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2248_MGMT 4710/6950 - Ch 2 - CONNECT Activities

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Trends in the external labor force most immediately affect a company's

internal work force

bottom line

sustainability efforts

sales forecasting

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is not a trend in the composition of the U.S. labor force affecting HRM practices today?

Required skills have shifted away from physical strength.

Younger workers between 16 and 24 will be fewer.

Fewer women are in the paid labor force than in the past.

Older workers are staying in the workforce longer.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Over the next decade, which of the following will be the fastest-growing age group in the U.S. workforce?

55 and older

25–54

16–24

None of the answer choices are correct

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the fastest-growing ethnic category in the U.S. workforce?

White

Black

Asian

Hispanic

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Today's workplaces often bring together employees representing three or four generations of workers. Which generation of workers tends to be pragmatic and cynical with well-developed self-management skills?

Millennials

Generation X

Baby Boomers

The Silent Generation

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

For employees who work at Accenture, there would be a noticeable emphasis on a strategy to deal with the increasing velocity of change. Which focus of Human Resource Management best identifies that strategy?

Ensure employee skills in technology, industry, and functional areas remain current.

Help employees understand that technology will eventually eliminate human jobs.

Ensure the company does not overreact to leading-edge technologies but rather waits to train on them until they are much further developed.

Minimize the ways in which to offer training in order to control consistency of delivery.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Accenture has “democratized” learning approaches. This means that

employees will determine together what training is to be offered.

employees will take turns facilitating training in order to gain important new skills.

employees will have “real-time” access to training through options like mobile devices, classroom, or training centers.

employees will vote on the time, place, and methods to learn new skills.

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