Staffing Organization BUS 3350
The process of acquiring, deploying, and retaining a workforce of sufficient quantity and quality to create positive impacts on the organization’s effectiveness is called ________.
A. staffing
B. recruitment
C. selection
D. placement
A. staffing
Which of the following statements is true regarding staffing?
A. The organization is the only active player in the staffing process.
B. The staffing process is composed of a series of interrelated parts including recruitment, selection, decision making and job offers.
C. The staffing process should only be viewed from the perspective of the individual (line) manager.
D. None of the above
B. The staffing process is composed of a series of interrelated parts including recruitment, selection, decision making and job offers.
The process that involves the placement of new hires on the actual job they will hold is called ___________.
A. acquisition
B. deployment
C. retention
D. none of the above
B. deployment
The purpose of retention systems is to __________.
A. attract qualified applicants to job openings in the organization
B. establish a good person-job match
C. manage the flow of employees out of the organization
D. establish a good person-organization match
C. manage the flow of employees out of the organization
Staffing systems exist, and should ultimately be used, to __________.
A. ensure that day-to-day operations run smoothly
B. ensure that procedural, transactional, and routine activities are accomplished
C. reduce costs regardless of the effects on quality or quantity
D. contribute to the attainment of organizational goals such as survival, profitability, and growth
D. contribute to the attainment of organizational goals such as survival, profitability, and growth
According to the staffing quantity model, an organization will be __________ when availabilities exceed requirements.
A. fully staffed
B. understaffed
C. overstaffed
D. none of the above
C. overstaffed
The staffing quantity model uses _________ to determine whether a condition of being overstaffed, fully staffed, or understaffed exists.
A. projected staffing requirements
B. projected staffing availabilities
C. projected economic trends
D. A and B are both needed
D. A and B are both needed
Which of the following are portions of person-job match?
A. Jobs are characterized by their requirements.
B. Jobs are characterized by their embedded rewards.
C. Individuals are characterized by their level of qualification and motivation.
D. All of the above.
D. All of the above.
Which of the following statements is false regarding person-job match?
A. Jobs are characterized by their requirements and embedded rewards.
B. Individuals are characterized by their level of qualification.
C. Organizational culture is an important aspect of person-job match.
D. Individuals can be characterized by their motivation levels.
C. Organizational culture is an important aspect of person-job match.
The person/job match model says that there must be a match between _______.
A. job requirements with KSAOs and job rewards with individual motivation
B. job requirements and individual motivation
C. KSAOs and individual motivation
D. none of the above
A. job requirements with KSAOs and job rewards with individual motivation
Regarding the person/job match model, _______.
A. staffing is only concerned with the job requirements-KSAO portion of the match
B. job requirements should be expressed in terms of only tasks involved and not KSAOs
C. It applies only to tasks that have been identified and written down
D. none of the above are correct
D. none of the above are correct
In terms of the person/organization match ________.
A. the “organization” includes only tasks to be performed that are written down as part of the job description
