HCAD 710 EXAM 2023
succession planning - Correct answer-preparing single, designated successor
career planning - Correct answer-preparing several
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All - Correct answer-All/Some companies should partake in succession planning
CEO & management - Correct answer-positions that use succession planning
1) set succession plan development in motion & direct governing body/board until plan
operational
2) provides input on CEO selection - Correct answer-roles of CEO for succession
planning
1) works with CEO, but has final accountability
2) actually selects new CEO - Correct answer-roles of board of directors for succession planning
internal hires - Correct answer-traditionally done by for-profit sector selection b/c
maintains financial stability
external hires - Correct answer-hiring someone from outside organization; maintaining
financial stability difficult (6-12 months to regain)
lead time - Correct answer-begin 4-5 yrs before CEO expected to step down; begin w/in
1 yr of hiring new CEO
saves money, maintains leadership continuity - Correct answer-pros for lead time
loses money; takes 6-12 months for finances to regain - Correct answer-cons for not
doing lead time
search firms = 40% annual salary - Correct answer-cost of recruiting
1) negligent hiring can lead to defamation
2) unemployment costs - Correct answer-cost of employee turnover
1) provides HR with approved personnel req (replacement)
2) provides HR with accurate job description
-- (HR gets candidates)
3) select candidates from those provided by HR
4) interviews
-- HR offers job - Correct answer-manager role in soliciting candidates, interviewing, & hiring employees
best done through single HR - Correct answer-how best to check references
done by facts & from file; specific # - Correct answer-how best to share information with
other employers
strictly from file; specific # instances; centrally addressed (same person/dept) - Correct
answer-how best to record request
interview best prospects; 2-5 applicants; person primarily/directly supervise serve as
primary interviewer & make hiring choice - Correct answer-how best to conduct
interview
print & media advertising
networking
job fairs
recruiting trips
search firms - Correct answer-recruiting in high employment
(sellers market) internships moving expenses
assist spouses in finding employment signing bonuses
finders fee/bounty = employee referral program
pay off student loans - Correct answer-recruiting in low employment
spoils system = officials aware friends with government jobs - Correct answer-history of
civil service system (CSS)
CSS hiring - Correct answer-civil service examination = top 3
CSS firing - Correct answer-layoffs - involuntary separation b/c of lack of funding, lack of
work, or job abolishment; done with retention formula (seniority & performance eval)
CSS advancement - Correct answer-post new positions internally 1st
CSS discipline - Correct answer-oral & written most common; more severe = reduction
in position, suspension, reduction in pay, or removal; main causes = incompetence,
inefficiency, dishonesty, drunk, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous
treatment in public, neglect of duty
1) slow processes
2) position & classification system (positions, not people, are classified)
3) civil service exam - Correct answer-how CSS different from private business
legal questions for interview - Correct answer-1) are you 18 y/o
2) any medical/physical/mental impairment might interfere with ability to perform specified job duties
3) have worked for organization under different name
4) place of residence & how long been there
5) citizen of US & whether intend to become citizen
6) speak fluently & write in foreign language
7) ask about academic, vocational, or professional education & public/private schools attended 8) experience
9) names of relatives already employed with organization
10) military experience
11) if ever convicted of crime
illegal questions for interview - Correct answer-1) race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, marital status, birth control practices
2) nature of disability
3) place of birth of applicant or their family
4) picture requirement
5) ask if parents or spouse US citizen
6) native language or how learned foreign language
7) emergency contact
8) military discharge
9) if ever arrested
10) list of clubs
discharge - Correct answer-disciplinary action
dismissal - Correct answer-layoff or couldn't perform job
1) focus on experience
2) ignore when forbidden info volunteered (write notes in file after interview) - Correct answer-interview best conducted by manager:
1) acquisition
2) development
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