You Have Just Been Hired as the Director of Human

question 9

Multiple Choice

You have just been hired as the director of human resources at a mid-sized engineering company.The CEO has asked you to assist her in forecasting future human resources needs and would like you to first use a qualitative technique which is useful for long-range forecasting.Which technique do you choose?

• A)a formal expert forecast
• B)the nominal group technique
• C)an informal expert forecast
• D)the Delphi technique
• E)managerial judgment

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