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Scenario C: Tidewater, Inc., requires its job applicants to take a test that measures their vocabulary and numerical skills. For specific jobs, the company also requires its applicants to perform a sample of the job. Before implementing the tests, the management analyzes how well the test actually correlates and predicts job performance. When Tidewater needed to downsize, the company helped employees who were laid off to get placed in other organizations, and immediate supervisors talked to the employees about the reasons for their dismissal.
The company helped employees get placed in other organizations after being laid off. This is an example of
A) expatriation.
B) vertical integration.
C) benchmarking.
D) outsourcing.
E) outplacement.
Scenario A. Everyday Fashions Corp. is a clothing manufacturer. It has marketing, production, and finance departments, with a manager who heads each of the departments. Beatrice, the CEO, distributes the various organizational tasks to each manager by assigning authority and responsibility. Each manager has ten subordinates who are required to report to him or her. Each department works on its set of tasks in the organization. Beatrice is the top manager, followed by the department heads, and lastly the supervisors. All the managers are accountable to Beatrice alone.
Based on the description given in Scenario A, it can be understood that Everyday Fashions Corp. has a ________ span of control.
A) wide
B) tall
C) narrow
D) horizontal
E) vertical
A failure of ________ can result in products going out of stock and consumers choosing alternatives.
A) rightsizing
B) logistics
C) six sigma
D) processing
E) kaizen
Helios, Inc., is a new startup specializing in retrofitting existing commercial buildings with affordable solar energy panels. The company is growing quickly and needs to fill about 20 junior and senior staff positions over the next few months. Their main goals at this stage are to increase brand awareness and to maximize the return on the time they invest in recruiting candidates. They also want the hiring process to be cost effective. Finally, they are looking to attract non-traditional candidates, not necessarily only those with business and science backgrounds. The founders, Brianna, Nick, and Vinh, meet with team mangers to discuss the best strategy for locating outstanding new hires. Which option makes the most sense given their current goals and restrictions?
A) posting a job ad on the company's Facebook page to alert people to the various openings
B) attending the local university's career fair, which will yield a large pool of educated job-seekers
C) taking out ads on several online job boards like Indeed.com, Monster.com, and GlassDoor
D) using LinkedIn to search for potential candidates and then contacting those people directly
E) having current employees network among their contacts and make qualified referrals
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