Module 2: Acquiring and Integrating People

Question 1

Describe an overview of the recruitment, selection and socialization process

Answer 1

HR planning > Employee requisition > Recruitment and Referral > Selection & Selection decision > Job offer & Acceptance > Placement and Start date > On-boarding/Orientation

Question 2

This is the process of anticipating and making provisions for the movement of people into, within and out the organization; HR identifies the number and type of people to achieve the organization’s goals.

Answer 2

HR Planning

Question 3

Department heads/managers formalize the number and type of people they need through this. It informs HR about the details of job tasks, job specification and competencies required. This data helps HR look for qualified candidates and refer them to the requisitioning manager.

Answer 3

Employee requisition

Question 4

After employee requisition, HR and managers then ___ who to hire using screening methods

Answer 4

Selects

Question 5

Selection decisions may follow either a ___ or ____

Answer 5

Multiple cutoff model or Multiple hurdle model

Question 6

This selection decision model requires that an applicant must meet a minimum score on each of the assessment methods in order to be hired

Answer 6

Multiple cutoff model

Question 7

This selection decision model requires that an applicant must pass each step in the screening process. Failure at any step leads to immediate disqualification from further consideration

Answer 7

Multiple hurdle model

Question 8

Refers to the process by which an individual makes the transition from outsider to organizational member

Answer 8

Socialization

Question 9

Refers to a company’s desirability to a prospective employee; includes symbolic or instrumental attributes

Answer 9

Organization attractiveness

Question 10

These are inferences applicants make that are subjective and intangible characteristics of an organization. These can the image of the organization, it’s friendliness, attention to people, helpfulness, and extent of cooperation.

Answer 10

Symbolic attributes

Question 11

These are utilitarian and functional qualities of an organization, physical and tangible. Includes pay, job security, bonuses, benefits, working hours, location.

Answer 11

Instrumental attributes

Question 12

What do organizations find attractive in applicants?

Answer 12

Competencies, KSAs, and job & organization fit

Question 13

What do applicants find attractive in organizations?

Answer 13

Organization’s stability, competitiveness, and organization culture

Question 14

Refers to the process of attracting potential employees to apply for jobs in the organization

Answer 14

Recruitment

Question 15

What are the three steps involved in recruitment?

Answer 15

G.M.I.: Generating applicants, Maintaining applicant interest, and Influencing job choice

Question 16

A company’s ability to recruit are affected by factors such as

Answer 16

Company reputation, recruitment budget, recruitment capability, environmental factors, the recruiters themselves, and the recruitment message

Question 17

This method of recruitment means attracting and identifying talents from within the organization.

Answer 17

Internal

Question 18

What are methods of internal recruitment?

Answer 18

Job posting, career planning and development, skills inventory

Question 19

This method of recruitment means attracting and identifying talent from outside the organization.

Answer 19

External

Question 20

What are methods of external recruitment?

Answer 20

Walk-ins, write-in or mailed resume, ads, referrals, SocMed, websites, job fairs, career firms

Question 21

What are the benefits of proper selection?

Answer 21

It reduces post-hiring expenses and helps lower turn-over

Question 22

What are different screening methods?

Answer 22

Written materials, Selection interviews, Employee tests, Assessment centers, Trial/Probationary Period, BG Check, Criminal BG Check, Drug test, Letters of Recommendation/Reference Check

Question 23

Refers to the process by which an individual transitions from an outsider to an organizational member

Answer 23

Socialization

Question 24

What are the benefits of proper socialization?

Answer 24

Higher levels of satisfaction and commitment, better adjustment and involvement in employee’s career, as well as an affirmed decision to stay with the company.

Question 25

What are the stages in Feldman’s socialization process?

Answer 25

AS.E/A.CA.BO.AO: Anticipatory Socialization, Encounter/Accommodation, Change and Acquisition, Behavioral Outcomes, and Affective Outcomes

Question 26

According to Van Maanen and Schein, socialization tactics can be characterized into these six dimensions

Answer 26

Collective-Individual, Formal-Informal, Sequential-Random, Fixed-Variable, Serial-Disjunctive, and Investiture-Divestiture