Scenario 1-1 You Are Excited About Your New Position as the Human

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Multiple Choice

Scenario 1-1
You are excited about your new position as the human resource manager for Scribe Engineering.The CEO of this medium-sized Canadian software development company has clearly stated that one of your first tasks is to deal with the difficulties the company is experiencing in recruiting and retaining several of its office administration positions.The CEO wants hard evidence to back up your staffing costs.
-Refer to Scenario 1-1.Upon what would you initially want to concentrate your efforts

• A)understanding the external organizational factors affecting recruitment and selection
• B)ensuring that human resource planning is integrated with the strategic planning of the organization
• C)determining which recruitment and retention processes are economically and technically feasible
• D)ensuring that organizational information contained in the human resource information systems is current, secure, and confidential

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Definitions:

Gender Roles

Social and behavioral norms that are considered appropriate for individuals of a specific sex in the context of a specific culture.

Welfare Queen

A derogatory term that stereotypes certain recipients of welfare assistance as fraudulent and lazy.

Microaggression

Everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward stigmatized or culturally marginalized groups.

Gender Role Socialization

The process by which individuals learn the societal expectations and behaviors appropriate to their gender through various socializing agents.