Midterm

Question 1

Wage, salary admin, compensation benefits

Answer 1

Incentive pay, insurance, vacation, health and wellness

Question 2

Recruitment challanges

Answer 2

Pressure to exaggerate the positive features of the job while downplaying the negatives

Question 3

Talent Management

Answer 3

Attracting, retaining, developing, and motivating highly skilled employees and managers

Question 4

Strategic Management

Answer 4

a process, an approach to addressing the competitive challenges an org faces; “pattern or plan that integrates an org’s major goals, policies, and action sequences into a cohesive whole: Formulation and Implementation

Question 5

Strategy Formulation

Answer 5

planning group decides on the strategic direction by defining the company’s goals/mission, external opportunities/threats, and internal strengths/weaknesses

Question 6

Strategy Implementation

Answer 6

org follows through on the chosen strategy

Question 7

Cost strategies of companies

Answer 7

• High concern for quantity and a short-term focus
• Focus on efficient production
• Invest in training employees in desired skills
Promote internally and develop internally

Question 8

Internal Growth Strategies

Answer 8

A focus on new market and product development, innovation, and joint ventures

Question 9

Age discrimination

Answer 9

Prohibits discrimination in employment against individuals 40 years of age or older

Question 10

Task Interdependence

Answer 10

the extent to which a task requires interaction of the entire team

Question 11

Outcome Interdependence

Answer 11

a situation where an employee perceives that their personal work benefits and costs are greatly influenced by the performance of other colleagues

Question 12

Job Analysis

Answer 12

process of getting detailed info about jobs

Question 13

Job Design

Answer 13

process of defining the way work will be performed and the tasks that will be required in a given job

Question 14

Ergonomics

Answer 14

concerned with examining the interface between individual’s physiological characteristics and the physical work environment

Question 15

Biomechanics

Answer 15

the study of body movements at work

Question 16

Process of HR Planning

Answer 16

Forecasting, goal setting and strategic planning, program implementation and evaluation

Question 17

Forecasting

Answer 17

attempts to determine the supply of and demand for various types of human resources to predict areas within the org where there will be future labor shortages/surpluses

Question 18

Benefits of temp workers

Answer 18

project-based or freelance need-based work; some people do not want to be attached to a company forever; more flexibility; better work-life balance; easier for a company to add/terminate employees

Question 19

Temp Challenges

Answer 19

not permanent; They do not receive minimum wage or overtime pay, and they are not eligible for workers compensation and unemployment insurance

Question 20

What traits stand out about applicant’s reactions to recruiters?

Answer 20

Warmth: reflects the degree to which the recruiter seems to care about the applicant and is enthusiastic about her potential to contribute to the company
Informativeness: applicants respond more positively to recruiters who are perceived as warm and informative

Question 21

What responsibilities do employee data and information system employees have?

Answer 21

Record keeping, HR info systems, workforce analytics, social media, intranet and internet access

Question 22

Approaches to job design

Answer 22

Mechanistic, Motivational, Biological, Perceptual-Motor

Question 23

Mechanistic

Answer 23

identifying the simplest way to structure work that maxs efficiency; reducing the complexity of the work to provide easier trainin

Question 24

Mechanistic Example

Answer 24

Cooks used to cut up all the meats and vegetables. Now, the job is split into two: “prep cook” cuts all the veggies and meats in the morning and the “line cook” uses these to prepare final meal.

Question 25

Motivational

Answer 25

focuses on job characteristics that affect psychological meaning and motivational potential, and views satisfaction as the most important outcome of job design; focus is on increasing the meaningfulness of jobs

Question 26

Motivational Example

Answer 26

introducing workers to scholarship recipients whose lives were changed by their awards, productivity increased by 150%

Question 27

Biological

Answer 27

usually referred to as “ergonomics”; goal is to minimize physical strain on the worker by structuring the physical work environment and the way the human body work

Question 28

Biological example

Answer 28

people who spend above the avg amount of time have an increased chance of having some sort of cancer

Question 29

Perceptual-Motor

Answer 29

focuses on the human mental capabilities and limitations; goal is to design jobs in a way that ensures they do not exceed people’s mental capabilities and limitations; tries to improve reliability, safety, and user reactions

Question 30

Perceptual-Motor Example

Answer 30

technology distracting you from important tasks, reducing performance and increasing opportunities for errors

• Talking otp while driving
• Being otp during a business meeting