HRM 326T Wk 1 – Practice: Assignment

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What are the four characteristics a resource must possess before it is capable of providing a firm with a sustained competitive advantage?

Create value for the customer, marketable, sustainable, and inimitable.

Non-sustainable, rare/or unique, marketable, and inimitable.

Create value for the customer, rare and/or unique, non-substitutable, and inimitable.

Sustainable, rare and/or unique, inimitable, and valuable to the firm

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In order for an organization to survive and prosper under changing environmental conditions, employees must learn to ________.

Work interdependently

Adapt

Endure

Be efficient

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The ADDIE Model is meant to be used as a cycle even though many organizations use the model as a _________ series of steps.

Nonlinear

Planar

Random

Linear

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An organization’s training and development reputation can help with ________.

Recruiting

Company culture

Internal affairs

Public relations

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In a learning organization, learning is ­­­­__________-based.

Skills

Performance

Abilities

Knowledge

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Training created as a result of immigration and the aging labor force is necessary ________.

For employers to have increased expectations of their employees

Because employees not are not as educated as they once were

Because laws and regulations require certain training be given

To fulfill the psychological contract between employer and employee

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Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 C’s?

Comprehension

Consulting

Collaboration

Cognitive

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Title VII prohibits discrimination in employment practices on the basis of ________.

Race, color, national origin, religion, sex, and disability

Race, color, national origin, sex, and disability

Race, color, national origin, religion, and sex

Race, color, national origin, age, and sex

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If a painter is commissioned by a business to complete a work to go in the training room of their building, who owns the copyright?

The business

The painter

Equal ownership over the copyright

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How have advances in technology impacted training?

Increased the variety of different training programs available

Helped with the simplicity and understanding of training

Made training more expensive

Has made training more readily available

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A big difference between Erikson’s model and Hudson’s model is that Erikson’s is ________ while Hudson’s is ________.

Linear; cyclical

Hierarchal; egalitarian

Scientific; theoretical

Psychological, behavioral

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Which of the following is NOT a typical stage in career development?

Mid-career

Retirement

Occupational preparation

Organizational entry

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What is the most common type of training?

Skills development

Supervisor

Motivational

Orientation

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During the identity stage, it is common to ________.

Find personal ego identities

Find a new sense of purpose in life

Think about a variety of different career choices

Decide on a career path

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The more ________ a new hire’s job is in the early career stage, the more successful they will be in the future.

Engaging

Challenging

Meaningful

Manageable

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