Mid_Term_Exam_Review MAN4301 (1)

1) Staff managers are authorized to issue orders to subordinates and are directly in charge of accomplishing the organization's basic goals. 2) According to the Equal Pay Act, management must pay workers the same under all circumstances. 3) Title VII forbids testing or screening of job applicants because testing could systematically discriminate against some protected classes. 4) The Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits the use of age as a BFOQ for any type of employment. 5) In Faragher v. City of Boca Raton the employee accused the employer of condoning a hostile working environment, and the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the employee. 6) Flirting between coworkers is always considered sexual harassment. 7) If an employer offers its employees disability coverage, then it must treat pregnancy and childbirth like any other disability and include it in the plan as a covered condition. 8) A job description is a written statement of the knowledge, abilities, and skills needed to perform a job satisfactorily. 9) Major duties, working conditions, and standards of performance are included in the job summary section of most job descriptions. 10) The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that organizations have job descriptions that list the essential functions of all jobs. 11) Competencies are observable and measurable behaviors, and organizations are required to define competencies based on quantifiable standards developed by the Department of Labor. 12) Offshoring means having outside vendors supply services that a firm's own employees previously did inhouse, while outsourcing means having outside vendors abroad provide services once performed in-hous