Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Amjad has reached the age of full retirement, but he still wants to continue his job. Moreover, organization has not yet found any replacement to him. In such situation Amjad should pursue:

► Counseling to utilize his leisure time

► Search careers outside the company

► Psychological counseling to prepare for retirement

► Extension of current job within company (Correct)



Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the given objective is mainly focused during pre-retirement educational programs?

► Improve job satisfaction among senior staff

► Enhance employee performances through such concerns

► Prepare employees for their upcoming retired life (Correct)

► Minimize medical claims from retirees



Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

During which stage of socialization, employees successfully internalize the organizational norms & beliefs?



► Pre-arrival stage

► Encounter stage

► Metamorphosis stage (Correct)

► Post-retirement stage



Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

During which of the following interview, an interviewer asks probing and open-ended questions?



► Structured interview

► Unstructured interview (Correct)

► Formal interview

► Planned interview



Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is a process of attracting individuals on timely basis, in sufficient numbers and with appropriate qualifications, to apply for jobs with an organization?

► Selection



► Recruitment (Correct)



► Staffing



► Enrollment





Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following is a force by which personality traits (expertise) affects others’ behavior?

► Power

► Influence (Correct)

► Authority

► Command



Question No: 31 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following practice involves the selling off portions of the company and making severe staff reductions?

► Redesigning

► Restructuring (Correct)

► Organizational designing

► Reengineering



Question No: 32 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

People can be more productive while working in:

► Isolation

► Groups (Correct)

► Crowd

► None of the given options



Question No: 33 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The MOST common reason that an expatriate fails at an international assignment is _____.

► Incompetency

► Technical demands of the job

► Expense

► Family pressures (Correct)



Question No: 34 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Previous company records & customer satisfaction surveys may serve as a source for:

► Cultivating learning culture within the organization

► Determining deficiencies that require training page 97

► Developing career development plans for employees

► Identifying training outcomes through evaluation



Question No: 35 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The best hiring occurs when the goals of which of the following should consistent to each other?

► HR managers, Finance managers

► Head office, Branch

► Organization, Individual (Correct)

► Lower managers, Top managers



Question No: 36 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following is NOT the advantage of Workforce Diversity?

► Multiple perspectives

► Greater openness to new ideas

► Increased creativity and flexibility

► Decreased problem-solving skills (Correct)



Question No: 37 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Due to which of the following reason, subordinates may feel dissatisfied with their appraisal interviews?

► They feel threatened during the interview (Correct)

► They can influence the course of the interview

► Constructive interviewer is conducting the interview

► Their poor performance is being highlighted



Question No: 38 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the given solution served as the best one for reducing the problem of central tendency in performance appraisals?

► Rank employees

► Train supervisors to avoid it (Correct)

► Impose a distribution for performance

► Consider the purpose of the appraisal



Question No: 39 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Some supervisors, when filling in rating scales, tend to avoid the highs and lows on the scale and rate most people in the middle. This type of evaluation is said to be effected by:

► Stereotyping

► Central tendency (Correct)

► Strictness

► Leniency



Question No: 40 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

“Ongoing process of managing & evaluating both the behavior & outcomes in the workplace” is known as:

► Training & development

► Performance appraisal (Correct)

► Compensation management

► Job analysis



Question No: 41 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Employees' routine working is now being monitored through computers electronically; this trend has affected the Performance Appraisal (PA) system in which of the following manner?

► Development of PA on more frequent basis

► Enhanced importance of PA for employees

► PA have became more accurate & efficient one

► Human involvement is completely removed



Question No: 42 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

By what means, organizations show concerns for their employees and earn their commitment?

► Solely ensuring job security of employees

► Provide career development opportunities (Correct)

► Promise after retirement incentives only

► Offer stock options limited to senior employees



Question No: 43 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The frequency of conducting the performance appraisal depends on:

► Environmental challenges

► Training sessions

► Job analysis

► Organizational policies (Correct)



Question No: 44 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Evaluation method generally adopted by most of the educational institutes to evaluate the students’ academic performance is:

► Project based method (Correct)

► Focal point method

► Anniversary method

► Base timings method



Question No: 45 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following approach emphasizes the effect of psychological & social factors on employees’ performance?

