Business 001 - Introduction to Business » Spring 2022 » Ch 8 OpenStax Homework

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Question #1
The NLRB defines the bargaining unit as employees who are eligible to vote and who will be represented by a particular union if it is certified.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #2
During the last three decades, the number of decertification elections has decreased.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #3
In the union shop, a non-union member may be hired, but after a probationary period he or she must join the union or leave.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #4
A grievance is a formal complaint by an employee that his or her supervisor has violated some part of the union-management contract.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #5
Arbitration is the process of settling a labor-management dispute with a binding decision.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #6
The Occupational Safety and Health Act requires that employers provide health insurance for their employees.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #7
In business, an example of a protected class would be the spotted owl, whose habitat loggers and the paper industry may not disturb.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #8
A company with a demographic employee profile that looks like its customers can often gain a competitive advantage.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #9
_____ is the process of hiring, developing, motivating, and evaluating people in order to achieve organizational goals.
A.   Operations management
B.   Developmental management
C.   Production management
D.   Human resource management
E.   Functional organization
Question #10
Human resource management is the process of _____ people in order to achieve organizational goals.
A.   motivating
B.   developing
C.   evaluating
D.   doing all of these
E.   hiring
Question #11
Dottie Beauchamp recently was hired by PetSmart to help recruit, select, and train new employees to work in its stores. Beauchamp has a job in:
A.   functional production
B.   operations management
C.   developmental management
D.   line management
E.   human resource management
Question #12
Which of the following is NOT one of the main activities for a human resource manager?
A.   organizational career management
B.   training and developing employees
C.   coordinating marketing and production activities
D.   recruiting and selecting employees
E.   performance planning and evaluation
Question #13
Human resource _____ is the creation of a strategy for meeting future human resource needs.
A.     
B.   coordinating
C.   functioning
D.   planning
E.   controlling
F.   centralizing
Question #14
A _____ is a study of the tasks required to do a particular job well.
A.   job forecast
B.   skill inventory
C.   task delineation
D.   job analysis
E.   job survey
Question #15
Wolfgang Reithofer, a human resource manager at an Austrian brick making company, gathers information about various jobs within the company and specifies the skills and knowledge needed to do each job well. Reithofer is responsible for:
A.   external and internal job-task matching
B.   job analyses
C.   job management
D.   skill inventories maintenance
E.   task orientation
Question #16
One of the documents that help human resource planners find the right person for a specific job is a list of tasks and responsibilities required of the job. This document is known as a:
A.   personnel requirement
B.   job worksheet
C.   job description
D.   job specification
E.   skill list
Question #17
The skills, knowledge, and abilities a person must have to fill a job are spelled out in a(n):
A.   task inventory
B.   job specification
C.   occupational checklist
D.   skills requirement checklist
E.   resume
Question #18
Which of the following statements about HR demand forecasting is true?
A.   HR demand forecasting is an external labor supply forecast.
B.   HR managers do not typically engage in HR demand forecasting because the forecasting process requires an expert in research.
C.   HR demand forecasting is an internal labor supply forecast.
D.   HR demand forecast only involves forecasting a specific business’s labor needs for some future time.
E.   HR demand forecasting uses census figures to calculate labor supply and demand for a particular industry.
Question #19
Jon Schwartz is an electrical engineer. He works as a temporary worker for a contracting company that builds germ-free rooms for university researchers. While he likes the extra income, he would much rather stay home and work on the novel he is writing. His wife earns a six-figure income so money is not an issue. Schwartz is an example of a(n):
A.   white-collar escapee
B.   contingent worker
C.   outsourced worker
D.   conditional employee
E.   unpromotable employee
Question #20
_____ is the attempt to find and attract qualified job applicants in the external labor market.
A.   Prospecting
B.   Labor forecasting
C.   Recruitment
D.   Qualifying
E.   Labor pool development

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