Examine and analyze the short statements below. Answer each statement if True or False, explaining why, giving detailed reasons and justifications. If the statement could be either True or False in different conditions, explain that. Apply the course and link the concepts/processes/practices that you have learnt in the related sessions while elaborating your answers. Write at least two paragraphs for the answer to each statement. Give examples to illustrate your understanding and application of the concepts.

Weight 20%. See Rubrics Section. While answering, do not copy the statement, just write the statement number and your response. Write in your own words. Plagiarism will lead to a zero grade. No late submissions or resubmissions.

New employees only require Orientation and Socialization while existing employees only require Training & Development.

Competencies include the know-how and skills required to do a job. Employees develop their attitudes and behaviors themselves during their childhood and education years.

TNA and Training & Development is done to improve the competencies of employees so that they can meet their current job targets.

Career Planning benefits the employee and charts out a plan for an employees career development and progression. Career Planning has no benefit to the organization itself.

Through Performance Management we can measure the performance of an employee on the job and determine the rewards, but we cannot use Performance Management to redesign jobs or identify organizational problems.

In Performance Management we measure both the output of an employee as well as the behavior of the employee.

21^st Century organizations should have only three categories of employees in their Performance Bell Curve Outstanding, Performing and Partially Performing. The company should make every effort to retain the Partially Performing employees even if their performance is not up to the mark.

Only the supervisor should do the performance rating. We should not use multiple sources for rating the performance of an employee.

Total Rewards only includes Compensation and Benefits.

The objective of Compensation is to reward employees based on their performance. The organization has no other objective of compensation.

Companies can only give the legally required benefits and cannot give additional voluntary benefits even if the employees want them and the company has the budget for it.

Good Employee relations practices improve employee productivity as well as assisting the organization in meeting its strategic objectives and lowering employment costs.

If two employees have a fight and injure themselves, the manager should dismiss both employees immediately without conducting an investigation or reporting the matter to the police as it is a serious case of indiscipline.

If an employee achieving 125% of the targets is undisciplined, the indiscipline should be condoned.

When an employer does not have just cause for dismissal, reasonable notice or compensation in lieu of notice is required.

When companies use automation and artificial intelligence in their operations, jobs could be reduced but some jobs could be upgraded too.

Senior management jobs do not require many benefits as their pay and allowances are already quite high.

Benefits given to an employee as part of compensation cover only the employee and do not cover family members.

For employees, the relationship with their supervisor is more important than their compensation.

SMART Goals cannot be made for all types of jobs.