Which One of the Following Statements About Recruiting and Retaining

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements about recruiting and retaining capable employees is true?

• A) The quality of an organization's people is always an essential ingredient of successful strategy execution-knowledgeable,engaged employees are a company's best source of creative ideas for the nuts-and-bolts operating improvements that lead to operating excellence.
• B) Recruiting and retaining capable employees is an essential element of developing a distinctive competence.
• C) Recruiting and retaining capable employees is closely tied to developing strong information capital capabilities.
• D) It is very difficult for a company to competently execute its strategy and achieve operating excellence without a cadre of young managerial talent committed to staying with the company for at least a decade.
• E) In many industries,adding to a company's talent base and building intellectual capital is more important than having a good situational fit between the company's strategy and its external environment.

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Definitions:

Declarative Memory

A type of long-term memory that involves the conscious recall of facts and events.

Procedural Memory

The type of long-term memory responsible for knowing how to perform different actions and skills, essentially the memory of how to do certain things.

Recognition

The cognitive process of identifying previously encountered information, objects, or situations.

Implicit Memory

A type of memory that allows individuals to perform tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences, such as riding a bike.