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Human Resource Decision Making Information Quiz

Test your knowledge about sources of information for making human resource decisions such as human resource planning, strategy, and economic conditions. This quiz covers topics related to decision-making processes in human resource management.

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Which of the following is considered a source of information for making human resource decisions?

Human resource planning

What is the main focus of job analysis as a source of information for making human resource decisions?

Identifying job requirements and responsibilities

Which process helps in identifying and summarizing common job analysis methods?

Job analysis process

What does economic conditions serve as for making human resource decisions?

<p>Primary source of information</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of gathering and organizing detailed information about various jobs within an organization?

<p>Job analysis</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which database provides both basic and advanced job analysis information?

<p>Occupational Information Network (O*NET)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the fundamental requirements necessary to perform a job referred to as?

<p>Knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which mechanism involves observing trends in the organization and checking the extent to which people leave jobs voluntarily or involuntarily?

<p>Forecasting the demand for human resources</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of systematically planning for future promotions into top management positions called?

<p>Executive succession</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which system is an integrated and increasingly automated system for maintaining a database regarding the employees in an organization?

<p>Human resource information system (HRIS)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are investments people make in themselves to increase their value in the workplace referred to as?

<p>Human capital investments</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which trend model involves using external data to predict the supply of labor?

<p>Mathematical trend models</p> Signup and view all the answers

What indicates growing sales, increasing demand, and expanding operations for the organization?

<p>Growth strategy</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which alternative to terminations and layoffs is early retirement?

<p>Reduction strategy</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as the percentage of individuals looking for and available for work who are not currently employed?

<p>Rate of unemployment</p> Signup and view all the answers

Describe human resource planning as a source of information for decision making

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Discuss strategy as a source of information for making human resource decisions

<p>2</p> Signup and view all the answers

Discuss economic conditions as a source of information for making human resource decisions

<p>5</p> Signup and view all the answers

Describe job analysis as a source of information for making human resource decisions

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Discuss the job-analysis process and identify and summarize common jobanalysis methods

<p>Figur e 5.1 LO 1 The Human Resource Planning Process ©Cengage Learning®</p> Signup and view all the answers

Human resource information system – Integrated and increasingly automated system for maintaining a database regarding the employees in an organization

<p>HRIS</p> Signup and view all the answers

Labor Force Trends and Issues Reasons for diversity in the workforce Aging of the baby boom generation Declining birth rates for the post–baby boom generation Improved health and medical care Mandatory retirement ages Gender differences Changing ethnicity

<p>trends</p> Signup and view all the answers

Job analysis: Process of gathering and organizing detailed information about various jobs within an organization Knowledge, skills, and ______ (KSA): Fundamental requirements necessary to perform a job

<p>abilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

Usage of external data to predict supply of labor Immigration patterns Mathematical trend models Executive ______: Systematically planning for future promotions into top management positions

<p>succession</p> Signup and view all the answers

Different Methods to Collect LO 5 Job analysts:Information Individuals who perform job analysis in an organization Subject matter expert (SME): Individual who is highly knowledgeable about a particular job Provides data for job analysis Occupational Information Network (O*NET): Database that provides both basic and advanced jobanalysis information Job-Analysis Techniques Narrative job analysis One or more SMEs prepare a written ______ or text description of the Fleishman job-analysis job system Defines abilities as enduri.

<p>narrative</p> Signup and view all the answers

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