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.   False
B.   True
Question #2
During the last three decades, the number of decertification elections has decreased.
A.   False
B.   True
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.   False
B.   True
Question #6
The Occupational Safety and Health Act requires that employers provide health insurance for their employees.
A.   True
B.   False
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.   Developmental management
B.   Human resource management
C.   Operations management
D.   Production management
E.   Functional organization
Question #10
Human resource management is the process of _____ people in order to achieve organizational goals.
A.   hiring
B.   doing all of these
C.   evaluating
D.   motivating
E.   developing
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.   developmental management
B.   line management
C.   human resource management
D.   functional production
E.   operations management
Question #12
Which of the following is NOT one of the main activities for a human resource manager?
A.   organizational career management
B.   recruiting and selecting employees
C.   training and developing employees
D.   coordinating marketing and production activities
E.   performance planning and evaluation
Question #13
Human resource _____ is the creation of a strategy for meeting future human resource needs.
A.   planning
B.     
C.   coordinating
D.   functioning
E.   centralizing
F.   controlling
Question #14
A _____ is a study of the tasks required to do a particular job well.
A.   skill inventory
B.   job survey
C.   job forecast
D.   task delineation
E.   job analysis
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.   skill inventories maintenance
C.   task orientation
D.   job analyses
E.   job management
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.   skill list
B.   job description
C.   personnel requirement
D.   job worksheet
E.   job specification
Question #17
The skills, knowledge, and abilities a person must have to fill a job are spelled out in a(n):
A.   resume
B.   job specification
C.   occupational checklist
D.   skills requirement checklist
E.   task inventory
Question #18
Which of the following statements about HR demand forecasting is true?
A.   HR demand forecast only involves forecasting a specific business’s labor needs for some future time.
B.   HR demand forecasting is an external labor supply forecast.
C.   HR demand forecasting is an internal labor supply forecast.
D.   HR demand forecasting uses census figures to calculate labor supply and demand for a particular industry.
E.   HR managers do not typically engage in HR demand forecasting because the forecasting process requires an expert in research.
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.   outsourced worker
B.   unpromotable employee
C.   contingent worker
D.   conditional employee
E.   white-collar escapee
Question #20
_____ is the attempt to find and attract qualified job applicants in the external labor market.
A.   Recruitment
B.   Prospecting
C.   Labor pool development
D.   Qualifying
E.   Labor forecasting

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