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What developmental activities can best help individuals understand their leadership behaviors?
- A . In-basket exercise
- B . Career development inventory
- C . Work style assessment
- D . Team building activity
A global organization with its core operations in the Middle East has recently received several alerts of an increase in radicalism. Based on this, it establishes an integrated software that provides a prompt warning to employees to evacuate, shelter or lockdown; it alerts public emergency services with full and accurate information and helps dispatchers send the right responders and equipment; and it facilitates staff training on building and process systems that can reduce loss of lives and minimize damage to the facility and the environment.
What is the best method to use when training employees on the organization’s emergency response plan?
- A . Allow employee involvement to revise and update emergency procedures in action-oriented manuals
- B . Utilize audio-visuals to train employees on new equipment, materials, and processes
- C . Review applicable regulations to determine training requirements
- D . Drills and role-play exercises on their assigned roles and responsibilities
The HR Manager and a group of consultants have reviewed and revised the performance appraisal process to be more data-driven and reliant on information systems. This is to ensure the process is more
closely aligned with the HR department’s goals.
Which managerial function did the HR manager engage in?
- A . Directing
- B . Planning
- C . Organizing
- D . Controlling
In an exit interview by a third party consultant, the Head of Operations stated that he resigned because the executives punished him for using the company credit card by instituting an ethical inquiry even when he offered to pay the sum back to have the record expunged from his employment record. He said his offer was refused despite the fact that something similar had happened to the Head of HR and the record was expunged when she only paid half of what she spent. He hinted that this happened because HR is responsible for administering fringe benefits.
This is an example of which of the following?
- A . Disparate treatment
- B . Misuse of fiduciary responsibility
- C . Distributive justice
- D . Procedural justice
———- requires plan administrators of qualified plans to provide affected participants and beneficiaries with at least 30 days’ written notice before any black-out period with respect to an individual account plan.
- A . Employee Retirement Income Security Act
- B . Dodd-Frank Act
- C . Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- D . Pension Protection Act
Which one of the following would be considered a motivator in the motivation-hygiene theory?
- A . relationship with peers
- B . quality of supervision
- C . work/life balance
- D . recognition
Which of the following occurs when there is an increase in the number of tasks that employees perform as well as an increase in their control over the tasks?
- A . Job enlargement
- B . Cross-functional integration
- C . Lateral promotion
- D . Job enrichment
The Crop multinational company operates in over 7 countries in 3 continents. Their international strategy involves not aligning with any of the host countries, but operating the business across countries to gain efficiencies.
The Crop company most likely uses a?
- A . International strategy.
- B . Transnational strategy.
- C . Global Strategy.
- D . Multinational strategy.
Which of the following is a legal consequence of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
- A . Private companies are allowed to conduct their initial public offerings.
- B . It created the Financial Stability Oversight Council to monitor risk in the financial system
- C . CEOs may be imprisoned for fraudulent financial reports
- D . Audit firms must alternate every two years.
Which of the following is NOT one of Porter’s 5 forces?
- A . Threat of new entrants.
- B . Threat of changing cultures.
- C . Substitute products or services.
- D . Bargaining power of buyers.