Managing Personnel Test

What is the most cost-effective/best way of increasing a firm's creativity?

• Hire outside talent.

• Train current employees.

• Redesign the organizational environment.

According to studies, to have a project team maximize its total creative output, how many people should usually be in it?

• 20.

• 5.

• 10.

An employee who scores high on the 'judging' versus the 'perceiving' part of a personality questionnaire is likely to be a

• Creative.

• Manager.

• Geek.

In the publishing business, how has the typical contract changed over time?

• It has allocated authors a higher percentage of profits.

• It has allocated authors a lower percentage of profits.

• It has allowed authors the same percentage of profits.

Which best describes the actor compensation practices used in Hollywood right now?

• Producers and studios often end up paying stars way more than they're worth.

• Studios and producers end up paying actors much less than they're worth.

• Producers and studios pay a pretty accurate amount to actors-giving them about as much as their presence in a film adds to its value.

A company's internal labour market map is broadly pyramid shaped. What can we conclude from this?

• This firm prefers to build rather than buy its workforce talent.

• The firm likes to buy rather than develop its workforce talent.

• It's difficult to reach any significant conclusion from this bit of information.

80% of Company X's employees are at or below Hierarchy Level 5 out of a possible 7. The company tends to hire Level 6 and 7 employees from outside the firm. What kind of employee turnover can this company expect at Level 5 and below?

• High-employees see they're not likely to be promoted past Level 5.

• Low-employees see that although they won't reach upper management, they have very high job stability.

• Average.

When a company hires aggressively in tight labour markets, what does it run the risk of doing?

• Undervaluing its current employees by underpaying.

• Attracting top talent to work for it, only to have them leave after a short time.

• Not providing incentive for employees to perform at their capability level.

• All the above.

Company ABC has been calculated to have 20% market risk, 35% industry risk, and 45% firm-specific risk. For this company, would it be wise to base employee compensation on stock options?

• No.

• Yes.

• More information required.

• No answer capable.

Which of the following is not a direct reason for the unionization in crafts, and among media creatives?

• Scarcity of talent.

• Oversupply of talent.

• Stress.

• Need for respect.