Before Implementing a Compensation Strategy, Human Resources Professionals Must Ensure

question 45

Multiple Choice

Before implementing a compensation strategy, human resources professionals must ensure the appropriate screens are in place to evaluate the strategy's appropriateness. Which of the following screens is NOT considered one of the so-called "must pass screens"?

• A) Costs are within the financial means of the organization.
• B) The new compensation strategy meets the minimum standards under employment standards legislation.
• C) The new compensation strategy attracts potential employees with the required skill sets.
• D) Current employees will be happy with the new compensation strategy.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior, emphasizing the influence of consequences on behavior.

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning by which successive approximations toward a desired behavior are reinforced.

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that initially has no inherent value but acquires significance and the ability to elicit a response through its association with an unconditioned stimulus.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers an unconditioned response without prior learning.