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The ________is developed from critical incidents pertaining to job performance. Each job performance scale is anchored with specific behavioral statements that describe varying degrees of performance.

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A type of training in which an experienced employee "adopts" a new employee to teach him or her how to perform job duties is known as on-the-job training.

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Scenario - Gregory Trout Gregory Trout has just received a memo explaining that because of his department's success with the newly developed Trout, Inc., that his request for three new employees has been approved. Gregory now faces the challenge of working with the areas of human resource management in recruiting, selecting, training and maintaining effective employees. -To select high-potential individuals for management positions, what is the best selection device that Gregory could use?

Conolly Company uses internal recruiting whenever possible. This practice:

In the ________process, employers attempt to determine the skills, abilities, and other attributes a person needs to perform a particular job.

Trouser's Inc. top management is exclusively made up of older white males. Trouser's promotes from within and top management is most comfortable with individuals who are similar to them. Women and minorities at this company who wish to be promoted are likely to experience________ .

An example of ________is when current employees are given preference when a position opens in their organization.

Explain the purpose of the selection process and identify four of the most frequently used selection devices.

Competency-based pay systems are also called skill-based pay systems.

Name five dividends of workplace diversity.

An________ is an in-house training and education facility that offers broad-based learning opportunities for employees.

With________ , compensation is linked to the specific tasks that an employee performs.

Phlex Plastic has a very strong set of corporate values. In fact, Phlex has been known to discourage the emergence of alternative values. Phlex is most likely:

Pizza Deluxe University is an in-house center and education facility that offers broad-based learning opportunities for employees. Pizza Deluxe University would be considered an________ .

Sandra, a human resources manager at an advertising firm, is currently in the process of determining the value and worth of advertising executive positions within the agency. This is referred to as________ .

An________ is a company that is highly attractive to potential employees because of human resources practices that focus on tangible and intangible benefits, and that embraces a long-term view to solving immediate problems.

In a recent survey, 37 percent of highly qualified women report that they voluntarily left or "opted-out" of the workforce at some point in their careers.

Which of the following is an invisible barrier that separates women and minorities from top management positions?

________implies that women's commitment to their children limits their commitment to the company or their ability to handle the rigors of corporate management.

Bryan, who works in the human resource department, is interested in gathering data on the projected number of resignations and retirements over the next ten years. He is most likely to perform which of the following activities?