• 1.

How many Reading Assignment

Assessments were originally required
(as stated on the syllabus)
• 2. The presentations associated with
both the Firm HR Practice Paper and
the Current HR Practice Article
Analysis have a similar objective.
What is it?
• 3. Throughout history, what has had
the biggest impact on HR?
• 4. In the section on Strategic HR, I
mentioned that it is possible to gain
a competitive advantage through
human ________.
• 5. A loose labor market is when there
are many job openings. T/F.
• 6. What is a legal disadvantage of
following a promotion from within
policy?
• 7. There’s a critical link between your
philosophy (or top mgmt’s
philosophy) and how it translates into
an HR philosophy and then into HR
_____.
8. Which of the following is not a major
issue confronting HR now and in the
future?
1. globalization
2. diversity
3. organizational development
4. retrenchment
5. outsourcing
6. nature of work
7. focus on human capital etc.
• 9. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was
followed by another Act entitled Civil
Rights Act of …When was this Act
enacted?
• 10. Revised Order #4 requires
businesses who contract with the
government to conduct a utilization
analysis. What is a utilization
analysis?
• 11. Federal legislation protects
against age discrimination. At what
age are people protected?
• 12. There are two ways courts define
discrimination. What are they?
• 13. Describe the 4/5ths or 80% rule.
• 14. What does BFOQ stand for?
15. According to a local labor-law
attorney, it’s important to "put the
organization in a 'posture' such that:
1.) _____ is not brought against the
organization; 2.) if suit is brought,
the organization can ______ itself"
• 16. Lawsuits related to sexual
harassment often refer to “quid pro
quo.” What does that mean?
• 17. Imagine a sexual harassment
policy that states that any employee
who feels sexually harassed must
report it to their supervisor. Is this a
bad idea? Why?
18. Regarding a company’s sexual
harassment policy, it’s recommended
to, “Ensure _____ complaints are
investigated.”
• 19. Regarding HR Planning, what is a
common statistical technique used to
forecast demand for future
personnel? (hint – it begins with an
“r”)
• 20. In HR Planning, there is a type of
planning that attempts to determine
the potentially qualified people who
could fill typically higher level
vacancies. It’s called ________
Planning.
• 21. Name one staffing alternative to
deal with employee surpluses.
• 22. What does “KSAs” stand for?
 23. There are two outcomes of job
analysis:
Job _________ , which is associated with
the tasks and duties involved in the
job, and job _________ , which is the
knowledge and skills needed to do
the job.
• 24. What’s an RJP?
• 25. Name 2 reasons why it’s
important to validate your hiring
tools.
• 26. Name the type of interview that
uses the same questions for all
applicants.
• 27. Name the type of interview that
asks candidates to describe previous
experiences.
• 28. Name the type of interview that
asks candidates to speculate what
they WOULD do in particular
circumstances.
• 29. One of the most important things
to remember for an orientation
program is to make it a _____-_____
program.
• 30. In training, a performance
discrepancy can be represented by a
gap. What is this gap between?
• 31. In training, a real concern
pertains to ensuring that training
“stays with” the trainees. This is
referred to as “________ prevention.”
• 32. In Performance Management or
Performance Appraisal, it’s important
to consider the EP as well as the
PO relationships. Describe each of
these relationships.
• 33. What’s the difference between
comparative and absolute methods
of performance appraisal?
• 34. The most common PA technique
is MBO. What does MBO stand for?
• 35. What are indirect benefits?
• 36. Two types of equity are
important to consider when
establishing a pay structure. What
are they?
• 37. Jobs that are relatively stable
in content and found in many
organizations are referred to as
______ or _______ jobs.
• 38. When you use an approach that
predominantly compensates the
person as opposed to the job, it’s
commonly referred to as ______
based pay.
• 39. The increase in use of benefits
was predominantly spurred by
__________ regulation.
• 40. Regarding benefit costs, why is it
important that companies limit their
use of layoffs and whether their
employees apply for unemployment
compensation?
• 41. The definition of employment at
will states that an employee may be
fired for:
• - a good cause
• - no cause
• - a cause ________ wrong
• 42. State why an implied contract is
an exception to the employment at
will doctrine.
• 43. Regarding references, ________ is
a common basis for suit (hint: it
begins with a “D”.)
• 44. If you hire someone and they
cause damage to another person’s
property, your company can be sued
for ________ hiring (hint: it begins with
an “n”.)
 BONUS QUESTION
• 45. There are two types of criterion
related validity studies. Name one.