A company is concerned about potential unionization and discusses
options with its legal team to try to deter union organizing efforts.
Which option is the company allowed to use? Ans✓✓✓ Employee
representation
A company is experiencing declining rates of productivity. The
company has determined that the problem is due to employees' lacking
specific skills.
Which action should the human resources manager take? Ans✓✓✓
Conducting training
A company's chief human resource officer (CHRO) wants to improve
the performance appraisal process to encourage managers and
employees to set goals jointly and allow for periodic meetings that will
determine employees' performance ratings.
Which appraisal method should be used? Ans✓✓✓ Management by
objectives
A fast-growing U.S. company is seeking a human resources generalist.
This job entails recruiting and hiring a large number of employees,
monitoring performance measures, determining training needs, and
ensuring compliance with federal laws as the company continues to
grow.
, Which criterion aligns with the job as outlined above? Ans✓✓✓
Knowledge of legal regulations in employment
A firm is hiring new employees who are inexperienced and unfamiliar
with the company. The firm plans to have an orientation for new hires
and hopes the orientation will cut costs associated with the employees in
the future.
How will this orientation benefit the firm? Ans✓✓✓ It will help reduce
the time spent on training new employees.
A firm is hiring several new employees. The new employees are largely
inexperienced and unfamiliar with the company and its methods of
conducting business. Given this, the firm plans to have an orientation
period for all new hires and hopes the orientation will reduce the stress
associated with the new job for the new employees.
How will the orientation reduce employee stress? Ans✓✓✓ It will help
the new employees understand what is expected of them.
A firm needs to engage in redundancy planning to align with its
competitors and the realities of the market.
Which change is consistent with the company's plan? Ans✓✓✓ An
increase in job-skills retraining