Scenario 10-1 For Four Months You Have Been Employed as the Part-Time

question 59

Multiple Choice

Scenario 10-1
For four months you have been employed as the part-time HRM for TS Inc., a small Canadian aviation company. In the past, recruitment and selection rested on the shoulders of the president and, like most small companies, TS Inc. used employee referrals and an informal interview processes in selecting employees. Since you have been hired, you have guided management through several stages of the recruitment and selection process to hire an aircraft maintenance engineer. TS Inc. has used proper selection methods such as screening, testing, and structured interviews but is not sure about how to integrate the data from these various sources. In the past, the president relied on his gut feeling about applicants and made poor hiring decisions.
-Refer to Scenario 10-1. Which term defines TS Inc.'s president's selection decision making in which he bases his decision on whether he likes the applicant and how he feels about the applicant?

• A) implicit theory decision making
• B) intuitive decision making
• C) rational decision making
• D) logical decision making

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Definitions:

Producing Departments

Departments or divisions within an organization directly involved in producing the goods or services offered to customers.

Fixed Costs

Costs that do not change with the level of production or sales activity within a certain range and period, such as rent, salaries, and insurance.

Cafeteria

A type of food service location within an institution where customers serve themselves from a variety of dishes made available.

Transfer Prices

Prices used for the sale or transfer of goods and services between departments or divisions within the same company.