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Jim, a 23 years old factory worker, was seriously injured when a hammer fell on his head while he was at his work station. Jim hadn’t worn his safety helmet at the time of the accident even though the safety rules of the company necessitate the use of safety helmets at all times.
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Organization-centered career planning requires an individual employee to take charge of his/her career and chart a path of advancement through his/her organization.
In an effort to decrease turnover and increase management development capabilities, organizations are using specialized education for executives.
A. A clever participant can cheat in the tests and get an undeserved high management potential rating.
D. Capabilities learned in development may not apply to the employee's current job.
D. Some key variables such as leadership can't be measured with tests alone.
A fitness center is planning to invest in a specialized exercise equipment. This equipment is highly effective, but the club members could be injured if the equipment is not used correctly. The fitness center is sends its exercise instructors to a certified training program to learn how to use these machines correctly.
Cross training occurs when: people are trained to do more than one job. Managers learn by behavior modeling, which involves: imitating the behavior of their own managers. Cole, the director of training for a manufacturer of heavy equipments, is designing a training program for new sales representatives.
Assessment centers can be used to assess small groups of people at relatively the same time.
Validity - Overall, assessment center scores do a good job predicting occupational success (i.e., they have a high degree of criterion-related validity ), but the level of predictive validity can vary depending on the purpose of the assessment, the extent of assessor training, and the assessment methods used (See Gaugler, Rosenthal, Thornton & Bentson, 1987); Generally, there is little evidence assessment centers provide useful information about the relative strengths and weaknesses of a given individual. So while assessment centers are highly useful for making selection decisions, they are less useful for providing comprehensive developmental feedback
Organization-centered career planning requires an individual employee to take charge of his/her career and chart a path of advancement through his/her organization.
In an effort to decrease turnover and increase management development capabilities, organizations are using specialized education for executives.
A. A clever participant can cheat in the tests and get an undeserved high management potential rating.
D. Capabilities learned in development may not apply to the employee's current job.
D. Some key variables such as leadership can't be measured with tests alone.