Chapter One HRS 351 – Flashcards
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15. The process of acquiring, deploying, and retaining a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality to create positive impacts on the organization's effectiveness is called ________.
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A. Staffing
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16. Which of the following statements is true regarding staffing?
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B. The staffing process is composed of a series of interrelated parts including recruitment, selection, decision making and job offers.
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17. The process that involves the placement of new hires on the actual job they will hold is called ___________.
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B. Deployment
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18. The purpose of retention systems is to __________.
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C. Manage the flow of employees out of the organization
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19. Staffing systems exist, and should ultimately be used, to __________.
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D. Contribute to the attainment of organizational goals such as survival, profitability, and growth
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36. According to the staffing quantity model, an organization will be __________ when availabilities exceed requirements.
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C. Overstaffed
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37. The staffing quantity model uses _________ to determine whether a condition of being overstaffed, fully staffed, or understaffed exists
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D. A and B are both needed
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38. Which of the following are portions of person-job match?
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D. All of the above
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39. Which of the following statements is false regarding person-job match?
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C. Organizational culture is an important aspect of person-job match.
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42. In terms of the person/organization match ________.
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C. there is a concern with the "fit" of people to multiple jobs or future jobs
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44. The staffing system components model says that the phases of the staffing process occur in which order after the initial interaction between the applicant and the organization?
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B. recruitment, selection, employment
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47. According to the overall staffing organizations model, HR and staffing strategy are driven by _____________.
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A. the mission, goals and objectives of the organization
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49. Which of these activities is most directly associated with the employment phase of the staffing process?
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B. deciding on finalists for a job
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50. Staffing system management involves _________.
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C. guiding, coordinating, controlling, and evaluating staffing activities
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63. The ___________ is composed of more peripheral workers who are used on an as-needed, just-in-time basis.
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C. flexible workforce
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64. Outsourcing is _________.
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D. moving a business process to another vendor
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65. Organizations often __________ when they choose to ride out dips in demand for goods and services or to stockpile talent.
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B. overstaff
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66. A _____________ staffing strategy is when organizations decide to go to locations where there are ample labor supplies
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B. relocate system
