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___________ means adding people to its workforce by acquiring the companies they already
work for - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -acqui-hiring
________________ is driven by the organization's strategy. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
Human Resource Management (HRM)
_____________________ is important to predict what jobs the organization will need to fill and
what knowledge and skills future workers will need to have. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -
Human resource planning
An organization is engaged in _____________, a type of discrimination, when its culture permits
crude jokes and images that result in a hostile environment for some employees. - CORRECT
ANSWER ✔✔ -sexual harassment
employee is responsible for his or her own career - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -new social
contract
employer takes care of employees - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -old social contract
Finding the right people (HRM Activity) includes - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ --HRM planning
-Job analysis
-Forecasting
-Recruiting
, -Selecting
Google, Bain and Company, and Nestlé Purina PetCare ranked one, two, and three, respectively,
on Glassdoor's 2015 Employees' Choice Awards list as the best large companies to work for. A
firm that seeks to be recognized as a great place to work is building its ____________ -
CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -employer brand
If a store manager only hires shift supervisors who have a four-year college degree, even though
experienced cashiers without a four-year degree can be excellent supervisors, _____________
may be occurring. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -discrimination
In a recent survey, CEOs said that _______________ is the most important factor in achieving a
competitive advantage. - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -human capital
In HR planning, managers gather data that allow them to predict future workforce needs. They
consider information about the company's strategy and the business environment, as well as
information about turnover rates, projected retirements, and labor availability. The analysis
involves ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER ✔✔ -big-picture questions involving the labor
market and the organization's workforce in general and detailed questions about the need for
workers with specific skills in specific locations.
In January 2011, a judge issued a verdict in a case brought by the National Coalition for Men
against the Century Supper Club. The men were protesting the club's "Ladies Night" policy that
charged men $20 for entry while allowing women to enter for free. This case, which went back
and forth among appeals courts for many years, was interesting because it was based on reverse
discrimination: Men were demanding equal treatment rather than women.