Due to a strong economy, the demand for electronic circuits has...

1. Due to a strong economy, the demand for electronic circuits has recently increased by 30 percent. Clearwater Electronics' current employee count does not have the ability to meet this demand. In looking at the assembly process, it appears that the assembly group, the last group in the assembly line, needs more employee resources to assemble the circuits. To remedy this situation, the HR director begins to focus on both temporary hiring and full-time recruitment efforts for the assembly department. In due time, the assembly department has the employee resources it needs, but now the manufacturing operation that supplies the parts to the assembly department does not have enough skilled workers to keep up. How can HR planning best help ensure the organization's staffing needs are being met?

• HR planning allows a company to look at the budget needed for recruiting and determine how to spend it to recruit the people it needs.
• HR planning allows the company to continually plan ahead to make sure the right people are in the right positions while avoiding employee shortages or surpluses.
• HR planning allows a company to review open positions with line managers and write accurate job descriptions.
• HR planning allows a company to study the strengths of the organization and how it can attract the workforce it needs.

2.

Clearwater Electronics is implementing a new human resource information system (HRIS). Which of the following statements best explains how the system will benefit recruiting?

• Because the recruitment process requires a lot of data, the HRIS system can more easily coordinate the data and then simulate organizational changes to ascertain future staffing needs.
• Because the recruitment process involves a variety of recruiting methods, the HRIS system will help recruiters determine which method brings in the right types of applicants.
• Because the recruitment process gathers confidential information, it will be better for the data to be stored in the HRIS system where it is more secure.
• Because the recruitment process can be very costly, the HRIS system will help recruiters gather data in a less expensive manner.

3.

The IT department at Clearwater Electronics hired several new employees in new positions in the past four months. The IT department has asked HR to help craft a performance appraisal that the IT managers can use to demonstrate that the selection tools used for hiring predict performance success. Which statement gives the best reason for why it is important that criteria on a performance appraisal be related to the job?

• Using job-related criteria on the performance appraisal allows the company to settle on the best compensation package for employees.
• Using job-related criteria on the performance appraisal demonstrates that the company is concerned about the trajectory of its employees' career paths.
• Using job-related criteria on the performance appraisal allows the company to give recognition to employees for the good work they are doing.
• Using job-related criteria on the performance appraisal gives the company data that demonstrates the right people were placed in the right job.