Which of the following is a defining characteristic of the forced-choice approach to appraisal?
A. It requires a supervisor to choose from sets of statements, the most characteristic and the least characteristic ones describing an employee.
B. It requires hiring organizational psychologists to analyze the performance of employees as a group.
C. It requires a supervisor to write a detailed description of an employee's performance.
D. It requires a supervisor to keep a written record of incidents that show positive and negative ways an employee has acted.
Answer: A
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Which statement about professionalism is most accurate?
A) Professionalism refers to those behaviors exhibited only to customers. B) Professionalism describes desirable workplace behavior. C) Professionalism emphasizes hard skills or technical knowledge desired by employers. D) Professionalism is important only in large companies.
Which of the following events would have the best chance of excusing performance of a contract based on commercial impracticability?
a. The price of a raw material increases slightly so that the contract will not be as profitable. b. An unforeseeable trade embargo causes prices to triple. c. The promisor of personal services dies. d. The subject matter of the contract is destroyed.
Investing now in developing your organizational behavior (OB) skills will do all of the following EXCEPT
A. prepare you to be a more effective employee. B. prepare you to be a more effective manager. C. prepare you to be a more effective leader. D. help you to move up faster in any organization. E. help you to improve your technical skills.
Scenario 1.1
Use the following to answer the questions. ? Green Hills Cemetery in upstate New York offers a full-service funeral and burial that is non-toxic to the environment. All materials used in the burial are natural and will decompose with no negative impact. Green Hills' service is relatively new in the United States, but services of this type are common in Great Britain. A typical burial in Green Hills' cemetery includes a casket made from bamboo, wicker, paper, or other natural material. There are no headstones of stone or concrete that will detract from the landscape, but trees and plants as "markers" are allowed. The cost for a burial at Green Hills is approximately $3,000, compared to about $6,000 at most traditional cemeteries. Although business was slow at first, Green Hills is now experiencing an increase in the number of burials, due to referrals and a newly-developed website. The owners of Green Hills were previously in the cemetery business, and are active conservationist and wanted to make their business more sustainable. After conducting research and finding that there were natural burial sites in Great Britain, they wanted to provide an alternative to other environmentally-conscious Americans like themselves. Refer to . A new website has helped Green Hills' pre-planned funeral business grow. This would come under which of the following marketing mix variables? A. Product B. Price C. Distribution D. Promotion E. Promotion and price