Chapter 12 Human Resource Management True/False Questions WHY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT 1. High-performance work practices are those that lead to high individual and high organizational performance. (True; moderate; p. 323) 2. High-performance work practices involve a commitment by management to improve the knowledge skills and abilities of the organization’s employees, increasing employee motivation, and enhancing the retention of quality employees. (True; easy; p. 323)
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As a perspective business student, knowing that James Madison University is one of the top 5 percent of business schools to earn accreditation by AACSB International is something that makes JMU a school that I know I will thrive in. With over 20,000 students enrolled in the university, I get to immerse myself with plenty of diverse individuals all striving to achieve a quality education. James Madison
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Human Resource Management, 12e (Dessler) Chapter 12 Pay for Performance and Financial Incentives 1) Frederick Taylor referred to the tendency of employees to work at the slowest pace possible and to produce at the minimum acceptable level as ________. A) social loafing B) systematic soldiering C) human nature D) group shift E) group norms Answer: B Explanation: Frederick Taylor popularized using financial incentives in the late 1800s. As a supervisory employee of the Midvale Steel Company
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Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? Learning Objectives After studying this chapter, students should be able to: 1. Demonstrate the importance of interpersonal skills in the workplace. 2. Describe the manager’s functions, roles, and skills. 3. Define organizational behavior (OB). 4. Show the value to OB of systematic study. 5. Identify the major behavioral science disciplines that contribute to OB. 6. Demonstrate why few absolutes apply to OB. 7. Identify
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Case Study – the Underdog Identification of relevant facts: Frieda and Diane are officers of Beta Alpha Psi, which is a nonprofit international honors organization for accounting, finance and information system students of AACSB or EQUIS accredited universities. Both of them are interns at a big four Accounting firm. Frieda has been selected for a prestigious global summer internship program, among several excellent candidates, Diane was notified this information prior to official announcement
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Overview of the Chapter In an uncertain competitive environment, managers must engage in thorough planning to find strategies that will help their organization to compete effectively. This chapter explores the manager’s role as both planner and as strategist. It discusses various elements of the planning process, different kinds of plans, strategy formulation, and the challenge of strategy implementation. This chapter also contains a detailed explanation of SWOT analysis and Michael Porter’s
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Overview of the Chapter This chapter examines the nature of organizational control and describes the four steps of the control process. It also discusses three types of systems available to managers to control and influence organizational members: output control, behavior control, and organizational culture(clan control). Effective management of organizational change is addressed, as well as the role of the entrepreneur in the change process. LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Define organizational
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Financial Accounting AACSB assurance of learning standards in accounting and business education require documentation of outcomes assessment. Although schools, departments, and faculty may approach assessment and its documentation differently, one approach is to provide specific questions on exams that become the basis for assessment. To aid faculty in this endeavor, we have labeled each question, exercise and problem in Intermediate Accounting, 7e with the following AACSB learning skills: Questions
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Exam Study Guide: Chapter 2 Strategic Management and the Entrepreneur 1) The strategic management process: Topic: Introduction 2) A small business's "aggregation of factors that sets it apart from its competitors" is its: Topic: Building a Competitive Advantage 3) How is the strategic planning process for small companies different from that for large Page Ref: 41 Topic: Building a Competitive Advantage 4) ________ focuses everyone's attention and efforts on the same target market
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type of report, so you need to use a paragraph format. You may use any style format for your references (MLA, APA, Turabian, or Chicago) but it is important to be consistent. Your papers will be read by other faculty in the College as part of our AACSB assessment program. List each question and provide your narrative below it. Keep in mind that some of the questions may require outside material and references. Make sure you provide correct citations to that material. Use 12 point font, normal 1.15
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