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Managing Human Resources 2
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Managing Human Resources 2
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1. Although most sexual harassment complaints are filed by women, a significant number of complaints are filed by men.
2. Most organizations are not legally required to provide benefits of any type for employees.
3. Sexual harassment is defined as any unwanted activity of a sexual nature that affects an individual's employment.
4. An accept error involves not hiring an employee who could have performed well in a job.
5. Performance-simulation tests are thought to be one of the best methods for evaluating job applicants in use today.
6. Advertisements have been shown to be the most effective method for identifying the best applicants for jobs.
7. Human resource management activities such as hiring and firing are the sole responsibility of the human resource department.
8. A job description states the minimum qualifications a person needs to perform a job successfully.
9. Increased demand for employees typically is associated with increased demand for the products or services offered by an organization.
10. Employers cannot legally discriminate with regard to race, sex, or religion, but there are no laws against denying employment because of age.
11. The 360-degree appraisal includes an evaluation from the person who is being evaluated.
12. Western European countries differ from U.S. companies in that they have work councils that must be consulted on personnel decisions.
13. Employment planning includes two steps: assessing current human resources needs and developing a plan to meet those needs.
14. The most important environmental force that affects HRM is the legal environment.
15. Employee referrals are usually reliable.
16. One major way that an organization can protect itself against sexual harassment cases is to make sure that all employees are well-educated on the topic.
17. Human resource management is about hiring and firing only.
18. The best way to measure the effectiveness of job training is to find out how stressful the process was for trainees.
19. Job training never addresses trainee attitudes toward the job or the organization.
20. Most job training does not take place on the job.
21. Written tests fell into disfavor in the late 1960s and are now rarely used in the selection process.
22. A community fire department can legally deny employment to a firefighter applicant who is confined to a wheelchair.
23. Firing, layoffs, furloughs, and early retirements are the only three downsizing options.
24. Human resource management involves training, motivating, and retaining competent employees.
25. A selection device is valid if it can be proven to accurately measure the abilities of job applicants.