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If managers at a firm were rewarded for meeting production quota,then:


A) some managers would rebel and not meet the necessary quota.
B) all managers would exceed the quota.
C) all managers would just meet the quota.
D) some managers would just barely exceed the quota.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Setting performance goals based on historical data and past performance creates:


A) the horizon problem.
B) a compensating differential.
C) opportunism.
D) a ratchet effect.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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The larger the number tasks and the greater the authority required in a job,then the evaluation of the person in the job will move from ______ to ______.


A) subjective; objective
B) subjective; risk based
C) objective; subjective
D) objective; risk based

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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The performance-evaluation system under which an employee enumerates his/her accomplishments,points out strengths,and discusses weaknesses with the higher management is commonly referred to as:


A) output evaluation.
B) productivity evaluation.
C) self-evaluation.
D) reneging.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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In a very basic principal-agent model,output is contractible if:


A) it can be observed with some positive cost.
B) the employee produces many products.
C) the employee works in a team.
D) the employee works independently and cannot game the performance measure.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Give examples of how government intervention helps reduce moral hazard and adverse selection problems in internal labor markets.

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Since the 1960s,federal laws in the U.S....

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Which of these is a subjective evaluation method used for assessing an employee's compensation?


A) Output-based system
B) Ratcheting up of standards
C) Across-firm performance benchmarking
D) Goal-based system

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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If TruLite's factory workers receive an hourly wage,described by the equation; Employee compensation = $5.00 + 0.10Q,where Q is the number of light switches installed per hour,then:


A) $5.00 is the basic incentive to produce.
B) Q is entirely dependent on random elements in the production system.
C) $0.10 is the incentive to increase effort.
D) effort is unimportant in the performance evaluation system of the firm.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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If TruLite's factory workers receive an hourly wage,described by the equation; Compensation = $5.00 + .10Q,where Q is the number of light switches installed per hour,then:


A) the employee can remain completely risk-averse.
B) the employee must accept risk of production variability.
C) output becomes a subjective measure of performance.
D) there are no compensating differentials.

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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Employees often limit their output and engage in soldiering because of the fear that if they exceed output levels this time,management will increase output goals for the next time period.This is called the:


A) incentive effect.
B) ratchet effect.
C) benchmark effect.
D) goal standard effect.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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At Always Round Tire,managers and professional employees are evaluated each year with the Subjective Information Performance Survey (SIPS).SIPS allows bosses to rank their employees on several issues including achieving budget objectives,communication quality,continuing education and training activities,and emphasis of teamwork among subordinates.SIPS software computes means and standard deviations,and benchmarks each employee relative to all others in the same evaluation system.However,nobody at the company believes in SIPS output.Why?

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If the data is incorrect,it doesn't matt...

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If TruLite's management studied the light fabrication department and found that the department should assemble 25 lamps per hour per worker and set its piece rate to get workers to meet output level,then this standard is called the:


A) risk premium.
B) benchmark.
C) incentive adjustment.
D) random element of production.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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If an employee is paid a fixed wage in a production environment where the wage is independent of output,then the employee has an incentive to:


A) maximize output.
B) shirk.
C) innovate.
D) search for methods to overcome random elements in production.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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The dean of a large university issues the following policy for faculty pay-raises in the smaller satellite campuses: faculty pay increases will be possible only if enrollment increases above last year's targets.Evaluate the impact of this policy on the overall system.

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Faculty members are not trained in admis...

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Employee performance evaluation is needed because:


A) it justifies the incredibly high wages of the CEOs.
B) it justifies the incredibly high fringe benefits of the CEOs.
C) it minimizes the risks faced by employees for putting in their effort.
D) it determines rewards and sanctions-wages,raises,bonuses,and dismissals.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Make a case for 360-degree performance evaluation based on the informativeness principle.What problems may be encountered from implementation of such a system?

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The informativeness principle states tha...

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Gaming refers to a situation where:


A) employers fix unachievable output and target levels.
B) employees consistently understate the target levels in order to meet them.
C) employees increase output to gain commissions beyond the firm's capacity.
D) employees inappropriately increase output to gain commissions.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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