As discussed in class, what is one concern about offering an incentive for a particular type of behavior, such as either offering rewards for certain sales targets or for achieving a certain amount of activity in a specified time period?

This is the end of the exam. What should you do now?

Compa-ratio Performance Rating 80-90% 91-110% 111-120% Exceeds Expectations 3% 2% 1% Meets Expectations 2% 2% 1% Below Expectations 1% Which of the following is most likely to be true?

Isaac runs Plastic Clock Foods, Inc., an American food distributor. He is looking to diversify, however, and is particularly interested in expanding into the French market (Isaac is very fond of croissants, and will take any excuse to have more of them). However, he is concerned that the cognitive tests he gives to American employees may not predict performance in French employees. What is Isaac concerned about?

Professor Rathjens is hiring candidates for a position as his research assistant. He requires strong research skills and a good ability to follow direction. He intends to include a physical ability test, in order to have a way to discard any applicants who he thinks may be a poor fit for the job (regardless of how they do, candidates who Professor Rathjens doesn’t like will be told that they failed the physical postion of the application test. What is wrong with Professor Rathjens’s approach from an HR perspective?

Please label the figure.

Table 1 LEGO Group Transitional Matrix 2024 2019 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (1) Line worker 0.6 0.1 0.3 (2) Line manager 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 (3) Sales associate 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.2 (4) Sales manager 0.29 0.1 0.2 0.01 0.4 (5) Administrative 0.05 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.14 (6) Quantitative analyst 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 (7) Quantitative manager 0.2 0.7 0.1 (8) Executive 0.01 0.8 0.19 (9) Not in the organization 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.15 0.2 0.7 0.08 What proportion of the sales managers in 2019 were doing the same role in 2024?

You are 23, healthy, and just graduated from college. You have no dependents, and your hobbies do not involve putting yourself in physical peril. Your employer will either give you full healthcare coverage through one of their HMOs or PPOs, or will contribute 1/3 of that value into an  FSA for you, enough to cover an HDHP, and give another 1/3 to you as an increase to your paycheck. Which plan should you choose?

Professor Rathjens’s parents hired a contractor to help renovate their house last year. The contractor gave them a quote for how much money it would cost, and told them that it would take a year to complete their desired work. One year later, their house remains mostly demolished, and the estimated completion date has been pushed back to next winter. Which of the following errors did Professor Rathjens’s parents and their contractor make?

Which of the following is the best way for a recruiter to behave with a potential employee?