1. Which statement exemplifies effective performance management?

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The manager sets specific goals for individual team members, and supports and monitors their progress.

Inter-related peer groups meet regularly to review progress toward shared goals and outcomes.

Employees self-report their goals and give themselves high ratings for progress every few months.

The manager throws an annual party to celebrate team members survival of company politics.

2. Which of these is NOT one of the nine HR competencies?

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hiring

communication

consultation

relationship management

3. Which statement about diversity in a corporate culture is NOT true?

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Corporate diversity involves developing sensitivity to other cultures when interacting with the international market.

Corporate diversity refers to gender, age, race, background, and talents within an organization.

Corporate diversity refers as much to current diversity within the organization as its plans to increase diversity through recruitment.

Corporate diversity stems from increasing employment of workers from multiple ethnicities and legal compliance with rules for hiring them.

4. Domestic HR and international HR have some key differences, as HR managers must take on different responsibilities. What is an additional responsibility that may come with international HR?

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relocation services

all of these answers

coordination of salaries in multiple currencies

taxation

5. The overall costs for an employee who is based at an international site _____.

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require international medical coverage, which costs less than in the US

are almost exactly the same as being based at home

require about two thirds of the home expenses due to reduced costs

are about three to five times the cost of being based at home

6. Which statement exemplifies effective performance management?

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The manager sets specific goals for individual team members, and supports and monitors their progress.

Inter-related peer groups meet regularly to review progress toward shared goals and outcomes.

Employees self-report their goals and give themselves high ratings for progress every few months.

The manager throws an annual party to celebrate team members survival of company politics.

7. Action research is an effective strategy to address teams who may not be functioning well. What might this involve?

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Leadership meets to select model sites, collect information on successful learning plans, and write and implement a plan from these model sites.

A consultant meets with managers to determine the main areas of concern, then jointly develops and reviews improvement plans over time.

A management team consisting of the leaders of each key organizational group meets to develop and implement a detailed learning plan for each group.

All employees within the organization are formed into new groups, each meet to develop a learning plan for a different topic.

8. HR strategy should mirror the company's business strategy. Which is a good example of this parallel?

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Oversee the hiring of new personnel and direct their needs to their own managers, while providing training in new tools.

Take the leadership role in all decision-making and oversee the implementation of all key institutional goals.

Plan for major changes in company direction by considering implications for developing staff and managing leadership transitions.

Maintain an image of HR as an agency whose major purpose is to correct and prevent internal issues by monitoring departmental activities.