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Talent Planning and Acquisition Flashcards

1
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A job with duties that can be clearly identified, defined, and compared to other jobs in the marketplace are called ________ jobs.

A

Benchmark

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What term describes when a company projects where the market will be at the end of the structure plan year and matches those rates at the start of the plan year?

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Lead policy

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What is the term for the process of evaluating the medical appropriateness of health care services with the purpose of ensuring that patients receive cost-efficient, high-quality health care?

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Utilization review (UR)

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This prevents plan participants with coverage under two or more plans from being able to collect duplicate benefit payments.

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Coordination of Benefits (COB)

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ERISA requires reporting and disclosure of pension and profit sharing plans and welfare plans such as those dealing with what 5 areas?

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  1. Group life
  2. Group accident
  3. Hospitalization
  4. Medical and surgical
  5. Dental care
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________ is a group-oriented incentive pay plan that links pay directly to specific operational and productivity improvements in the company’s profitability performance.

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Gainsharing

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The practice of union members seeking work at unorganized workplaces in order to organize them is referred to as _________.

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Salting

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A conflict style in which both parties give and receive factors in a series of trades in order to reach a mid-point, or temporary solution, is what?

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Compromising

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Define “inclusion.”

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An environment where everyone has access to the same opportunities and is treated equally.

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When a company operates in a way to hold itself socially accountable it is engaging in what practice?

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Unions, work councils, and employee collectives are all examples of what?

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Organized Labor Groups

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Which model, involving 8 steps, lists a variety of factors to aid in successful change in the organization?

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Kotter’s 8-step Change Model

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__________ Intelligence is the ability of the individual to understand the emotions that their peers, supervisors, and subordinates have in order to navigate them appropriately.

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Emotional

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What act is the principal federal law governing wage garnishments?

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Consumer Credit Protection Act

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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits arbitrary age discrimination against employees or applicants age __ and above.

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40

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In this conflict style both parties pool their goals in order to achieve all of them. This is also known as a “win-win” style.

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Collaborating (collaboration)

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A line of interviewing questions that follows no particular pattern is a ______.

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Non-directive interviewing technique

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18
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How many years does FLSA require that basic recordkeeping (name, address, sex, date of birth, occupation, pay, and hours worked) be kept?

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3 years

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When significant aspects of performance are not measured by the performance appraisal form, this is called:

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Criterion deficiency

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An exception to ADEA that allows the establishment of a mandatory retirement age is applied to what group only?

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Highly paid executives

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The best defense an employer has in a defamation of character lawsuit arising from providing reference information is:

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That the information given was the truth.

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Drug tests may be given at the pre-offer stage. True or false?

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True, while most drug tests are given at the post-offer stage, cost prohibitions, not legal restraints, cause most employers to wait to give drug tests at the post-offer stage.

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23
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What limits the weekly amount that may be withheld from an employee’s wages that are different for tax levies than they are for other types of garnishments?

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Internal Revenue Code

24
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What is the principal reason employers use application forms?

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They provide a systematic way to compare candidates.

25
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What act requires employers with 100 or more employees to give 60 days notice of a plant closing or large-scale layoff?

A

Worker Adjustment and Retaining Notification (WARN) Act

26
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A _______ is a formal document that describes the essential functions of a particular job.

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Job description

27
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Using an aptitude test in a selection program best predicts:

A

Training potential

28
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These are proactive policies aimed at increasing the employment opportunities of certain groups (typically, minority men and/or women of all racial groups).

A

Affirmative Action Plans

29
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A workforce staffing program that lacks consistent results, is underfunded, and results in high turnover among new hires most likely lacks:

A

Top management support

30
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As part of the selection process, a medical examination should be ____________.

A

Scheduled after an employment offer has been extended, per ADA.

31
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Conducting background checks is the best defense from what kind of charge?

A

Negligent hiring

32
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Per federal law, which employers must use e-verify?

A

All federal contractors and vendors

33
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What act prohibits most private sector employers from requiring or requesting employees or job applicants to take any lie detector tests or from using the results of such a test, even if an outside agency screens employees or applicants?

A

Employee Polygraph Protection Act

34
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What act requires employers with group health plans to offer continued coverage to employees and their dependents under certain circumstances where coverage would otherwise end?

A

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

35
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___________ organize information gathered through the job analysis and allow a meaningful comparison of jobs for evaluation and pricing.

A

Job specifications

36
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Which landmark case established rules on pre-employment testing that states that selection testing must be job related?

A

Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

37
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Define “constructive discharge.”

A

When an employee resigns due to intolerable working conditions imposed by a supervisor or coworker.

38
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A full-time work schedule that is completed in less than five days is best known as a:

A

Compressed workweek

39
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Under ADA, can an employer be required to reallocate an essential function of a job to another employee as a reasonable accommodation?

A

No, that is not a reasonable accommodation.

40
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What is an advancement system that offers a technical employee the choice between “management” or “advanced technical work”?

A

Dual career ladder/path

41
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What is the best predictor of future performance?

A

Past performance

42
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Underutilization is having fewer minorities or women in a job classification than would be expected based on:

A

Their availability in the “relevant job market.”

43
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Which discriminatory act is intentional: disparate treatment or disparate impact?

A

Disparate treatment

44
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For virtual jobs performed by individuals working on cross-functional teams that change frequently or shift from project to project, a job analysis must focus on:

A

The competencies required and how they are assessed and maintained.

45
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Layoffs, reductions in force (RIFs), and downsizing are terms for employment terminations due to _______ rather than ______ factors.

A

Economic, performance

46
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What is the best approach for settling the claims when two employment agencies are claiming the fee for referring a candidate when that candidate is recruited and hired?

A

Examine the referral documents as to dates referred and pay the fee to the agency whose referral was received first.

47
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Name the 4 stages of the classic “business cycle.”

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  1. Trough or introduction
  2. Expansion or growth
  3. Peak or maturity
  4. Recession or decline
48
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A selection test that measures certain characteristics, traits, or behaviors that are important to successful job performance, when on the job, is known as ________ validity.

A

Construct

49
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_________ is an employee benefit administered through a joint federal-state program designed to provide qualifying workers with financial security while they are temporarily unemployed.

A

Unemployment insurance

50
Q

Define “employee engagement.”

A

Employee engagement is the extent to which employees feel passionate about their jobs, are committed to the organization, and put discretionary effort into their work.

51
Q

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of what 5 categories?

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  1. Race
  2. Color
  3. Religion
  4. Sex
  5. National origin
52
Q

Which positions are most ideal for a telecommuting option?

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Those with well-defined and measurable tasks.

53
Q

Weighted application forms are most appropriate for?

A

Multiple incumbent positions

54
Q

The heavy use of employee referrals for filling job vacancies could violate nondiscrimination laws. How?

A

It may perpetuate a status quo of underrepresented classes of workers.

55
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What should orientation programs do in order to reduce information overload?

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  1. Be modularized and spread out over a period of time.
  2. Have measurable objectives that focus on developing specific KSAs.
56
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What is the best way to gain support for the anticipated opposition to a shift in company culture?

A

Involve worker representatives at the outset.

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