WGU C232 Study Guide questions with verified
answers
"What does research teach us about the effectiveness of orientation and
socialization?*Competency: 3037.1.6 Employee Training and Development"
Ans✓✓✓ Reduces turnover and helps create a positive work environment
(provided the activities that occur are job related and the selection process was
effective)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) Ans✓✓✓ Prohibits
discrimination against employees 40+ years of age
Americans with Disabilities Act Ans✓✓✓ Prohibits discrimination based on
disability (known or perceived)
Civil Rights Act Ans✓✓✓ Prohibit employers from discrimination against
minorities (protects race, color, religion, sex, or national origin)
Define "employment at-will." Ans✓✓✓ Employer can hire, fire, or promote a
person for any reason; employee also free to terminate the employment
relationship at any time
Define employee development. Ans✓✓✓ improving knowledge for the future--
long-term focused on readiness to assume higher level positions within the firm
Define employee training. Ans✓✓✓ improving skills needed to perform better in
the current job--short-term oriented
,Define fixed pay. Ans✓✓✓ Nondiscretionary compensation that is independent
of performance
Define he term "job evaluation." Ans✓✓✓ Determines relative worth of the job;
based on how job is described in formal job description and influences basic
compensation structure including job classes and individual and job wage rates
Define the Covenant-of-Good-Faith exception. Ans✓✓✓ Each party in the
employment relationship makes an implied promise to treat the other in good
faith and fairness
Define the term "business ethics." Ans✓✓✓ Values and principles used to decide
whether the collective behavior of an organization's members is appropriate
Define the term "employee referral." Ans✓✓✓ Current employee suggests
candidate; programs generally reward employees for referring skilled job
applicants who get hired--advantage is RJP
Define the term "moral philosophy." Ans✓✓✓ Principles, rules, and values
people use when deciding what is right or wrong
Define the term "recruitment." Ans✓✓✓ Provide a pool of potentially qualifed
job candidates
Define the term "religious discrimination." Ans✓✓✓ Discrimination based on
religion or closely held beliefs or employee or known associates
, Define the term "SWOT". Ans✓✓✓ Strengths, weakness, opportunities, and
threats--strengths and weakness are internal to the organization and things we
can control; opportunities and threats are external to the organization and things
we cannot control
Define the term and provide an example of "gender discrimination." Ans✓✓✓
Treating someone differently because of sex or gender--not hiring a woman of
child bearing age because she might get pregnant
Define the term and provide an example of "gender identity discrimination."
Ans✓✓✓ Treating someone differently because of to which gender he/she
identifies, being gay, or bi-sexual--firing someone because the company
discovered he was transgender NOTE: while courts have recognized this, it is not
protected under Title VII; many states do provide protection under state civil
rights legislation
Define the term and provide an example of "sex discrimination." Ans✓✓✓
Treating someone differently because of sex--not promoting a woman to an
executive position
Define the term diversity. Ans✓✓✓ Similarities and differences between
individuals, accounting for numerous aspects of personality and individual
identity
Define the term inclusion. Ans✓✓✓ Everyone feels free to be who they are and
can openly discuss differences without fear of reprisal or shame
Define the term: HR generalist. Ans✓✓✓ Knowledgable or works with all
functional areas of HR (Training & Development, Compensation & Benefits,
answers
"What does research teach us about the effectiveness of orientation and
socialization?*Competency: 3037.1.6 Employee Training and Development"
Ans✓✓✓ Reduces turnover and helps create a positive work environment
(provided the activities that occur are job related and the selection process was
effective)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) Ans✓✓✓ Prohibits
discrimination against employees 40+ years of age
Americans with Disabilities Act Ans✓✓✓ Prohibits discrimination based on
disability (known or perceived)
Civil Rights Act Ans✓✓✓ Prohibit employers from discrimination against
minorities (protects race, color, religion, sex, or national origin)
Define "employment at-will." Ans✓✓✓ Employer can hire, fire, or promote a
person for any reason; employee also free to terminate the employment
relationship at any time
Define employee development. Ans✓✓✓ improving knowledge for the future--
long-term focused on readiness to assume higher level positions within the firm
Define employee training. Ans✓✓✓ improving skills needed to perform better in
the current job--short-term oriented
,Define fixed pay. Ans✓✓✓ Nondiscretionary compensation that is independent
of performance
Define he term "job evaluation." Ans✓✓✓ Determines relative worth of the job;
based on how job is described in formal job description and influences basic
compensation structure including job classes and individual and job wage rates
Define the Covenant-of-Good-Faith exception. Ans✓✓✓ Each party in the
employment relationship makes an implied promise to treat the other in good
faith and fairness
Define the term "business ethics." Ans✓✓✓ Values and principles used to decide
whether the collective behavior of an organization's members is appropriate
Define the term "employee referral." Ans✓✓✓ Current employee suggests
candidate; programs generally reward employees for referring skilled job
applicants who get hired--advantage is RJP
Define the term "moral philosophy." Ans✓✓✓ Principles, rules, and values
people use when deciding what is right or wrong
Define the term "recruitment." Ans✓✓✓ Provide a pool of potentially qualifed
job candidates
Define the term "religious discrimination." Ans✓✓✓ Discrimination based on
religion or closely held beliefs or employee or known associates
, Define the term "SWOT". Ans✓✓✓ Strengths, weakness, opportunities, and
threats--strengths and weakness are internal to the organization and things we
can control; opportunities and threats are external to the organization and things
we cannot control
Define the term and provide an example of "gender discrimination." Ans✓✓✓
Treating someone differently because of sex or gender--not hiring a woman of
child bearing age because she might get pregnant
Define the term and provide an example of "gender identity discrimination."
Ans✓✓✓ Treating someone differently because of to which gender he/she
identifies, being gay, or bi-sexual--firing someone because the company
discovered he was transgender NOTE: while courts have recognized this, it is not
protected under Title VII; many states do provide protection under state civil
rights legislation
Define the term and provide an example of "sex discrimination." Ans✓✓✓
Treating someone differently because of sex--not promoting a woman to an
executive position
Define the term diversity. Ans✓✓✓ Similarities and differences between
individuals, accounting for numerous aspects of personality and individual
identity
Define the term inclusion. Ans✓✓✓ Everyone feels free to be who they are and
can openly discuss differences without fear of reprisal or shame
Define the term: HR generalist. Ans✓✓✓ Knowledgable or works with all
functional areas of HR (Training & Development, Compensation & Benefits,
