Ashworth Semester Exam BZ42S Human Resources Management

  

BZ42S : Human Resources Management

Question 1

Human resource management:

comprises the concepts and techniques used to control people at work.

is the process of organizing work activities.

is the process of identifying countries with cheaper labor costs and relocating jobs to those countries.

refers to the practices and policies you need to carry out the personnel aspects of your management job.

Question 2

_________ refers to the tendency of firms to extend their ownership to new markets abroad.

Strategic human resources

Trend analysis

Globalization

Outsourcing

Question 3

Traditional job analysis focuses on:

job duties and responsibilities.

how work is accomplished.

who accomplishes the work.

where the work is accomplished.

Question 4

Executive recruiters are also called:

headhunters.

staffers.

alternative staffing companies.

All of the above

Question 5

James is currently identifying the specific job performance skills needed, analyzing the skills of prospective trainees, and developing knowledge and performance objectives based on the deficiencies he finds. James is working on the __________ step in the training and development process.

analyzing

designing

developing

evaluating

Question 6

Which of the following goals is the focus of diversity training?

To create cross-cultural sensitivity

To foster harmonious working relationships

To improve interpersonal skills

All of the above

Question 7

Which of the following is a way to increase 360-degree appraisals?

Anchor the 360-degree items with behavioral competencies

Assess the costs of the program and carefully train the people giving and receiving feedback

Make sure the feedback given is productive, unbiased, and development-oriented

All of the above

Question 8

Assessing interests, seeking out career information, and utilizing development opportunities are all part of the __________ role in career development.

individual’s

manager’s

supervisor’s

company’s

Question 9

Jason is an information systems technician in a town in North Carolina with a population of 100,000. He earns $35,000 a year. He recently found out that a nearby town with a similar population pays people in the same position $40,000 a year. Jason is concerned with the __________ form of equity.

distributive

procedureal

internal

external

Question 10

Which health benefit listed below is offered by almost all employers?

Mental health insurance

Chiropractic insurance

Medical care insurance

Wellness program

week 3 case study 2

Answer the following questions:

  • What burdens will this place of her husband?
  • On her daughter who lives nearby?
  • On her daughter who lives far away?
  • How might this affect the relationship between them?
  • What services might be needed to enable Mrs. C. to remain in her own home?
  • What if the daughters want to put Mrs. C. in a skilled nursing facility but the husband wants to keep her at home? 
    • What criteria do you think should be considered when making this decision?
  • Imagine that this is your grandparent. 
    • How would it affect your family? 
    • How would your family respond?

personal assesment assignement

 

Working individually, students should complete the Critical Thinking questions per the list assigned. 

Complete Questionnaire 1: The Personal Bargaining Inventory (Links to an external site.) (also located in the back section of your e-text). 

PART 1 OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

Record your responses to questions 1–50 using the Personal Bargaining Inventory Answer Sheet (Link Above)

After listing your responses to questions 1–50, explain what you learned about your perceptions of yourself in conjunction with negotiations and how this questionnaire has helped you in clarifying your perceptions. (Note: There is no scoring scale for this assignment. Your reflection is based solely on how you reacted to and interpreted your responses to the survey questions.)

The paper should be a minimum of 3-4 pages.

Remember to submit your assignment for grading when finished.

“Redesigning your Job”

  

Consider a job you hold now or have held recently. Would you want this job to be redesigned to place more emphasis on efficiency, motivation, ergonomics, or mental processing? What changes would you want, and why? (Or why do you not want the job to be redesigned?)

My present to job: Training

Csu discussion

1-2 paragraphs 

Apa format

references

Decision-making models, tools, and approaches are widely used in businesses today and, as a result, they are becoming more complex and specialized.

  1. Describe the advantages and risks associated with leaders using these tools. Avoid phrases such as I think, feel or believe. Graduate students taking the course must be able to prove their assertions and opinion and thus you must support your answer with research.
  2. Practical Application: Describe some of the tools your organization’s leaders uses (or could use), or provide a real-world example of tools in action. If your organizational leaders do does not use such a tool, recommend one it they should use and offer a reason for your recommendation.

HRM, Succession Planning, Work-Life Balance

Human Resources Management

12-point font, Times New Roman, 1-inch margins on all sides, double-spacing. 

Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. You may reference any information from the class textbook, chapters 1-8 in your answers and discussions. Format: APA version 7.

Class textbook: Human Resources Management. Author: Valentine; Meglich; Mathis; Jackson. Publisher: Pearson. Edition: 16th. ISBN: 978-0357033852

Write a 2-page paper to discuss the following: 

2. Your company has reaped the benefits of having long-term, tenured employees, but many of them are now approaching retirement. It is anticipated that approximately 20 percent of the company’s workforce will retire in the next three to five years. In reviewing the remaining workforce through HR planning efforts you have become aware of work-life balance issues that need to be reviewed and address. The company president has requested that you prepare a retention plan outlining these issues as well as ways to address them. Resources to help you address the issues in the retention plan can be found at www.workfamily.com.What steps will you take to identify key priorities in the work-life balance issues? (Chapter 5)

Please note that the teacher included this link: www.workfamily.com. Can you take a look and include something related to this link in the paper? Thanks!