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A U.S. Based manufacturing company has decided to expand overseas to South Korea. Which of the following is an example of environmental scanning ?
During the organization of a union, it's possible that the union will gain recognition from the management. The management is then obliged to give the NLRB a list of employees who are eligible to vote in the unionization election. What is the name of the list of such employees called?
As an HR Professional you must address risk in the work place. There are two general categories of risk: pure risk and business risk. Which one of the following is an example of pure risk?
Which of the following is a measure of recruiting effectiveness in the long term?
Which of the following are established by Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose three.
As a HR Professional you must be familiar with several different lawsuits and their affect on human resource practices today. What did the Regents of the University of California versus Bakke lawsuit primarily accomplish?
You have just hired a job candidate for a position in your company. You are now required by the Immigration and Control Act of 1986, to complete an employment eligibility form to verify the new employee's eligibility to work in the United States. Within how many days must you complete this form?
There are seven stages of internal consulting that an HR Professional must be familiar with. Consider this scenario: Frances has developed an HR training plan for her organization. The plan is comprehensive, aggressive, and will provide organizational development for all levels of employees in the company. Frances is presenting her plan to her organization's management. What level of internal consulting is Fran participating in?
Which one of the following presents the seven stages of internal consulting in the correct order?
According to Black and Mendenhall, which of the following factors is NOT a function of the individual that determines the degree of adjustment required in order to adapt to a new environment?
The HR Director of a multinational, U.S.-based company is proposing a staffing plan where foreign offices are staffed with as local nationals as possible instead of expatriates. Which of the following are NOT business justifications for this proposal?
Which of the following is NOT a potential reason for geographic differentials in pay?
A U.S. based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since the Greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher priority engineering projects and trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited manages in Bangalore.
Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business in the U.S. by adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the corporation in the mid-term. The project is still in the phase of identifying specifications and developing milestones, where the engineering management team is working closely with the product manager. The management team understand that is must create an international assignment program to have this project run smoothly. The team believes that extended business travel would be the most appropriate program.
In order t confirm their belief, the HR manager does extensive research. The analysis shows that extended business travel will result in $10,000,000 additional revenue in the first year and $5,000,000 additional revenue in the second year due to the customization of the product to customer demand. The cost of the program is $400,000 initial investment plus a variable cost of $100,000 per year. What is the break-even point？
In the European Union, many multinational companies have Work Councils that are created to protect workers interests. A company with 50 employees working across the EU has decided to create a Work Councils Recently, a court has fined the corporation for laying off 10% of the employee population in one of its E.U sites without discussing it with its Work Councils. Which of the following reasons represents the PRIMARY rationale for why this occurred?
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 identifies an individual with a disability, as a person who has one or more of the following characteristics except for which one?
Robert is the HR Professional for a construction company. He's working with several site managers to communicate the requirements of OSHA reporting. Robert wants to convey the requirements of OSHA's reporting for work-related injuries. Which one of the following is the OSHA definition of a work-related injury?
As an HR Professional you should be familiar with the terminology, practices, and rules governing union-based strikes. An organization utilizes union labor and non-union labor in their operations. The union goes on a strike; so the organization shifts work to the non-union labor to offset the effects of the strike. If the union labor decides to picket the operations of the non-union labor, what term is assigned to this process?
Holly and Gary are HR Professionals in their organization and they're working to develop the strategic plan for their organization. Holly and Gary are using SWOT analysis to help understand the needs of human, financial, technological, capital, and other aspects of their organization. What is SWOT?
OSHA may inspect a workplace at any time. The purpose of these inspections is to maintain safety for all workers. OSHA has established five priorities for workplace inspections. Which one of the following statements is the correct order of most important OSHA priorities to least important OSHA priorities?
Your organization has created an affirmative action plan which includes an internal audit and reporting system. According to the Department of Labor there are four actions which should be included in the internal audit and reporting system to be effective. Which of the following is not one of the Department of Labor recommended actions for the internal audit and reporting system?
Which of the following is NOT A measurement technique that measures the effectiveness of an internal process?
Kelly's organization has posted a new job opening for their organization. This job opening is for a woman to be the restroom attended, for all women's restrooms and locker rooms, in their organization. Kelly believes, however, that the requirement for the applicant to be a female is a violation of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Which one of the following is the best answer for this scenario?
A U.S. Based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalire, India. Four years have passed since greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher priority engineering projects and has trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited managers in Bangalore.
Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business by adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the corporation in the mid-term. However,the site still lacks technical knowledge in a particular area. Which of the following types of international assignments is the most appropriate in order to fill this knowledge gap ?
You are assisting a highly talented engineering architect in repatriation after a short-term international assignment in Bangalore, India After are re-entry, there are no appropriate positions available in the organization at headquarters. Which of the following goals is NOT a potential goal for redeploying this individual?
Which of the following type of listening is occurring when a person is thinking. “Robert has some legitimate points about the importance of quality and its importance in the company’s growth” while listening to a ISO-9001 training session?
You are the HR Professional for your organization. You have just hired a new employee for your company. What form are you and the newly hired employee required to complete to show the employee's identity and eligibility to work in the United States?
A gap analysis is performed to measure the skill gap between current executives and the type of executives in order to have a truly global workforce. Which of the following analysis techniques does this measure utilize?
Your organization has a no-solicitation rule in effect for all employees. How does this rule affect the internal organization of unions?
An organization has decided to utilize a geographic organizational structure. It has several offices throughout Europe and one office in Asia, in particular, in Shenzhen, China. Although the European offices are very well integrated into headquarters, the office in China has been running fairly independently. Of the locations, this office has been the most resistant to expatriates entering and to developing local talent, In fact, headquarters suspects that most of the hiring and promotions have been based on nepotism. Which of the following gaps does the China office NOT exhibit in this scenario?
Your organization will be using the factor comparison technique in their evaluations of job performance. You need to communicate what the factor comparison technique accomplishes as you're the HR Professional for your organization. Which of the following best describes the factor comparison technique?
A corporation decides to pursue a participative management style in order to make improvements in their operational efficiencies. Which of the following processes is the organization utilizing in order to achieve their strategic goal?
Mike is the HR Professional for his organization and he's documenting the relationship of contractors and employees in the organization. Mike is focusing on the control aspects as provided by the Internal Revenue Service. What aspect of the contractor control aspect is best described as how the business pays the worker?
The GHF Corporation is looking to hire four software developers. The average pay for software developers, with the desired skill set, is $76,000. The GHF Corporation believes that by offering $80,000 for the starting salary they'll attract better performers than their competitors. What is this scenario an example of?
A company has been utilizing expatriates from headquarters to fill skill gaps internationally. However, the international assignees have been having problems building trust locally. In addition, the costs to maintain these assignments have been exorbitant. Given the current circumstances, which of the following resource groups may be a better alternative to staffing for future or to fill the international assignment positions in the long term?
Which of the following are non-monetary rewards that a company can provide to its employees?
TESTED 06 May 2024