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Business Administration explores the principles and practices essential to managing organizations effectively in todays dynamic environment. The course covers core concepts such as organizational structure, strategic planning, leadership, human resources, marketing, finance, operations management, and decision-making processes. Students gain an understanding of how businesses function, develop skills for analyzing business challenges, and learn techniques for improving productivity and fostering innovation. Through case studies, projects, and discussions, the course prepares students to contribute to and thrive in diverse business roles, enhancing their ability to solve real-world organizational problems and succeed as managers or entrepreneurs.
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Human Resource Management 9th Edition by Raymond
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Chapter 1: Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage
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Q1) Which of the following is true about the product line administrative services and transactions?
A)It deals with implementation of business plans and talent management.
B)It emphasizes on knowing the business and exercising influence.
C)It emphasizes on the knowledge of HR and of the business and competition.
D)It contributes to the business strategy based on considerations of business capabilities.
E)It deals with functions like compensation, hiring, and staffing.
Answer: E
Q2) Orientation and skills training are responsibilities of HR personnel involved in analysis and design of work.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) From a company perspective, it is harder to add part-time employees than it is to add full-time employees.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Strategic Human Resource Management
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Q1) In _____, a firm's strategic business planning function develops the strategic plan and then informs the Human Resource Management function of the plan.
A)integrative linkage
B)executive linkage
C)two-way linkage
D)one-way linkage
E)administrative linkage
Answer: D
Q2) A company where employees are in a constant state of assimilating knowledge through monitoring the environment, making decisions, and flexibly restructuring the company to compete in that environment is known as a(n)_____ organization.
A)legacy
B)learning
C)downsized
D)traditional
E)transactional
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Legal Environment: Equal Employment
Opportunity and Safety
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Q1) The standard deviation rule uses the mode of the distribution to determine disparate impact.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) The main provision of the Occupational Safety and Health Act states that each employer should furnish each employee a place of employment free from recognized hazards that cause or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm. This is referred to as the:
A)general duty clause.
B)employer clause.
C)employee clause.
D)first aid clause.
E)national consensus clause.
Answer: A
Q3) The benefits of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act are limited to married women who are pregnant.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: The Analysis and Design of Work
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Q1) All efficiency-producing changes result in dissatisfying work, and all changes that promote satisfaction create inevitable inefficiencies.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Who among the following is likely to be the best source for the most accurate information about the time spent on various tasks for job analysis?
A)Supervisors
B)Incumbents
C)Customers
D)Subordinates
E)Quality analysts
Q3) _____ is the process of assessing the relative dollar value of each job to the organization to set up internally equitable pay structures.
A)Performance appraisal
B)Recruitment
C)Job evaluation
D)Work redesign
E)Career planning
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Chapter 5: Human Resource Planning and Recruitment
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Q1) Jack is a maintenance supervisor at a large petroleum refinery in Texas. His friend, Ronald, who works at another refinery in Louisiana, informs Jack about a vacancy for a maintenance manager's position at the Louisiana refinery and asks him to apply for the position. Jack is an example of a(n)_____.
A)referral
B)direct applicant
C)virtual employee
D)internal employee
E)poached employee
Q2) _____ is considered a slow option for avoiding an expected labor shortage but has high revocability.
A)Natural attrition
B)Retrained transfers
C)Outsourcing
D)Transfers
E)Technological innovation
Q3) Explain forecasting and the different types of forecasting methods.
Q4) Discuss the employment-at-will policies and due process policies.
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Chapter 6: Selection and Placement
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Q1) The degree to which the information provided by selection methods enhances the bottom-line effectiveness of the organization is known as the selection method's: A)reliability.
B)validity.
C)generalizability.
D)utility.
E)legality.
Q2) Reliability refers to the measuring instrument rather than to the characteristic itself. A)True B)False
Q3) The utility of any test generally _____ as the selection ratio gets lower.
A)increases
B)decreases
C)remains the same
D)becomes zero
E)becomes negative
Q4) Define content validation. What are its advantages and disadvantages?
Q5) Explain generalizability and the validity generalization process.
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Chapter 7: Training
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Q1) Establishing a mentoring process is part of the _____ component in an effective managing diversity program.
A)top management support
B)recruitment and hiring
C)identifying and developing talent
D)holding managers accountable
E)ensuring fair treatment
Q2) Describe onboarding/socializing. List the four steps involved in effective onboarding.
Q3) Simulations can be used to teach production and process skills; however, they cannot be used for management and interpersonal skills.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is true of the presentation method of training?
A)Trainees are active participants in preparing the training module.
B)This method of training does not include distance learning.
C)Gadgets such as smart phones and tablets cannot be used in this method.
D)They are ideal for presenting only old facts and existing knowledge.
E)They can be used to transfer alternative problem-solving solutions.
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Chapter 8: Performance Management
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Q1) Which of the following is the first step in the Productivity Measurement and Evaluation System (ProMES)?
A)The staff defines indicators of the products to measure how well the products are being generated.
B)The management develops a feedback system that provides employees and work groups with information about their specific level of performance.
C)People in the organization identify the set of activities or objectives the organization expects to accomplish.
D)The employee and manager identify what the employee can do to capitalize on performance strengths.
E)The staff establishes the contingencies between the amount of the indicators and the level of evaluation associated with that amount.
Q2) Central tendency as a rating error reflects that a rater gives high ratings to all employees regardless of their performance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss the ways a manager can improve the performance feedback process.
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Chapter 9: Employee Development
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Q1) Career support provided by a mentor includes providing positive regard and acceptance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An in-basket is a simulation of the administrative tasks of the manager's job.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is true of a typical assessment center?
