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The performance management system at the Proton Corporation has been carefully designed to assess all of the relevant dimensions of performance for jobs in the company. Based on this, it can be said that this performance management system possesses reliability. strategic congruence. acceptability. specificity. validity. HR leaders and senior management at the ANOVA Corporation engaged in the HR planning process by forecasting labor supply and demand, seeking to predict a labor surplus or shortage. The next step in the human resource planning process is forecasting. goal-setting. program implementation. program evaluation. groupthink. The performance management system at the Proton Corporation has been carefully designed to assess all of the relevant dimensions of performance for jobs in the company. Based on this, it can be said that this performance management system possesses reliability. strategic congruence. acceptability. specificity. validity. The performance management method used by the Sting Ray Corporation uses a set of performance criteria that clarify the performance expectations for various jobs in the company. This is an example of a performance management method that possesses reliability. validity. specificity. acceptability. strategic congruence. Bettina Moore and Laurel Bell, two managers at the Williamson Corporation, were sharing their thoughts on the upcoming performance review process. Laurel shared that she feels the system is not perfect; rather it is basically a fair approach for evaluating her job performance. Based on this, it can be said that Laurel possesses acceptance of the performance management system. True False Question 42 (2 points) Compared to transformational labor relations, the traditional approach is likely to be associated with: higher productivity. greater worker autonomy. more shop-floor cooperation. higher costs. better product quality. Compared to traditional labor relations, transformational labor relations are associated with lower productivity. greater control over workers. more shop-floor cooperation. higher costs. lower product quality. Question 44 (2 points) Cliff Dennis works as an autoworker in a production unit at the Mojo Corporation, and he is a member of an industrial union. When the workload increased and he lost his work-life balance, he simply left the organization to work in another that has fewer demands. As a member of a union, Cliff followed the mechanism. checkoff closed shop negotiation You have been hired as an HR consultant by senior management at the North wind Corporation to advise them on labor relations issues. They ask you to educate them about the traditional and transformational labor relations. What would you say to them? Transformational labor relations result in lower productivity than does the traditional approach. Workers have greater autonomy in the transformational approach than in the traditional approach. There is less feedback in the transformational approach than in the traditional approach. In the transformational approach product quality is lower than the quality observed in the traditional approach. The costs in the transformational approach are greater than those involved in the traditional approach. One of the key roles of Jeremy Smith, the chief human resource officer (CHRO) at the KXT Corporation, is identifying present and future talent gaps in the company's workforce. This role is called a talent architect. True False Question 47 (2 points) Activities focused on identifying workforce morale issues pertain to the role of a chief human resource officer (CHRO) being the leader of the HR function. True False Which of the key roles of the chief HR officer entails engaging in activities with external stakeholders such as lobbying and speaking to outside groups? representative of the firm talent architect workforce sensor leader of HR strategic advisor