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Scenario 4-1 You Have Recently Been Hired as the HRM

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Scenario 4-1 You have recently been hired as the HRM for Scribe Engineering, a Canadian software development company.Scribe's product is information systems.The company's environment is competitive and constantly changing.There continues to be an increased demand for customized computer systems that improve the flow of information in a wide range of small Canadian businesses.Due to Scribe's growth in sales, the company is anticipating the need for an increase from 150 to 200 employees.The company requires highly skilled software designers, computer programmers, sales professionals, and support staff.The majority of employees, from younger technical support staff to senior management, stated that work-life balance is important to them and that they want more flexibility in how and when their work gets done.Job demands are changing constantly because of the dynamic environment.There are concerns of sex, age, and family status discrimination with the office administration employees.The CEO has stated that Scribe has a few outdated job advertisements, but that the company never had time to write job descriptions.Managers have expressed concerns that job descriptions are of limited value because positions need to adapt to the high speed of change and that they limit their flexibility in supervising employees' tasks.
-Refer to Scenario 4-1.Which of the following will help Scribe Engineering decide to use a competency framework if it needs to ensure that the assessed competency is a skill or ability associated with a high level

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Group Structure

Division of a group into different roles that often differ with respect to status and prestige.

Ethnomethodology

A sociological perspective that studies the methods people use to understand and produce the social order in which they live.

Behavioral Prescriptions

Specific guidelines or recommendations for how individuals should behave in particular situations or contexts.

Information Flow

The movement or transfer of information from one place, person, or group to another, within any system that processes data.