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1. Which of the following is NOT true about benchmark jobs?
These are jobs that are relatively easily defined.
These are the jobs that help a given organization to link itself with the outside world.
These are the jobs that actually exist in other organizations.
These are unique jobs.
2. What is the probability that less than 10 customers will arrive in 1 hour, when the mean arrival rate is 15 customers per hour and interarrival times are exponentially distributed? 0.0486 0.1185 0.0699 0.9301 0.8815
Choose the best answer. The “Ergonomic Guidelines for Manual Material Handling” help the user find approaches like:
A. Eliminating lifting from the floor and using simple transport devices like carts or dollies.
B. Using lift-assist devices like scissors lift tables or load levelers.
C. Using more sophisticated equipment like powered stackers, hoists, cranes, or vacuum assist devices.
D. Guiding your choice of equipment by analyzing and redesigning workstations and workflow.
E. All of the above. F. None of the above.
3. The pay level of employees in Galacticans is high due to its recruitment practice of hiring top talents in the market. Because the company only hires top talents in the market, it also has to keep the wage level high to retain these employees who are more likely to have good job offers from competitors. This is an example of ____________________________________.
customer intimacy strategy
vertical fit of HR practices
horizontal fit of HR practices
cost cutter strategy
4. What is the probability that less than 2 customers will arrive in 1 hour, when the mean arrival rate is 2 customers per hour, and interarrival times are exponentially distributed? 0.4060 0.6767 0.3233 0.5940 0.2707
5. What are the two things that you need to do to align business strategy and human resource management? (Select all that apply.)
Identify HR needs to successfully implement business strategy.
Plan and implement HR practices to fulfill HR needs.
Scan economical factors that can affect supply and demand of labor.
Make sure that the organization has a strong succession plan.