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Course Introduction
Talent Management is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to attract, develop, retain, and effectively utilize human capital within organizations. The course covers key concepts such as talent acquisition, succession planning, competency mapping, performance management, employee engagement, and leadership development. Through a combination of theoretical frameworks and real-world case studies, students learn how to align talent strategies with business objectives, handle the challenges of a diverse workforce, and foster a high-performance culture. Emphasis is placed on the use of analytics and technology in talent management processes, ensuring that graduates are prepared to meet contemporary workforce demands in a globalized business environment.
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Managing Human Resources 10th Edition by Susan E. Jackson
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Chapter 1: Managing Human Resources
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Q1) A line manager's responsibilities in managing the human resources of an organization include all of the following EXCEPT:
A)be proactive about learning how leading companies are managing human resources
B)seek input from HR professionals and line workers to improve own competency
C)learn about and apply basic principles for managing HR
D)work closely with HR professionals in the company to develop and implement HR policies
E)understand that as line managers they share responsibility for managing human resources with HR
Answer: A
Q2) Describe the relationship between a company and its stakeholders.
Answer: Stakeholders are individuals or groups that have interests,rights,or ownership in an organization and its activities.Each stakeholder group has an interest in how an organization performs and is interdependent with it.These stakeholder groups can benefit from a company's successes and can be harmed by its failures and mistakes.Similarly,the organization has an interest in maintaining the general well-being and effectiveness of those stakeholder groups.If one or more of the stakeholder groups were to break off their relationship with the organization,the organization would suffer.
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Chapter 2: Understanding the External and Organizational Environments
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Q1) "Maquiladoras" have had the following effect on Mexico and the United States:
A)Low wage jobs in the U.S.have all gone there
B)Population growth along the U.S.-Mexico border was higher in the U.S.border towns
C)Unemployment levels went down in the U.S.border towns
D)Wages increased on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border
E)Both countries would be better off if the work had moved to the Far East
Answer: D
Q2) During the nascent stage of an industry's life cycle,firms are competing to establish a distinctive reputation and to create customer loyalty.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The specific elements of the external environment include all EXCEPT:
A)economic conditions
B)labor markets
C)country cultures
D)human resources
E)the political landscape
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Hr Planning for Alignment and Change
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Q1) The last phase in the strategic and HR planning for alignment and change process is
A)assessing the global and organizational environment
B)reviewing,revising,and refocusing
C)developing plans with measurements and timetables
D)specifying objectives of HR change efforts
E)implementing plans
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following statements about the resistance to change is true?
A)If done correctly,organizational change will not be resisted.
B)There are only two barriers to change,fear and misunderstanding.
C)Cynicism can be avoided by implementing change frequently.
D)Fear of change usually stems from concerns about excessively heavy work loads.
E)None of the above statements about the resistance to change is truE.
Answer: E
Q3) Effective human resource planning considers only long-term change and ignores short-term change.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Ensuring Fair Treatment and Legal Compliance
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Q1) Jan is a Polish-American.Every day his co-workers torment him with Polish jokes.Jan believes that he is being forced to work in a hostile,offensive environment that prohibits his effective performance.Jan has complained to his supervisor.In compliance with EEOC guidelines,his supervisor should:
A)report Jan's co-workers to the National Labor Relations Board
B)immediately investigate and take immediate and appropriate corrective action
C)move Jan to another position of equal or less status in the company away from his current co-workers
D)terminate Jan because he is not a team player
E)take a "wait-and-see" attitude and hope the co-workers run out of jokes or move to another target
Q2) Once hired,employees generally become much less vocal in expressing their concerns about fairness.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which government agency developed guidelines for defining sexual harassment?
Q4) The Bill of Rights guarantees private-sector employees the right to privacy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Using Job Analysis and Competency Modeling
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Q1) List the common techniques used to collect information for job and organizational analyses.
Q2) Customized task and work behavior inventories:
A)require large number of employees and complex statistical analyses during their development process
B)can be developed with or without the support of the employees whose jobs are being analyzed
C)examine tasks and work behavior in terms of human,technical,and conceptual skill requirements
D)work best for small companies like architectural firms that engage in project-based work
E)are accurately described by all of the above
Q3) What is the term for the process of describing and recording information about job behaviors and activities?
Q4) Job analysis has been held by the courts as a method to set objective standards for personnel actions.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the major disadvantage associated with customized task inventories?
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Chapter 6: Recruiting and Retaining Qualified Employees
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Q1) What are the two sources for the job applicant pool?
Q2) What is the best recruiting and retention strategy given the company objective of "increase return on investment by offering innovative products and maintaining high margins"
A)best talent not likely to be looking so we will have to go get them
B)develop layoff plans
C)recruiting plans may call for preparation of lateral transfers
D)retain current talent as company grows
E)none of these are appropriate strategies
Q3) Our organization has adopted a strategy of increasing market share by offering the lowest cost services.Which of the following is NOT a recruiting and retention objective?
A)retain current talent as company grows
B)recruiting plans may call for preparation of lateral transfers
C)low cost strategy puts pressure on compensation and benefits,so need to be creative in our programs
D)continuously improve efficiency of recruitment practices
E)need to predict rate of growth and translate into needed increases in workforce
Q4) What are other names for a private employment agency?
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Chapter 7: Selecting Employees to Fit the Job and the Organization
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Q1) When Willa applied for the job of marketing research analyst with a large consumer products manufacturer,she participated in all the testing the organization used in its selection process.Even though she scored low in her personal interview,she scored high on her mathematical abilities and her cognitive reasoning tests.She was hired by the consumer products manufacturer even though she did poorly in one of its selection processes because the company used a _____ approach to synthesizing applicant test results and choosing its new employees.