A)It has one rater who is responsible for assessing all employees' performances.
B)It is usually an on-site location where people can be assessed while at work.
C)It is primarily used to check if an employee has the basic technical skills required for a job.
D)Usually a single comprehensive test is conducted that tests employees on different skills.
E)Multiple assessors evaluate performance on a number of exercises.
Q4) When an employee takes up a self-assessment test, he or she identifies the needs that are realistic to develop.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly explain temporary assignments and sabbaticals.
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Chapter 10: Employee Separation and Retention
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Q1) Which of the following determinants of procedural justice requires that the procedure is consistent with prevailing moral standards in terms of invasion of privacy or deception?
A)Bias suppression
B)Correctability
C)Representativeness
D)Ethicality
E)Consistency
Q2) Most attempts to measure job satisfaction rely on _____.
A)observations of employees
B)reports by co-workers
C)workers' self-reports
D)behavioral measures
E)workers' performance reports
Q3) The two primary sets of people in the organization who affect an individual's job satisfaction are his or her subordinates and co-workers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss the concept of negative affectivity and its relation to job satisfaction.
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Chapter 11: Pay Structure Decisions
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Q1) Which of the following is the primary focus of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act?
A)It makes it mandatory for firms to give women maternity leave.
B)It restricts the setting up of labor unions.
C)It promotes the setting up of labor unions.
D)It supports equal pay for jobs of equal content.
E)It supports equal pay for jobs of equal value.
Q2) Product market comparisons that focus on labor costs deserve greater weight when the product demand is inelastic.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following is true of nonkey jobs?
A)They have stable content.
B)They can be used in pay surveys.
C)They can be valued directly.
D)They can be compared through market survey.
E)They are unique to organizations.
Q4) Discuss in detail the equity theory and how employees perceive fairness.
Q5) Explain the reasons for the controversy over executive pay.
Q6) What is skill-based pay and what are its advantages?
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Chapter 12: Recognizing Employee Contributions With Pay
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of a behavior-oriented contract?
A)Stock option
B)Profit sharing
C)Commission
D)Merit pay
E)Revenue sharing
Q2) Which of the following is true of how managers may differ from shareholders?
A)Managers can diversify the risks more easily.
B)Managers are more likely to pursue projects with high potential payoffs.
C)Managers diversify investments more easily.
D)Managers are less averse to risk.
E)Managers are likely to prefer more emphasis on uncertain incentives than base pay.
Q3) In incentive pay, performance measures are primarily based on _____.
A)supervisor's appraisal
B)individual productivity
C)company profits
D)company stock returns
E)production costs
Q4) How can executive pay be linked to organization performance?
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Chapter 13: Employee Benefits
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Q1) The _____ requires defined contribution plans holding publicly traded securities to provide employees with at least three investment options other than employer securities.
A)Pensions Act of 2008
B)Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
C)Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
D)Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
E)Pension Protection Act of 2006
Q2) Which of the following is true about private group insurance?
A)Concern for employee security explains the prevalence of employer-sponsored insurance plans.
B)Disability insurance programs are mandatory in all high-risk occupations.
C)Medical insurance programs are mandatory in all organizations.
D)Individuals have more bargaining power when negotiating over prices.
E)Group insurance rates are typically higher than individual rates because of economies of scale.
Q3) What factors should be considered when thinking about cost control strategies?
Q4) Discuss how retirement plans can combine the advantages of defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans.
Q5) Discuss the concepts of HMOs and PPOs.
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Chapter 14: Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations
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Q1) Arbitrating the enforcement or interpretation of contract terms is called _____ arbitration.
A)contract
B)bracketed
C)pendulum
D)rights
E)interest
Q2) Which of the following is the first step in a typical employee-initiated grievance procedure?
A)Steward and management representative meet and discuss the grievance.
B)Employee discusses grievance verbally with the supervisor.
C)Grievance is submitted to production superintendent.
D)Employee consults the industrial relations staff for resolution.
E)Grievance is appealed to arbitration for binding decision.
Q3) Under what conditions is the management of a company most able to take a strike?
Q4) Corporate campaigns seek to bring public, financial, or political pressure on employers during the organizing (and negotiating)process.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Managing Human Resources Globally
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Q1) It is not necessary for the expatriate to understand his own culture as long as he understands the culture of the host country for the assignment to be successful.
A)True
B)False
Q2) France is a _____ country for Grazia S.p.A.
A)host
B)parent
C)third
D)home
E)domestic
Q3) In _____ cultures, people are expected to look after the interest of the larger community, which is expected to protect people when they are in trouble.
A)individualist
B)consumerist
C)democratic
D)capitalist
E)collectivist
Q4) Describe how domestic firms become international organizations.
Q5) List the four components of total pay packages.
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Chapter 16: Strategically Managing the HRM Function
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Q1) Which of the following is the initial step in the reengineering process?
A)Interpreting the process
B)Auditing the process
C)Implementing the process
D)Redesigning the process
E)Identifying the process
Q2) Discuss how outsourcing is being used to increase the effectiveness of HR.
Q3) Which of the following is true of the audit approach?
A)It typically collects key indicators and customer satisfaction measures.
B)It primarily deals with the determination of the dollar value of a function.
C)It involves the use of statistics and finance, and hence is more demanding than the analytic approach.
D)It uses utility analysis to estimate the financial impact of employee behavior.
E)It focuses on the processes involved in the HRM functional areas rather than the outcomes.
Q4) Discuss the audit and analytic approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of HRM practices.
Q5) Identify the steps involved in the basic process of building an HR strategy.
Q6) Discuss the steps involved in the reengineering process.
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