Week2: Ch 4,5,6

Question 1

Three categories of HR tasks?

Answer 1

Common, Less common, very Uncommon tasks

Question 2

What type of tasks are recruitment, compensation, and employee relations?

Answer 2

Common HR tasks

Question 3

What are some examples of common HR tasks? (name 3)

Answer 3

employement/recruitment, compensation/benefits, and employee relations

Question 4

What is a common HR task that is not quite as common?

Answer 4

labor relations, in certain states

Question 5

Training, child care, award programs, payroll, are what types of HR tasks?

Answer 5

Less common

Question 6

T/F: Employee assistance is a common HR task?

Answer 6

False, it is less common

Question 7

Employee retention and separation are what types of HR tasks?

Answer 7

Alternative

Question 8

T/F: HR typically screens applicants?

Answer 8

True, HR sorts through applicants and gives qualified applicants to hiring manager

Question 9

T/F: Departmental managers need to play a large role in benefits administration?

Answer 9

False, HR does this

Question 10

Should HR assist with writing and reviewing position descriptions?

Answer 10

yes, with input from hiring managers

Question 11

Who conducts wage and salary studies?

Answer 11

HR

Question 12

Who should administer employee appraisal program? HR or line manager

Answer 12

HR

Question 13

Personnel records are maintained by HR or supervisor? Do they have to be secure?

Answer 13

HR. Yes, keep secure

Question 14

HR has large task variety and few number of staff? Or few tasks and large number of staff?

Answer 14

Large task variety, few staff

Question 15

Uncommon HR tasks include what?

Answer 15

Risk management, executive compensation administration, organizational development, payroll, outsourcing, employee assistance

Question 16

EAP are common, less common, or uncommon in HR departments?

Answer 16

uncommon, usually outside source

Question 17

Risk management is less frequent or infrequent/occasionalin HR?

Answer 17

Infrequent/occasional

Question 18

What is a heterogenous work group

Answer 18

diverse education, skill sets, culture, origin

Question 19

Principal duties performed- what does this include when writing a job description?

Answer 19

5-8 different tasks or functions listed in order of decreasing occurrence

Question 20

Name the common elements of a position description

Answer 20

job identification information, job summary, principal duties performed, and a job specification section

Question 21

What element of the position description provides an overall rendering of purpose, nature, and extent of tasks performed?

Answer 21

The job summary (1. Coordinates… 2. Directs… 3. Performs.. etc)

Question 22

What is the job specification?

Answer 22

outlines the minimum skills, effort, and responsibilities

Question 23

What are job identification elements?

Answer 23

position title, department location, last date content was verified. Could also include title of supervisor.

Question 24

Which position description element gives the job title, department location and supervisor’s title?

Answer 24

The job identification section

Question 25

A job analysis must come before/after a position description?

Answer 25

before

Question 26

What does exempt mean?

Answer 26

Exempt from overtime provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act

Question 27

Where can you get information during a job analysis?

Answer 27

Interviews with people currently in the position, observe job’s duties /tasks being done, and examine worksheets and questionnaires completed by employees