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1. If employees consistently achieve their productivity objectives, it might be a signal that training is needed. a. True *b. False 2. Training is oriented toward broadening employees' individual skills for future responsibilities. a. True *b. False 3. By far the greatest proportion of training is spent on rank-and-file employees and their supervisors. *a. True b. False 4. The systematic approach to training involves needs assessment, progr am design, implementation, and evaluation...

1. Benefits generally account for approximately 14 percent of payroll c osts. a. True *b. False 2. It is worthwhile for employers to offer attractive benefit packages, because surveys show that employees who are satisfied with their benefi ts are more likely to be satisfied with their jobs. *a. True b. False 3. Millennial employees are less likely to be concerned with having pen sions than Baby Boomers. *a. True b. False 4. TynsCorp encourages its employees to eat properly and to ex...

1. Employee morale can be affected by accidents and illnesses attribute d to a workplace. *a. True b. False 2. Ella works for the county government. She is covered by OSHA. *a. True b. False 3. The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) covers all employers i n all states in the U.S. a. True *b. False 4. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can develop rules and standards only when petitioned by other agencies such as the National Institute for Occupational Sa...

1. An electrician applied for a job at an HVAC company. The company can refuse to hire him because of his union membership. a. True *b. False 2. Employees at SignalCorp are holding a labor organizing drive. It is appropriate for supervisors to meet individually with members of their staff to learn their positions regarding the possibility of unionizing. a. True *b. False 3. Union members who work at SignalCorp began wearing their union butto ns at work. Management can bar them from wea...

1. A multidomestic corporation is essentially a domestic firm that buil ds on its existing capabilities to penetrate overseas markets. a. True *b. False 2. In some countries, night shifts are taboo. *a. True b. False 3. LightWays is a U.S. firm that has subsidiaries that operate as fully autonomous units in other countries, making LightWays a multidomestic c orporation. *a. True b. False 4. ChannelSystems would be considered a global corporation because it h as fully autonomous unit...

1. Technology—and automation in particular—has reduced the number of jo bs that require routine tasks and little skill and has increased the nu mber of jobs that require considerable skill. *a. True b. False 2. Knowledge workers are employees whose responsibilities include only problem-solving. a. True *b. False 4. To proactively manage change, organizations should wait to see how e xternal forces impact an organization's performance, and then develop a plan to address those chan...

1. The primary principles that underlie a high-performance work system are egalitarianism and engagement, shared information and trust, knowle dge development, and performance-reward linkage. *a. True b. False 2. The new management at ViviTech has convinced the staff that switchin g to a high-performance work system will allow the employees greater fl exibility and the ability to quickly switch to new assignments. Managem ent is stressing the criterion of being organized. *a. True b. F...

1. Strategic planning involves a set of procedures for making decisions about an organization’s long-term goals and strategies. *a. True b. False 2. Neil is in the process of recruiting and selecting new employees in a way that caters to the welfare of his organization's existing employe es. He is working on human resource planning (HRP). *a. True b. False 3. Strategic human resources management (SHRM) is a combination of stra tegic planning and HR planning. *a. True b. False 4. ...

1. Equal employment opportunity refers to actions required of employers to correct past discrimination against minorities. a. True *b. False 2. The Equal Pay Act makes it illegal to discriminate against people in terms of the pay, employee benefits, and pension they earn based on the ir gender when they do equal work. *a. True b. False 3. Several employees filed discrimination charges against ValuTech. If they cannot get satisfaction through the EEOC, they can appeal to the c ourts fo...

1. Because a job analysis includes information about the requirements o f someone doing a job, it provides the criteria for evaluating the perf ormance of the people who do the work. *a. True b. False 2. A new position is being created in Tina's department. She has been a sked to create a statement of the different duties, tasks, and responsi bilities of the job. Tina is writing a job specification. a. True *b. False 3. Job specifications describe the duties, tasks, and responsibiliti...