19 formats ask the supervisors to make judgments about an employee's performance based solely on performance standards. In this way the HR manager cannot do any comparison or benchmarking * 5 points Relative judgment O Performance appraisal Absolute judgment Performance tools 1 points 20. Ineffective training is very widespread due to many factors. Many of these factors are beyond control and others can be better utilized. Training is effective only When company morale is high. During times of economic downturn. When it is focused on areas that are controllable by employees. When it is costlier than the problem itself. 5 points 17. You want to use an organizational assessment tool to evaluate an employee's ability to handle certain situations specific to the job and to test for key skills. Your best choice of an assessment tool would be O a performance appraisal review. an assessment center. O a psychological profile. O an interests inventory. 18. Marcus is trying to encourage his employees to think and plan for their s points future careers. He's concerned, however, that he might create or feed unrealistic expectations. Marcus is most likely trying to answer which of the following questions? * How does one meet the needs of a diverse workforce? How much career hasis is enough? Whose goals should be met those of the organization or the individual? Who's responsible for career development? 3 pointa 15. Tasks that require rehearsing, working from a remote location, or visualizing objects or processes not usually available, are most effectively trained with role play, off-site. computer-based training. O virtual reality. O a simulation 5 points 16. Jermaine is a retail associate at a music warehouse. He has recently received a booklet from management that outlines the qualifications and experience he needs to have in order to advance within the company. It shows different alternatives and jobs that he could fill in the future depending on the areas in which he wishes to train and specialize. Jermaine is probably reading a O career workbook skills inventory O career path chart. job posting book k4THw/formResponse 13. You are reviewing the performance appraisal conducted by your 7 points middle managers. You notice that Carrie tends to give each employee the same score across all dimensions of the evaluation. For example, Brian's scores all are in the average range while Karl's all tend to be in the excellent range, even though you know that each man has done very well on some and very poorly on some of the dimensions. Brian and Karl's evaluations exhibit a halo error. . O leniency error. O severity error. central tendency error. 5 pointe 14. You are reviewing various ways to deliver EEO law training to about 400 managers. Managers need exposure to the material, and consistency of delivery is your key concern. Your best choice is the use of delivery o role play a simulation slides O lecture 11. Your CEO is considering the use of a relative judgment system for your 5 points company's performance appraisal program. She asks you about the disadvantages of such a system, and it would be most appropriate for you to state that such systems O fail to measure job-relevant behavior. O provide unclear performance feedback to employees. O are costly and time consuming. rely too much on employee competencies. 12. Tortes and Cakes Corporation (TCC) is redesigning its work processes 6 points and wants to tap into the new work technology. Most of the computer programs the firm needs are quite complex. but TCC wants to computerize the entire business within 18 months. Which of the following would be most appropriate for TCC? O Training o Development Diversity development Team training