectiveness of the workforce by recruiting world-class talent, promoting career development and determining strategies to boost organizational effectiveness.

• True

• False

 In order to effectively develop an organization's workforce, human resource managers must work independently of other key managers within their organization.

• True

• False

 The U.S. Census Bureau points out that a college degree typically doubles earning power.

• True

• False

 A diverse workforce with equal opportunity for all stands to benefit both business and society as a whole.

• True

• False

 According to the EEOC, sexual harassment can range from requests for sexual favors to the presence of a hostile work environment.

• True

• False

Human resource departments are trying to ease "the brain drain" in the workforce caused by highly-qualified professional women leaving the workforce early - with specific retention plans and:

• a. hiring more male employees right out of college.

• b. taking proactive steps to reintegrate returning women back into the workforce.

• c. making the highly-qualified, professional male workers do more.

• d. requriing women who belong to the Baby Boomer generation to work longer before they retire.

 A key consideration that HR managers should make while forecasting human resource requirements include the ___________________.

• a. country's employed population.

• b. country's unemployed population.

• c. market share of the company.

• d. retirement rates.

__________________ refers to the combination of pay and benefits that employees receive in exchange for their work.

• a. Compensation

• b. Salary

• c. Restitution

• d. Distribution

 __________________ are compensation in the form of lump sum payments and are often used to reward individual employees for strong performance.

• a. Commissions

• b. Salaries

• c. Dividends

• d. Bonuses

 The main purpose of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to:

• a. ensure that all citizens, regardless of race or sex, had the right to cast their vote to determine their elected representatives.

• b. prevent state and local governments from establishing and maintaining "separate but equal" schools and colleges for people of different races.

• c. require employers to provide all their employees 12 weeks of job-secur, unpaid leave on the birth or adoption of a child, or the serious illness of a spouse, child or parent.

• d. prohibit discrimination in hiring, firing, compensation and other employment-related policies on the basis of race, color, sex, religion or national origin.