BBA HR Management Basics — practice questions
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Practice BBA HR Management Basics in the app →In the simplest terms, staffing means:In a new enterprise, the staffing function follows:A firm avoids overmanning and idle staff. This benefit of staffing is:As a firm grows, a separate department of people specialists is formed, called the:Assessing how many and what type of people are needed for the work is:Searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply is:Shifting an employee from one department to another without a big change in status is a:Shifting an employee to a higher position with more pay and responsibility is a:Relying only on internal recruitment risks stopping the infusion of new blood, a danger called:Casual workers hired on the spot at the factory gate for daily wages are recruited by:Colleges and management institutes as a hiring source are known as:Government-run offices that link job seekers with employers are:Which is a limitation of external sources of recruitment?Identifying and choosing the best person from among prospective candidates is:The first step in the selection process is:A test that measures a person's capacity to learn new skills is an:A test that measures the skills a candidate already possesses is a:Tests that probe emotions, reactions and value system are:A formal, in-depth conversation to judge an applicant's suitability is the:The step that comes after the selection decision but before the job offer is the:Introducing a new employee to colleagues and to the rules of the firm is:Evaluating an employee's current performance against predetermined standards is:Something that prompts a person to release energy in a certain direction is called:The gap between what is and what is required is a:The mechanical engineer called the father of scientific management was:Workers at one plant produced more simply because they felt singled out for attention. This is the:The professor invited to study the workers at the Hawthorne plant was:The theorist who proposed a hierarchy of five human needs was:At the base of that hierarchy sit which needs?The level immediately above the base of that hierarchy is:The need at the very top of that hierarchy is:A manager who assumes people dislike work and must be directed closely follows:A manager who assumes people will seek responsibility and can be trusted follows:The approach combining United States and Japanese business practices is called:The researcher who asked what people really want from their work experience was:Intrinsic job elements that lead to worker satisfaction are called:Extrinsic elements of the work environment that cannot themselves motivate are:Herzberg concluded that good working conditions keep people at a job but:A theory holding that satisfaction depends on how fairly workers feel treated against coworkers is:A theory saying action depends on belief that it brings an outcome the person values is:A theory holding that intending to work toward a goal is itself a main source of motivation is:A theory saying people act because they know certain consequences follow is:Increasing the number and variety of tasks a person performs is:Increasing an employee's autonomy, responsibility and decision-making authority is:A supervisor rates almost every employee in a narrow middle band. This error is:A supervisor who marks everyone very high, regardless of work, shows:An employee rated above average on one factor is then rated the same on every factor. This is the:A supervisor judging a whole year mainly on last month's work commits:A manager recalling only the incidents that fit what she already believes shows:Managers naturally favouring people who resemble them shows:Letting a personal like or dislike shape a rating is described as:To reduce rating errors, each factor on the form should represent:Vague terms like 'average' should be avoided on rating forms because different evaluators:Raters are advised to observe subordinates regularly through the period and to:Keeping the number of people one rater evaluates reasonable matters because rating fatigue:The most popular method of evaluation used in organisations is the:A serious drawback of that popular method is that it is open to:A method where supervisors record examples of unusually good or poor behaviour is the:A scale whose points are described by concrete behaviours is called a:A drawback of that behaviour-anchored method is that a separate version is needed for:The method where employee and supervisor jointly set goals for the coming year is:Goals set under that method are described as being stated in:Reducing appraisal errors matters mainly because it makes the information:A manager who is overly strict with every subordinate is committing which error?The halo effect is described as arising when managers hold a view of an employee that is overly:How many common sources of error in appraisal systems are listed?