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Which of the following is not true about the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ)?- The items contained in the questionnaire are specific to jobs.- One disadvantage is that to complete the questionnaire, the employee needs to have high reading level.- It is one of the broadest instruments for analyzing jobs.- It includes items that represent work behaviors, work conditions, and job characteristics.- It is a standardized job analysis questionnaire containing 194 items.
In organizations work may change, work load within an existing job may increase, or work may not be performed efficiently. This would require job redesign.TrueFalse
An organization has completed an analysis of its workforce and has projected employee changes in different jobs. These activities are part of which human resource forecast?- Internal labor supply- Labor shortage- External labor supply- Labor demand- Employee turnover
As an option for avoiding an expected labor shortage, the use of temporary employees is fast and the terms of revocability are high.- True- False
The most common source of error in job analysis results from:- Job descriptions being outdated.- Job descriptions being too narrow.- Job descriptions being too descriptive.- Job descriptions being too broad.- Job descriptions being misrepresentative.
The internal labor supply for a specific job may be altered due to the following movements:- Promotions or demotions from this job to another- Terminations of work contract- All of the options- New hires- Retirements
Job analysis is important for the performance appraisal process because:- It provides information about different jobs to determine which jobs deserve higher pay than others.- It provides information about the tasks performed in the job to ensure that the training will prepare individuals to perform their jobs effectively.- It identifies the behaviors and results that distinguish effective work from ineffective work.- It determines the tasks that will be performed by the individual hired and the knowledge, skills, and abilities the individual must have to perform the job effectively.- It provides accurate information about the levels of skill required in various jobs of the organization.
Which of the following is the mass elimination of large numbers of employees?- Downsizing- Demotion- Work sharing- Overtime- Outsourcing
Identify the false statement regarding employee turnover rate:- The rate of labor turnover is often calculated yearly.- Generally the turnover rate should be minimized.- The turnover rate may be calculated by taking the number of employees that left divided by the total number of employees in the year, multiplied by 100.- A better offer by competitors may be one of the reasons for employee turnover.- The turnover rate is expressed as a percentage.
What is the difference between a job description and a job specification?- Job description defines a job today and job specification defines the job in the future.- Job description is the result of job analysis but job specification is the first step.- Job description defines job tasks and job specification identifies job qualifications.- Job description identifies job qualifications and job specification defines job tasks.- Job description and job specification are similar and can be used interchangeably.
John is attending a workshop on how to get information for job analysis. Relevant topics in the workshop may include all of the following except:- How to interview the employees.- How to collect data by observing employees at their work.- How to conduct an employee performance appraisal.- How to use a standardized questionnaire like the PAQ.- How to use the online database O*Net.
Company X needs to ensure which of the following, to effectively complete forecasting for various types of its human resources?- All of the options.- Only 1 and 2.- 3. The company needs programs that will address the discrepancies between the present configuration of human resources and that to be required in the future.- 2. The company needs to know where it is going in the future and how its present configuration of human resources relates to the configuration that will be required.- 1. The company should have a clear idea of its current configuration of human resources in different job categories
Forecasting shows that a company will need 40 employees in the next year. The company will have available 60 employees, that is, more employees than it will need. Which of the following describes this situation?- Labor shortage- Labor supply- Program planning- Labor surplus- Labor demand
Beth _________ is the money a company earns, which could come from sales or advertising.
because the _________ comes from advertising. _________ is the money a company earns. They are paid by other companies to use the social media space to promote their products.
Beth If you are _________ content, you are given content. This is what the social media platform offers you automatically, rather than what you search for yourself.
Neil _________ are a complex set of rules and calculations that prioritise and personalise the content a user sees.
OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned from this programme, starting with _________, a person aged 10 to 19: between childhood and adulthood.
and I think that's the really vital message here, of any of these apps, is that their _________ comes from advertising.
Parents need to be able to challenge their children when they need to, even if this is a _________, a fight they cannot win, as teenagers have their 'entire life' on social networks.