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Which of the following firms would have the strongest incentive to adopt a job sharing plan?

A) The ABC Company wants to simplify its hiring and training procedures.
B) The CDE Corporation wants to offer employees more flexibility in the types of fringe benefits they receive.
C) EFG Clothiers wants to reduce the span of control of its supervisors.
D) GHI Health Services wants to reduce absenteeism and tardiness.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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Melanie's company has cut back on the number of offices; therefore she is assigned a desk on-line.This is called:

A) hotelling
B) hotdesking
C) job sharing
D) mobile working

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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_________ is the set of activities used to legally obtain a sufficient number of the right people at the right time and to select those who best meet the needs of the organization.

One of the reasons many firms have chosen to use temporary employees rather than rehire full-time employees is that:

Because technology changes rapidly,human resource managers must be proactive and forecast requirements and train people ahead of time.

Women usually find it easier than men to obtain mentors and engage in networking.

A ___________ plan gives employees some ability to adjust when they work,as long as they work the required number of hours.

Flextime plans are popular with employees because they allow them to work fewer hours while still earning the same income.

A job specification is a statement of the job itself,while a job description is a statement about the person who does the job.

Elise is the manager in the finance department at Wilson Auto Company.If her company is like most firms,Elise will leave almost all aspects of human resource functions to specialists in the human resource department.

In a(n) ______________ an inexperienced worker learns by working alongside an experienced employee to master the skills and procedures of a craft.

A performance appraisal provides an opportunity for employees to make suggestions about how a particular task could be better performed.

Laura was hired as a management trainee by Simulex Corporation through a special program designed to "right past wrongs" by giving females and minorities greater opportunities for employment and advancement.The program is enforced by the law.Laura was hired through a(n) ____________ program.

What is the positive side of being a contingent worker?

Corwin is the human resource manager for a medium sized corporation.He has a policy of using internal sources to fill positions whenever possible.This means that Corwin probably relies extensively on promotions,transfers,and tips from current employees to find qualified employees.

One purpose of a human resource inventory is to determine whether the labour force is technically up-to-date and well trained.

Though temporary workers are employed in most sectors of the economy,almost none have been hired to fill industrial jobs.

Haller's School of Truck Driving is proud of its training methods.Before its students are ever allowed on the road with a big rig,they are taught safe driving techniques with the help of sophisticated,computerized equipment that comes as close as possible to duplicating real driving conditions,right down to the sights,sounds,bumps and vibrations experienced on the road.Haller's is using a training method known as job replication.

External recruitment sources are usually cheaper to use than internal sources.

Two advantages of using ___________ to fill an opening in a company are that it improves the morale of current employees,and the person filling the position is already familiar with the organization's culture and procedures.