ICPM 2 - Chapter 6

A(n) __________ clusters jobs into categories reflecting their relative importance to the organisation and its goals, levels of skill required, and other characteristics managers consider important.

• Employee grade

• Pay structure

• Job analysis

• Job description

• Simulated structure

An organisation requires all job applicants to fill out applicants with details such as their name, age, educational qualifications, and previous work experience. This organs ation is focusing on which aspect of the selection process?

• Interview process

• Paper-and-pencil test

• Personality assessment

• Background information

• Background information

Which of the following is true of internal recruitment?

• The cost for internal recruitment is higher than that of external

  recruitment.

• External applicants are more familiar with the organisation than internal applicants.

• Internal recruitment consumes relatively less time than external

  recruitment.

• Managers have a wider pool of candidates to select from if the recruit

  internally than externally.

• Managers rely more on internal applicants to bring fresh ideas to the

  organisation than external applicants.

Gathering background information, performance tests, physical ability tests, and references are all examples of __________.

• Selection tools

• Performance appraisal tools

• Subjective appraisal tools

• Quality assurance tools

• Objective appraisal tools

Which type of training is delivered by a live instructor in a classroom within an organisation or out that helps employees to acquire knowledge and skills to use in the workplace?

• Self-study instruction

• Antiquated instruction

• On-the-job training

• Classroom instruction

• Online learning

__________ refers to the process by which managers decide the relative qualifications of job applicants and their potential for performing well in a particular job.

• Training

• Selection

• Development

• Performance appraisal

• Feedback

Instead of hiring an accountant, an organisation decides to contract with a local accounting firm for its tax accounting needs. The process is known as

__________.

• Lateral recruitment

• Outsourcing

• External recruitment

• Internal recruitment

• Offshoring

Managers at Way Fowler Inc. ensure that new recruits receive on-the-job coaching by experienced employees who serve as mentors and advisers to them. This is an example of which of the following components of the HRM system?

• Training and development

• Recruitment and selection

• Labor relations

• Performance appraisal

• Performance Feedback

Which of the following components of the HRM system serves a

developmental purpose by providing employees valuable information

about their strengths and weaknesses?

• Recruitment and selection

• Labor relations

• Performance appraisal and feedback

• Pay and benefits

• Training and development

Recruiting processes conducted by an organisation to find people outside the organisation who have not worked for the organisation previously are known as __________.

• Internal recruiting

• Lateral recruiting

• External recruiting

• Transferring

• Promoting