HRMN 5470 - PUGH EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Rewards employees for acquiring job-related knowledge, skills, and competencies -
Answers - person focused plan
What are the three main types of person-focused plans? - Answers - 1. Pay-for-
knowledge
2. Skill-based pay
3. Competency-based pay
Rewards managerial, service, or professional workers for successfully learning specific
curricula - Answers - pay for knowledge plan
Used mostly for employees who do physical work, increases these workers' pay as they
master new skills - Answers - skill based pay
Rewards employees for improving or acquiring new skills/knowledge - Answers -
competency based pay
Skills at the same level of responsibility or difficulty - Answers - horizontal skills
Skills that are considered supervisory - Answers - vertical skills
Level of expertise or specialization an employee possesses - Answers - depth of skills
An individual's ability to apply knowledge and skills to perform successfully in the
required work situations - Answers - competencies
Person focused pay plans are most often found in what setting? - Answers -
manufacturing
What reasons might a company have for adopting person focused pay programs? (2) -
Answers - 1. Technological innovations
2. Increased global competition
What are the 4 person focused pay program models? - Answers - 1. Stairstep
2. Skill blocks model
3. Job-point accrual model
4. Cross-departmental model
Program model where the steps represent jobs from a particular job family that differ in
terms of complexity - Answers - stairstep model
, Program model that applies to jobs within the same job family, but skills do not
necessarily build on one another - Answers - skill blocks model
Program model that encourages employees to develop skills and learn to perform jobs
from different job families - Answers - job point accrual model
Program model that promotes staffing flexibility by training employees in one
department with critical skills they would need to perform effectively in other
departments - Answers - cross departmental model
What are the advantages of person focused pay programs to employees? (2) - Answers
- 1. Can provide job enrichment
2. Can provide job security
What are the advantages of person focused pay programs to employers? (3) - Answers
- 1. Enhanced job performance
2. Reduced staffing
3. Greater flexibility
Compares the value of each job within the same company against the rest of the jobs
found within that company - Answers - internal consistency
A descriptive procedure that identifies and defines job content - Answers - job analysis
Systematically recognizes differences in the relative worth among a set of jobs; helps to
establish pay differentials accordingly - Answers - job evaluation
How can job analysis data be collected? (4) - Answers - 1. Questionnaires
2. Interviews
3. Observation
4. Participation
The smallest step in completing a task - Answers - element
One or more elements - Answers - task
A collection of tasks - Answers - position
A group of positions with similar tasks - Answers - job family
A group of jobs - Answers - occupation
What all should be included in a job description? (4) - Answers - 1. Job title
2. Job summary
3. Job duties
4. Worker specifications
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Rewards employees for acquiring job-related knowledge, skills, and competencies -
Answers - person focused plan
What are the three main types of person-focused plans? - Answers - 1. Pay-for-
knowledge
2. Skill-based pay
3. Competency-based pay
Rewards managerial, service, or professional workers for successfully learning specific
curricula - Answers - pay for knowledge plan
Used mostly for employees who do physical work, increases these workers' pay as they
master new skills - Answers - skill based pay
Rewards employees for improving or acquiring new skills/knowledge - Answers -
competency based pay
Skills at the same level of responsibility or difficulty - Answers - horizontal skills
Skills that are considered supervisory - Answers - vertical skills
Level of expertise or specialization an employee possesses - Answers - depth of skills
An individual's ability to apply knowledge and skills to perform successfully in the
required work situations - Answers - competencies
Person focused pay plans are most often found in what setting? - Answers -
manufacturing
What reasons might a company have for adopting person focused pay programs? (2) -
Answers - 1. Technological innovations
2. Increased global competition
What are the 4 person focused pay program models? - Answers - 1. Stairstep
2. Skill blocks model
3. Job-point accrual model
4. Cross-departmental model
Program model where the steps represent jobs from a particular job family that differ in
terms of complexity - Answers - stairstep model
, Program model that applies to jobs within the same job family, but skills do not
necessarily build on one another - Answers - skill blocks model
Program model that encourages employees to develop skills and learn to perform jobs
from different job families - Answers - job point accrual model
Program model that promotes staffing flexibility by training employees in one
department with critical skills they would need to perform effectively in other
departments - Answers - cross departmental model
What are the advantages of person focused pay programs to employees? (2) - Answers
- 1. Can provide job enrichment
2. Can provide job security
What are the advantages of person focused pay programs to employers? (3) - Answers
- 1. Enhanced job performance
2. Reduced staffing
3. Greater flexibility
Compares the value of each job within the same company against the rest of the jobs
found within that company - Answers - internal consistency
A descriptive procedure that identifies and defines job content - Answers - job analysis
Systematically recognizes differences in the relative worth among a set of jobs; helps to
establish pay differentials accordingly - Answers - job evaluation
How can job analysis data be collected? (4) - Answers - 1. Questionnaires
2. Interviews
3. Observation
4. Participation
The smallest step in completing a task - Answers - element
One or more elements - Answers - task
A collection of tasks - Answers - position
A group of positions with similar tasks - Answers - job family
A group of jobs - Answers - occupation
What all should be included in a job description? (4) - Answers - 1. Job title
2. Job summary
3. Job duties
4. Worker specifications