A)compensatory
B)multiple-hurdles
C)structured
D)semistructured
E)combined
Q2) Two commonly used methods of assessing a job applicant's personal history are:
A)panel and structured interviews
B)reference checks and background verifications
C)application blanks and biodata tests
D)cognitive tests and resumes
E)resumes and structured interviews
Q3) What are the most common types of written tests used to measure?
Q4) Why do some businesses use a panel interview for selecting new employees?
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Chapter 8: Training and Developing a Competitive Workforce
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Q1) Diversity is seldom disruptive to an organization.
A)True
B)False
Q2) For which of the following is an organization most likely to choose coaching as the most suitable training program?
A)to train a new employee in how to use the phone system
B)to teach a line worker how to operate the painting machine
C)to teach a CEO how to improve her communication skills
D)to improve a new employee's reading and writing skills
E)to teach a staff member how to use a new piece of safety equipment
Q3) Individuals perform better if they are actively involved in the learning process. A)True
B)False
Q4) What are proximal goals?
Q5) Employers usually evaluate the effectiveness of their training and development efforts by assessing only short-term effects.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Conducting Performance Management
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Q1) When an employee asks "What consequences will follow from my decision to perform?" they are considering the _____ of their action.
A)expectancy
B)instrumentality
C)valence
D)outcome
E)satisfaction
Q2) One of the most common problems in an effective performance measurement and feedback system is that:
A)most HR managers believe that performance problems are purely a line manager issue
B)employees resist performance measurement and feedback
C)most HR managers want total control of the performance measurement and feedback process
D)most line managers have no incentive for conducting performance measurement and feedback
E)a reliable,valid and legal performance management system is nearly impossible to design
Q3) Describe the attributes that goals should have in an MBO system.
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Chapter 10: Developing an Approach to Total Compensation
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Q1) After establishing a policy line for pay in the external market a company must decide on its own pay policy.Which of the following will affect the company's pay policy?
A)the role of performance-based pay in the organization
B)the stage of the firm's development
C)the strength of union demands
D)the organizational culture
E)all of the above
Q2) The theory of comparable worth states that:
A)men and women are comparably worth a minimum wage
B)pay for even dissimilar jobs should be equal if the jobs have a similar overall value to the organization.
C)expatriates should be paid comparably with home country employees
D)all employees are entitled to comparable,if not equal,benefit packages
E)pay should be commensurate with responsibility
Q3) One of the advantages of using job evaluation to set compensation levels in organizations,is that internal and external equity are both satisfied.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Using Performance-Based Pay to Achieve Strategic Objectives
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Q1) As one approach to implementing performance-based pay plans,indexed stock options:
A)allow employees to buy stock at a premium price
B)are also called premium-priced options
C)are used more often than any other plan
D)are designed to ensure that employees are not punished with the economy takes a downturn
E)are accurately described by all of the above
Q2) What are two disadvantages of merit pay?
Q3) By paying for performance,a company signals that it's interested in employees who want to be paid for good performance.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Whereas merit pay plans typically rely on objective performance appraisal ratings,incentive pay is often paid based on qualitative performance measures. A)True
B)False
Q5) How is the base pay set when merit pay plans are used?
Q6) What are the three levels of aggregation for performance-based pay?
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Chapter 12: Providing Benefits and Services
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Q1) If the business objective is to "establish the division as a recognized leader in support of its community," the most appropriate benefit response is to:
A)develop an employee career counseling system to enhance employee competencies
B)establish a corporate giving matching fund
C)establish an employee assistance program
D)develop various termination subsidies
E)gradually transfer subsidiary employees into benefits culture
Q2) Driving the desire to offer fewer employee benefits and services are the pressures to attract and retain valued employees and thereby to compete effectively against other employers in the labor market.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Public protection programs are a response to
A)unionization
B)lobbying efforts by health care providers
C)numerous lawsuits
D)the hardships of the Great Depression
E)paternalistic feelings held by a number of large employers
Q4) Why are portable benefits more important these days than previously?
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Chapter 13: Promoting Workplace Safety and Health
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Q1) Amanda,Jorge and Curtis are all managers at the New Covington City Hall.Over lunch,these three managers discussed the many physical ailments,mostly respiratory problems,they and their associates have been experiencing over the last year.Many people are also reporting feeling tired,"dragged out," and rundown at work.Amanda,Jorge and Curtis decide they should investigate the possibility of:
A)a problem with the physical environment in the building
B)a problem with the pace of work
C)a problem with job burnout
D)a problem of low quality of work life
E)a problem of contagious hypochondria
Q2) Who or what controls work pacing?
Q3) Creating a safety driven culture does not require top down support from management,because employees are highly motivated regarding safety.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The severity rate recognizes that all injuries and illnesses are equal.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the most controversial approach to controlling occupational disease?
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Chapter 14: Understanding Unionization and Collective Bargaining
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Q1) Which of the following statements during the election campaign would probably be viewed negatively by the NLRB?
A)Management says that unions are costly to the employees because of union dues.
B)Management says that if a union is formed,strikes may occur.
C)The union promises that a grievance procedure will ensure fair treatment of employees
D)The union promises higher wages.
E)Management says that layoffs will occur if a union is elected.
Q2) Unionization is the effort by employees and outside agencies to act as a single unit when dealing with management over issues relating to their work.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Name two positive results of recent union mergers.
Q4) Unionization is typically the first recourse of employees who are dissatisfied with some aspect of their jobs.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List and briefly define the five types of bargaining used in contract negotiation.
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