The Decision to Terminate an Employee Is Management's Role

question 125

Multiple Choice

The decision to terminate an employee is management's role.HR's primary role is to:

• A) implement outplacement services immediately.
• B) serve as the employee's advocate against management.
• C) make certain the employee receives due process.
• D) document poor performance so the termination can be justified.

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Definitions:

Fallacy of Composition

The erroneous belief that what is true for a part will also be true for the whole, or that individual actions will have the same effect when applied collectively.

Positive Economics

The scientific study of “what is” among economic relationships.

Normative Economics

Judgments about “what ought to be” in economic matters. Normative economic views cannot be proved false because they are based on value judgments.

Unintended Consequences

Outcomes that are not the ones foreseen or intended by a purposeful action.