Delany, the Learning and Development Manager at StudyHelpers Inc

question 109

Multiple Choice

Delany, the learning and development manager at StudyHelpers Inc., believes that in addition to providing superior benefits to employees, it is important to create an environment in which employees are able to develop. She suggests a new program that encourages employees take time out of their workday to research relevant topics and share knowledge with their colleagues. Which statement best supports the value of this program to StudyHelpers?

• A) Any increase in learning activities in an organization increases workload and decreases the time available to handle the workload.
• B) Conversing with co-workers should occur during employees' free time, not as part of their daily work activities.
• C) The time that employees spend in research may interfere with projects that must be accomplished under tight deadlines.
• D) Shared knowledge can lead to new innovations for StudyHelpers, as well as the development of internal talent.
• E) Employees will use the knowledge they've acquired to assert their intellectual superiority over management.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

Standard error is a statistical measure that estimates the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by using standard deviation.

Population Standard Deviation

Population Standard Deviation is a measure of the dispersion or spread of all the values in a given population, indicating how much the individual values in the population differ from the population mean.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a sample, which impacts the precision of statistical results.

Standard Error

A measure of the accuracy of a sample mean by describing the dispersion of sample means around the population mean.