part 2

Question 1

what is the purpose of hr planning?

Answer 1

to meet business objectives and gain a
competitive advantage

Question 2

what are the three processes in hr planning?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

attempts to determine the supply
and demand for various types of human
resources

Answer 3

forecasting

Question 4

focus
attention on the problem and provide basis for
measuring the organization’s success

Answer 4

goal setting and strategic planning

Question 5

ensure that individuals will be accountable in
achieving the goals, have the authority and
resources

Answer 5

program implementation and evaluation

Question 6

what are the major steps to forecasting

Answer 6

forecasting the demand for labor, determining labor supply, determining labor surplus or shortage

Question 7

determines the labor demand for workers in
various job categories

Answer 7

forecasting the demand for labor

Question 8

determines how
many people are currently in various job
categories or have specific skills within the
organization

Answer 8

determining labor supply

Question 9

summarizes the disadvantages and advantages
of ways to eliminate a labor surplus and avoid
a labor shortage.

Answer 9

determining labor surplus or shortage

Question 10

any activity carried on by the organization with
the primary purpose of identifying and
attracting potential employee

Answer 10

recruiting

Question 11

what are the aspects of recruiting

Answer 11

personnel policies, recruitment sources, recruiter traits and behaviors

Question 12

organization’s decisions
about how it will carry out human resource
management, including how it will fill job
vacancies

Answer 12

personnel policies,

Question 13

organization’s methods
for communicating its labor needs and the
audience it targets will determine the size and
nature of the labor market the organization
taps to fill its vacant position

Answer 13

recruitment sources

Question 14

recruiter
affects the nature of both the job vacancy and
the applicants generated

Answer 14

recruiter traits and behaviors

Question 15

kind/type of recruitment sources

Answer 15

internal, external

Question 16

employees who currently hold other positions in the organization

Answer 16

internal sources

Question 17

being used for entry level positions and perhaps for specialized upper level positions to expose the organization to new ideas or new ways of doing business

Answer 17

external sources

Question 18

process of communicating information about a job vacancy on company bulletin boards, in employee publications, on corporate internets, and anywhere else the organization communicates with employees

Answer 18

job posting

Question 19

people who apply for a vacancy without prompting from the organization

Answer 19

direct applicants

Question 20

people who apply for a vacancy because someone in the organization prompted them to do so

Answer 20

referrals

Question 21

involves posting career information at company’s websites

Answer 21

electronic recruiting

Question 22

when the goal is to find people who know the local community and to find people in specialized field, etc

Answer 22

print ads

Question 23

employers can register their job vacancies with their local employment office, and the agency will try to find someone suitable, using its computerized inventory of local unemployed individuals

Answer 23

public employment agencies

Question 24

provides much the same service for the white-collar labor market.

Answer 24

private employment agencies

Question 25

have placement services that seek to help their graduates obtain employment. (Ex. internship, career/job fairs)

Answer 25

colleges and universities

Question 26

process where organizations make decisions about who will or will not be allowed to join the organization

Answer 26

selection process

Question 27

step 1 in selection process

Answer 27

screening applications and resumes

Question 28

step 2 in selection process

Answer 28

testing and reviewing work samples

Question 29

step 3 in selection process

Answer 29

interviewing candidates

Question 30

step 4 in selection process

Answer 30

checking references and background

Question 31

step 5 in selection process

Answer 31

making a selection

Question 32

consists of an organization’s planned efforts to help employees acquire job-related knowledge, skills, abilities and behaviors, with the goal of applying these on the job

Answer 32

training

Question 33

a process of systematically developing training to meet specified needs

Answer 33

instructional design

Question 34

stage 1 of instructional design

Answer 34

assess needs for training

Question 35

stage 2 of instructional design

Answer 35

ensure readiness for training

Question 36

stage 3 of instructional design

Answer 36

plan training program

Question 37

stage 4 of instructional design

Answer 37

implement training program

Question 38

stage 5 of instructional design

Answer 38

evaluate results of training

Question 39

three methods of training

Answer 39

presentation, hands-on, group-building

Question 40

trainees receive information provided by others

Answer 40

presentation methods

Question 41

trainees are actively involved in trying out skills

Answer 41

hands-on methods

Question 42

trainees share ideas and experiences, build group identities, learn about interpersonal relationships and the group

Answer 42

group-building methods