► Scientific approach

► Rational approach



► Human relations approach



► Systematic approach





Question No: 46 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In Hawthorne studies which decisive factor was used in the variation of the workers’ performance?

► Safety measures



► Health condition



► Light variation



► Salary bonuses





Question No: 47 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following signifies a term “Task” as a component of an organization?

► Organizational HR



► Organizational hierarchy



► Mechanical process



► Existence purpose







Question No: 48 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which of the following abilities are categorized as the Technical skill of an individual?

► Judgment & creativity



► Analysis & communication



► Knowledge & proficiency (Correct)



► Innovation & advancement





Question No: 49 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Reactive approach to overcome the influence of discriminatory practices occurred in the past is referred as:

► Equal employment opportunity

► Affirmative action (Correct)

► HR planning

► Litigation process



Question No: 50 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The cognitive component consists of a person’s:

► Emotions

► Knowledge (Correct)

► Attitude

► Feelings



Question No: 51 ( Marks: 5 )

Yousaf has beaten his fellow employee for which his manager has dismissed him. Evaluate manager’s response in terms of ethical application of power.



Answer:

No employee is supposed to get physical with any of the colleagues. Manager’s decision was the extreme as he could have brought both employees together and tried to know the problem between them. I see this move as an unethical act by the manager.



Question No: 52 ( Marks: 10 )

What measures should be taken to limitize the union membership by employees? Explain each in detail.



Answer:





Question No: 53 ( Marks: 10 )

When do organizational people indulged themselves in organizational politics? Discuss any five factors in detail.



Answer:



Organizational politics are actions that allow people in organizations to attain goals without going through ceremonial channels. Whether political activities help or hurt the organization depends on whether the person's goals are steady with the organization's goals. In the impartial model of organizations, people are assumed to manage sensibly, based on clear information and well-defined goals.



There are few factors that result in political activities in an organization and are explained as under.



Changes in Leadership which changes conventional associations and processes can create an opportunity for increased political behavior.


Changes in Coordination and integration of organizational activities used to achieve common goals can also lead to an increase in political behavior.


Changes in any of the five contextual forces, i.e. environment, technology, strategy, culture, and structure, can generate uncertainty over resource allocation, leading to an increase in political behavior.


Blame & Integration. Blaming and attacking others to deflect attention from one's mistakes and using ingratiating behavior to gain favor are unethical and negative types of political actions.


Building Relationship. People develop relationships through coalitions, grouping, networks, and accommodating managerial linkages. Coalitions are relationships formed over specific issues. Alliances are general agreements of support among different individuals and groups; and networks are broad, loose support systems. Relationship building can either help or harm the organization.




Question No: 54 ( Marks: 10 )

In order to get advantage of each method, will it be a sensible decision to simultaneously apply all the four methods of job evaluation?



Answer:

Four methods of Job evaluation

1. Ranking Method: Raters examine the description of each job being evaluated and assemble the jobs according to their value to the corporation. This technique requires a team characteristically composed of both management and employee delegate to arrange job in a simple rank order from uppermost to lowest. The most noticeable restraint to the ranking method is its utter lack of ability to be managed when there are a large number of jobs.
2. Classification Method: A job evaluation method by which a number of classes or ratings are defined to explain a group of jobs is known as categorization method. The classifications are created by identifying some common denominator skills, knowledge, and responsibilities with the desired goal being the criterion of a number of distinctive classes or grades of jobs.
3. Factor Comparison Method Raters need not keep the entire job in mind as they evaluate instead, they make decisions on separate phases, or issues, of the job. A basic fundamental hypothesis is that there are five universal job factors: (1) Mental Requirements (2) Skills (3) Physical Requirements (4) Responsibilities 5) Working Conditions.
4. Point Method: Raters assign numerical values to specific job components, and the sum of these values provides a quantitative appraisal of a job’s relative significance. The point method requires selection of job factors according to the nature of the specific group of jobs being evaluated. After determining the group of jobs to be studied, analysts conduct job analysis and write job descriptions. Next, the analysts select and define the factors to be used in measuring job value and which become the standards used for the evaluation of jobs. Education, experience, job knowledge, mental effort, physical effort, responsibility, and working conditions are examples of factors typically used. http://ping.fm/vUccD