MIE 330 - EXAM 2 - CHAPTER 5
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT.
Forecasting - ANSWERDetermine the supply of and demand to predict areas within the
organization where there will be future labor shortages or surpluses
Leading indicator - ANSWERAn objective measure that accurately predicts future labor
demand
In the cattle industry, the price of corn is closely related to the cost of beef
Transitional matrix - ANSWERAn objective measure that accurately predicts future labor
demand.
Typically these matrices show how people move in one year from one state (outside the
organization) or job category to another state or job category.
What are different options for surplus or shortages - ANSWERSurplus - downsizing, pay
reductions, demotions, transfers, work sharing, hiring freeze, natural attrition, early
retirement, retraining
Shortage - overtime, temporary employees, outsourcing, retrained transfers, turnover
reductions, new external hires, technological innovation
Outsourcing - ANSWERAn organization's use of an outside organization for a broad set
of services.
What is the organizational recruitment process? - ANSWERJob choice has vacancy
characteristics and applicant characteristics
Vacancy characteristics has personnel policies and recruiter traits and behaviors
Applicant characteristics has recruiter traits and behaviors and recruitment sources
Recruitment Policies - ANSWERpersonnel policies is a generic term we use to refer to
organizational decisions that affect the nature of the vacancies for which people are
recruits
characteristics of the vacancy are more important than recruiters or recruiting sources
when it comes to predicting job choice
, Employment-at-will-policies - ANSWERPolicies which state that either an employer or
an employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, regardless of
cause
Downsizing - ANSWERThe planned elimination of large numbers of personnel,
designed to enhance organizational effectiveness.
Although one tends to think of downsizing as something that a company turns but the
organizations initiating the cutbacks were making a profit at the time
Offshoring - ANSWERA special case of outsourcing where the jobs that move actually
leave one country and go to another.
A special case of outsourcing where the jobs that move actually leave one country and
go to another.
Workforce utilization review - ANSWERA comparison of the proportion of workers in
protected subgroups with the proportion that each subgroup represents in the proportion
in the job category
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If such an analysis indicates that some group—for example, African Americans—makes
up 35% of the relevant labor market for a job category but that this same group
constitutes only 5% of the actual incumbents in that job category in that organization,
then this is evidence of under-utilization.
controversial because they are seen as unfair by many non-minorities
Human resource recruitment - ANSWERThe practice or activity carried on by the
organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees.
Companies that do not have employment-at-will provisions typically have extensive due
process policies
Due process policies - ANSWERPolicies by which a company formally lays out the
steps an employee can take to appeal a termination decision.
Organizational recruiting materials that emphasize due process, rights of appeal, and
grievance mechanisms send a message that job security is high; employment-at-will
policies suggest the opposite
Direct applicants - ANSWERPeople who apply for a job vacancy without prompting from
the organization.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT.
Forecasting - ANSWERDetermine the supply of and demand to predict areas within the
organization where there will be future labor shortages or surpluses
Leading indicator - ANSWERAn objective measure that accurately predicts future labor
demand
In the cattle industry, the price of corn is closely related to the cost of beef
Transitional matrix - ANSWERAn objective measure that accurately predicts future labor
demand.
Typically these matrices show how people move in one year from one state (outside the
organization) or job category to another state or job category.
What are different options for surplus or shortages - ANSWERSurplus - downsizing, pay
reductions, demotions, transfers, work sharing, hiring freeze, natural attrition, early
retirement, retraining
Shortage - overtime, temporary employees, outsourcing, retrained transfers, turnover
reductions, new external hires, technological innovation
Outsourcing - ANSWERAn organization's use of an outside organization for a broad set
of services.
What is the organizational recruitment process? - ANSWERJob choice has vacancy
characteristics and applicant characteristics
Vacancy characteristics has personnel policies and recruiter traits and behaviors
Applicant characteristics has recruiter traits and behaviors and recruitment sources
Recruitment Policies - ANSWERpersonnel policies is a generic term we use to refer to
organizational decisions that affect the nature of the vacancies for which people are
recruits
characteristics of the vacancy are more important than recruiters or recruiting sources
when it comes to predicting job choice
, Employment-at-will-policies - ANSWERPolicies which state that either an employer or
an employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, regardless of
cause
Downsizing - ANSWERThe planned elimination of large numbers of personnel,
designed to enhance organizational effectiveness.
Although one tends to think of downsizing as something that a company turns but the
organizations initiating the cutbacks were making a profit at the time
Offshoring - ANSWERA special case of outsourcing where the jobs that move actually
leave one country and go to another.
A special case of outsourcing where the jobs that move actually leave one country and
go to another.
Workforce utilization review - ANSWERA comparison of the proportion of workers in
protected subgroups with the proportion that each subgroup represents in the proportion
in the job category
9
If such an analysis indicates that some group—for example, African Americans—makes
up 35% of the relevant labor market for a job category but that this same group
constitutes only 5% of the actual incumbents in that job category in that organization,
then this is evidence of under-utilization.
controversial because they are seen as unfair by many non-minorities
Human resource recruitment - ANSWERThe practice or activity carried on by the
organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees.
Companies that do not have employment-at-will provisions typically have extensive due
process policies
Due process policies - ANSWERPolicies by which a company formally lays out the
steps an employee can take to appeal a termination decision.
Organizational recruiting materials that emphasize due process, rights of appeal, and
grievance mechanisms send a message that job security is high; employment-at-will
policies suggest the opposite
Direct applicants - ANSWERPeople who apply for a job vacancy without prompting from
the organization.
