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HRM 300T Wk 2 – Apply: Week 2 Apply Assignment
Complete the Week 2 Apply Assignment in myEducator. You have 2 attempts to complete this assignment.
Why is HRP one of the fastest growing and most important areas of human resource management?
It is not one of the fastest growing areas of human resource management, but it is important.
It helps the company be more visible to prospective employees and customers.
It makes the company look good because it has a plan.
It helps the company achieve its goals.
Which of the following is true of human resource planning?
Because HRM involves managing human capital needs within an organization, when implementing HR planning, the organization only needs to focus on internal factors.
HR planning is often assessed in terms of how well the tools it uses and the activities it takes part in are linked to corporate goals.
Human resource planning focuses on training employees to adopt new policies and programs rather than restructuring the company.
Data collection is important only as a means of control for HR plans and programs.
What is typically the second phase of human resource planning?
Controlling and evaluating HRM plans and programs
Establishing HR objectives and policies
Designing and implementing plans and action programs
Gathering, analyzing, and forecasting data
Which of the following is a strategy to forecast supply but not demand?
Simple linear regression
Time series analysis
Managerial estimates
Replacement planning
Why is it important to know what an organization’s learning curve is when forecasting demand?
It tells the company how much employee turnover will occur.
It helps the company get a more accurate idea of how many employees will be needed in the future.
It helps the company see how far it has come in the last five years.
It tells the organization exactly how many people will be needed in the next year.
What can help an organization decrease the need for initial employee training?
Recruitment of people who are not yet ready to perform the job
Recruitment of underqualified job applicants
A shortage of skill in the labor market
A large pool of qualified job applicants
What can a company do to make sure it is using the best recruiting method?
Pick the recruitment method that works for other organizations.
Promise really nice incentives.
Choose a method that looks good and stick with it.
Evaluate the effectiveness of its recruitment efforts.
Which of the following is an external source of recruiting?
Transfers
Former employees
Employment center applicants
Demotions
Two tangible products of job analysis are __________.
Job description and job posting
Job description and performance appraisal
Job description and job specifications
Organization chart and job posting
Which of the following is the purpose of strategic business planning?
To determine what types of job the organization needs to fill
To specify what needs to be done at all levels of the organization
To determine how much the organization is willing to pay for recruitment services
To determine the organization’s goals and future products and services
What is a reference point in the selection process?
The set of behaviors that represent a successful jobholder
An easily located point in the organization
An indicator that orients an applicant to an open position
A basis for evaluation and a standard for assessment
Which of the following is true of selecting and testing applicants?
Making appropriate selection decisions with respect to employment equity may prevent lawsuits and aid in securing the best-qualified job applicants for the organization.
The selection process begins even before an organization has created a group of applicants.
Job performance is completely determined by the employee, and the employee should be held accountable for any shortcomings.
It is during the testing process that employees learn the values and behaviors they need to assume an organizational role.
Which of the following actions would decrease the validity of a reference check?
Ask for the supervisor’s opinions about the applicant.
Request a reference from the applicant’s immediate supervisor.
Obtain written permission from the applicant.
Ask about the applicant’s KSAs.
Which of the following uses the correlation coefficient as a measure of validity?
Content validity
Construct validity
Face validity
Empirical validity
What is test-retest reliability?
The extent to which test scores are consistent even when there is variation in the method used
The extent to which different items on the instrument measure the same thing
The measuring of a test at two points in time and comparison of the results
The extent to which a selection instrument has homogenous content