Training can help convey to employees how their competitive environment is changing and why their ...

Training can help convey to employees how their competitive environment is changing and why their own behaviors need to be altered.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 2

Buying involves injecting the organization with new employees who possess the desired set of competencies.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

Question 3

A making approach to human resource development implies developing the needed new set of competencies and behaviors in current employees.
 
  It assumes that employees are both capable of and motivated to acquire and utilize new skills and engage in new behaviors.

Question 4

____________ refers to an awareness of the forces demanding strategic renewal and change and the options available to the organization in response to those forces.
 
  a. Knowledge component
  b. Skill development
  c. Management development
  d. Behavioral development
  e. none of the above

Question 5

In succession planning, focusing on fast track managers is a good approach because:
 
  a. fast trackers are known to have skills associated with future performance
  b. fast trackers have passed all of the written and behavioral tests
  c. fast trackers are committed to staying with the company who invests in them
  d. fast trackers come from the outside so they have fresh ideas
  e. none of the above

Question 6

Evaluating employees is important because:
 
  a. it provides an assessment of human assets in the firm.
  b. it identifies the gap between current and future skill needs.
  c. it identifies poor performers and potential leaders.
  d. it targets required T&D efforts.
  e. all of the above

Question 7

Self-appraisal and data from multiple sources can increase the ____________ and ____________ of performance feedback
 
  a. validity; reliability
  b. cost; timeliness
  c. validity; effectiveness
  d. timeliness; effectiveness

Question 8

Engagement, explanation and expectation clarity are 3 factors that contribute to:
 
  a. removal and replacement.
  b. fair process.
  c. effective employee selection.
  d. mutual engagement.
  e. succession planning

Question 9

Questions such as, Give me an example of a work-related problem that you had to deal with or talk about a recent group experience you had at work and the role that you played are examples of which type of interviews?
 
  a. behavioral simulations
  b. paper-and-pencil tests
  c. behaviorally anchored interviews
  d. human interaction tests
  e. communication skill tests