12-15 M.T Practice
The department's responsibility is ______, designing and managing formal organizational systems to
ensure the effective and efficient use of human talent to accomplish organizational goals. - ✔✔HRM
or Human Resource Management
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To manage growing numbers of workers, East Spring Company created a new department that is
responsible for attracting and maintaining a qualified workforce.
This action demonstrates the company's commitment to invest in _______ capital to support strategic
objectives. - ✔✔Human
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La Stroll is a maker of battery-powered self-balancing scooters. Olivia works in the human resources
department where she assesses internal processes to make sure they directly support and positively
impact the company's key performance drivers. Which of the following is not one of the processes
that Olivia must monitor? - ✔✔Product quality
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Zero Defect Machinery (ZDM) is a mid-sized tool and die fabrication shop located in Peoria, IL. The
company services several large manufacturing accounts based in the Illinois River Valley. ZDM must
comply with multiple regulations associated with employee-employer relations.
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The fact that most of the company's employees are men raises concerns that ZDM may be guilty of
________. - ✔✔Discrimination
The fact that most of the company's employees are men raises concerns that ZDM may be violating
_____. - ✔✔Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
Zero Defect Machinery (ZDM) is a mid-sized tool and die fabrication shop located in Peoria, IL. The
company services several large manufacturing accounts based in the Illinois River Valley. ZDM must
comply with multiple regulations associated with employee-employer relations. Because of its
industrial setting, the company has strict guidelines for training and access to tooling equipment.
ZDM maintains these guidelines to satisfy requirements of _____. - ✔✔The Occupational Safety and
Health Act
Jane was raised in Gary, IN. Her father, grandfather, and uncles worked their whole lives in the steel
industry as union employees. Her brother John also followed in the family footsteps. However, by the
time John went to work at the mill, the social contract between the steel company and its workforce
had changed.
,The most prominent feature of the old social contract was _____. - ✔✔Job security
East Spring Company (ESC) is a fresh spring water bottling company located in northern New York.
The business has seen explosive growth as bottled water has gained widespread popularity in recent
years. The firm strongly values its employees' unique combination of knowledge, experience, skills,
and capabilities. Its HR practices are modern and innovative. Instead of focusing on educational
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credentials or prior experience when hiring new employees, ESC delves for applicant job skills and
performance results that meet the needs and values of the firm.
What recruitment technique is ESC using? - ✔✔Blind hiring
East Spring Company (ESC) is a fresh spring water bottling company located in northern New York.
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The business has seen explosive growth as bottled water has gained widespread popularity in recent
years. The firm strongly values its employees' unique combination of knowledge, experience, skills,
and capabilities. Its HR practices are modern and innovative. Instead of using an extensive
recruitment process to qualify and scrutinize job candidates, ESC grabs the best available candidate
without delay.
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This type of recruitment technique is known as ______ hiring - ✔✔Fast track
Management just completed a five-year strategic plan that projects a 15 percent annual sales growth.
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Factoring retirements and average resignations with this projection, the human resources department
estimates that the company will need an additional 75 employees during the plan period.
Which HR activity was performed to identify this need? - ✔✔Human resource planning
Management just completed a five-year strategic plan that projects a 15 percent annual sales growth.
Factoring retirements and average resignations with this projection, the human resources department
estimates that the company will need an additional 75 employees during the plan period. The
challenge of attracting an effective workforce of this size is daunting. ESC plans to confront it by
purposefully and thoughtfully aligning the needs of the organization with contributions that job
candidates are equipped to make.
Using the matching model, which of the following alignments will achieve this objective?
- Matching the current and future competencies needed by the company with the candidate's
personal values
- Matching the company's strategic goals with the stage of the job candidate's career
- Matching the company's corporate culture with the job candidate's demonstrated commitment
, - Matching the company's reward - ✔✔Matching the company's corporate culture with the job
candidate's demonstrated commitment
Management just completed a five-year strategic plan that projects a 15 percent annual sales growth.
Factoring retirements and average resignations with this projection, the human resources department
estimates that the company will need an additional 75 employees during the plan period. The
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challenge of attracting an effective workforce of this size is daunting. ESC plans to confront it by
purposefully and thoughtfully aligning the inducements of the organization with the needs of job
candidates.
Using the matching model, which of the following alignments will achieve this objective? -
✔✔Matching the company's reward structure with the job candidate's promotion aspirations
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Item on job specification list - ✔✔Skills
Management just completed a five-year strategic plan that projects a 15 percent annual sales growth.
Factoring retirements and average resignations with this projection, the human resources department
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estimates that the company will need to hire an additional 75 employees from outside of the firm
during the plan period. It has compiled job description and specification lists.
What is the next activity that HR will perform to satisfy East Spring Company's workforce needs? -
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✔✔Realistic job previews
Justin is finishing his junior year at Brookline College in Omaha, NE. He is a finance student and is
planning a career in banking. He has made an arrangement with a nearby financial institution to work
in the loans department for 12 hours per week without pay. This will give him an opportunity to gain
valuable work experience. In exchange, the bank can see if Justin would be a good fit as a full-time
employee after he graduates from college. - ✔✔Internship
Lock & Key is a large maker of security systems for commercial offices. The company manufactures,
markets, installs, services, and troubleshoots systems that are customized for specialized client
requirements. Training the service and installation team is critical to meeting the expectations of Lock
& Key's customers.
Training is a(n) _____ function of the human resources department. - ✔✔Developing
Lock & Key is a large maker of security systems for commercial offices. The company manufactures,
markets, installs, services, and troubleshoots systems that are customized for specialized client
requirements. One of the factors used to measure the performance of the service and installation
team is unsolicited feedback from key accounts. Team members compete against each other, and
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