What are the three key elements of a strategic approach in HR management? Managers are not involved, employees are viewed as temporary, HRM is a reactive process All managers are involved in managing human resources, employees are viewed as assets, HRM is a matching process Only HR managers are involved, employees are viewed as costs, HRM is a static process HRM is a matching process, employees are viewed as liabilities, managers are not involved

All managers are involved in managing human resources, employees are viewed as assets, HRM is a matching process

Which organization initiates investigations in response to complaints concerning discrimination? Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Federal Trade Commission (FTC) National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

What term describes workers employed only on an as-needed basis, becoming a growing part of workforce strategy for many companies? Contractual Workers Gig Workers and Shadow Work Force Full-Time Employees Part-Time Employees

Gig Workers and Shadow Work Force

What does the 'Old Contract' between employee and employer typically include? Employee: temporary roles; Employer: project-based compensation Employee: flexibility; Employer: dynamic roles, innovative compensation Employee: high risk; Employer: minimal training, ad-hoc jobs Employee: job security; Employer: standard training, routine jobs, traditional compensation

Employee: job security; Employer: standard training, routine jobs, traditional compensation

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What are the three key elements of a strategic approach in HR management?

What is the design and application of formal systems to ensure the effective and efficient use of human talent to accomplish organizational goals?

What term describes the economic value of the combined knowledge, experience, skills, and capabilities of employees?

Which organization initiates investigations in response to complaints concerning discrimination?

What is the employment concept based on employee employability and personal responsibility rather than lifelong employment by an organization?

What hiring approach focuses managers on an applicant's job skills and performance rather than on educational credentials, appearance, or prior experience?

What term describes the strategy to make the organization seem like a highly desirable place to work?

What term describes workers employed only on an as-needed basis, becoming a growing part of workforce strategy for many companies?

What does the 'Old Contract' between employee and employer typically include?

What is the process of forecasting HR needs and the projected matching of individuals with expected vacancies?

What HR approach involves the organization and the individual attempting to match each other's needs, interests, and values?

What are employment tests designed to assess in candidates?

What is achieved when a manager creates a heterogeneous team made up of individuals with diverse characteristics?

What term describes attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner?

What is the belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group called?

What is the belief that groups and subcultures are inherently equal?

What is an environment called where the organization accommodates several subcultures, including employees who would otherwise feel isolated?

Who is a higher-ranking senior member of the organization committed to providing upward mobility and support to a protege's professional career?

What is an individual's belief that he or she is capable of performing a task called?

What is the tendency to draw a general impression about an individual based on a single characteristic?

What is the tendency to attribute others' behavior to their dispositions and our own behaviors to our situations?

What is the tendency for people to take personal credit for success but blame failure on external factors?

What is an individual's level of fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons?

What term describes the amount of information that can be transmitted during a communication episode?

What is communication that flows from lower to higher levels in an organization called?

What is the flow of information from higher to lower levels in the organization's hierarchy called?

What is a communication channel that flows within the chain of command called?

What is communication that flows among managers and workers who are at the same organizational level called?

What term describes improved performance on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others?

What is a team composed of a manager and subordinates in the formal chain of command called?

What is a team composed of employees from different functional areas of the organization called?

What is a team created outside the formal structure to undertake a project of special importance called?

What is a team consisting of multi-skilled employees who rotate jobs to produce an entire product or service called?

What is a small team focused on one aspect of a larger project with complete responsibility called?

What is a team composed of geographically and/or organizationally dispersed coworkers called?

What is a group made up of employees who come from different countries and whose activities span multiple countries called?

What is a team role in which an individual devotes personal time and energy to helping the team accomplish its activities?

What is a team role in which an individual provides support for team members' emotional needs?

What is the systematic process through which managers regulate organizational activities to meet planned goals?

What is a comprehensive management control system that balances traditional financial measures with other performance metrics?

What involves monitoring and influencing employee behavior through extensive use of rules and formal mechanisms?

What type of control fosters compliance with organizational goals through culture and group norms?

What involves the use of software algorithms to set targets and measure performance?

What is an organization-wide effort to infuse quality into every activity through continuous improvement?

What is the process by which a company compares its performance with that of high-performing organizations?

What quality control approach emphasizes a relentless pursuit of higher quality and lower costs?

What involves assigning dedicated personnel within a functional area to identify opportunities for improvement?

What is the implementation of a large number of small, incremental improvements in all areas of the organization?

What is a budgeting approach where each department starts from zero every year and must justify every item?

What budgeting approach involves imposing budgeted amounts on middle and lower-level managers?

What involves lower-level managers anticipating their department's budget needs and passing them up for approval?

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