Midterm 3 | HRM

Which of the following is best described as functions that have relatively stable content and are common among many organizations?

• Benchmarking

• Product markets

• Key jobs

• Labor markets 

Performance measurement rating errors in which raters often let their opinion of one quality color their opinion of others called:

• Strictness 

• Leniency 

• Halo error

• Central tendency 

When a performance management system is designed to aim at achieving employee behavior and attitudes that support the organization’s goals and culture the performance management possibly satisfies which one of the following criteria:

• Fit with strategy

• Acceptability 

• Validity 

• Specific feedback

In terms of compensation, _____ involves the use of pay surveys. 

• pay policy line

• delayering 

• benchmarking 

• pay differentials 

One of the drawbacks of the salary data available on the Web is that much of the data _____. 

• strategic fit 

• is not reliable and valid 

• is not available 

• is of uncertain quality 

Which of the following approaches determines pay structures almost entirely on external market rates?

• employee’s competencies 

• market pricing 

• job value 

• job description 

In most companies, the person responsible for managing a pay survey is the _____. 

• HR manager 

• Benefit manager 

• Compensation manager 

• Employee relation manager 

Set of jobs having similar worth or content, grouped together to establish rates of pay.

• pay range 

• pay grade 

• pay policy line 

• pay differentiald 

This establishes relative pay among different functions and different levels of responsibility. 

• Job structure 

• Pay level 

• Job evaluations 

• Pay structure 

Which methods for measuring performance often has highest level of strategy fit? 

• Attribute 

• Comparative 

• Quality 

• Results