HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 5 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2024
Steps In Recruitment and Selection - ANSWER 1. Decide what positions to fill, through
workforce/personnel planning and forecasting.
2. Build a pool of candidates for these jobs, by recruiting internal or external candidates.
3. Have candidates complete application forms and perhaps undergo initial screening interviews.
4. Use selection tools like tests, background investigations, and physical exams to identify viable
candidates.
5. Decide who to make an offer to, by having the supervisor and perhaps others interview the
candidates.
Recruitment and Selection - ANSWER Start with workforce planning
Workforce (or employment or personnel) planning - ANSWER Process of deciding what positions the firm
will have to fill, and how to fill them. It embraces all future positions.
Succession Planning - ANSWER The process of deciding how to fill executive jobs.
Trend Analysis - ANSWER Study of a firm's past employment needs over a period of years to predict
future needs.
Ratio Analysis - ANSWER A forecasting technique for determining future staff needs by using ratios
between, for example, sales volume and number of employees needed.
Scatter Plot - ANSWER A graphical method used to help identify the relationship between two variables.
Shows graphically how two variables are related.
Markov Analysis (Transition Analysis) - ANSWER Mathematical process to forecast availability of internal
job candidates.
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