Answers the question given below related to the topic "Retention Initiatives: Discharge"
True / False Questions
65. Performance management systems enable organizations to ensure that an initial person/job match yields an effectively performing employee.
True False
66. One recommendation for an effective performance appraisal or management system is that appraisal criteria should be job-related, specific, and communicated in advance to the employee.
True False
67. Performance management systems are used primarily to detect individuals whose performance is unsatisfactory and should be terminated.
True False
68. Poor task performance is the result of insufficient ability, knowledge, skills, or motivation.
True False
69. In progressive discipline, termination is seen as a viable early option to avoid having to work through a potentially fruitless cycle of improving a low-ability worker.
True False
70. Employee termination is the final step in progressive discipline, and ideally it would never be necessary.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
71. As assessment of employee success in reaching goals, ratings of competencies, and suggestions for improvement are all part of _____.
A. performance planning
B. performance appraisal
C. performance execution
D. progressive discipline
72. Recommendations for the effective design and use of a performance appraisal or management system include that ____________.
A. evaluations should be in writing
B. the employee should receive timely feedback about the evaluation and an explanation for any outcome decision
C. there should be agreement among different raters in their evaluation of the employee's performance
D. all of the above
73. ______ includes the completion of job tasks that are specifically included in the job description.
A. Citizenship
B. Task performance
C. (Low) Counterproductivity
D. All of the above
74. Which of the following is not a part of normal progressive discipline?
A. Give employees notice of the rules of conduct
B. Provide employees with alternative employment if performance problems persist
C. Allow for full investigation of alleged employee misconduct
D. Give employees the right to appeal a decision
75. Which of the following is an example of a major employee offense?
A. sabotage
B. theft
C. drug/alcohol abuse at work
D. all of the above
76. The typical penalty for a first major offense by an employee is _____________.
A. suspension or discharge
B. written reprimand
C. verbal reprimand
D. none of the above
Retention Initiatives: Downsizing
True / False Questions
77. Discharge turnover targets groups of employees and is also known as reduction in force. (RIF).
True False
78. Data shows dramatic decreases in organizational stock price following a downsizing, especially if the downsizing organization restructures assets during downsizing.
True False
79. Research shows that downsizing has negative impacts on employee morale and health, workgroup creativity and communication, and workforce quality.
True False
80. No-layoff policies cannot be implemented effectively by organizations.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
81. One problem that has been shown to accompany downsizing is _____.
A. increased payroll costs
B. decreases in employee health and motivation
C. most companies fail to downsize sufficiently
D. insufficient attention to issues of seniority
82. Which of the following is the most commonly pursued alternative to layoffs for reducing staffing levels?
A. Attrition
B. Retraining
C. Benefits reductions
D. Job sharing
83. In many cases, the post-layoff environment for those who remain is marked by _____.
A. reductions in trust of management
B. stress among those who remain
C. reductions in workforce quality
D. all of the above
Legal Issues
True / False Questions
84. Legal experts usually advise organizations to avoid documenting performance problems because the "paper trail" is likely to just lead to problems in court.
True False
Multiple Choice Questions
85. From a legal standpoint, if performance appraisal information is to be used in the retention management and termination process for an organization, the organization needs to ensure that the information is _____.
A. organizationally relevant
B. sufficiently general to cover a variety of situations
C. communicated in advance to the employee
D. all of the above