Part-time employees should have a contract of employment.
True
False
A definition of a consultant is...
An advisor on government grants
Paid-for provider of specialist skills or advice
Part-time employee focused on marketing
A free advisor from Business Link
A permanent employee has to work full-time.
In which one of these circumstances might a start-up employ some temporary staff?
To handle a shortage in demand
To achieve economies of scale
To avoid having to pay income tax
To meet a short-term increase in workload
A start-up may employ full-time permanent staff before it starts to trade.
An advantage of employing staff on temporary contracts is...
Low-risk and lower-cost method of recruiting
Fit in with business culture much quicker
Better knowledge of the business
Lower cost per hour compared with part-timers
Which of these is an advantage of employing full-time staff?
Lower break-even volume
Better able to handle sudden increases in demand
Lower fixed costs
Lower variable costs
What is job sharing?
A method of inflexible working
Where management responsibility is shared
Where two or more employees share a single role
Where the pay for a job is split equally
Which of the following is NOT a method of external recruitment?
Newspaper advert
Staff newsletter
Recruitment agency
Online agency
Which of the following is a common disadvantage of external recruitment
Leaves another vacancy internally
Resentment amongst applicants
Costly
Unlikely to find best candidate
The most common method of selecting an employee in the UK is:
A formal interview
An online test
An aptitude test
A candidate centre
A key advantage of internal recruitment is:
Existing insights into employee skills and ability
Job can be filled within 3 months
Right candidate is bound to be selected
New skills brought into business
The percentage of employees who leave a business over a period is known as:
Labour productivity
People management ratio
Labour turnover
Staff recruitment
The process of selecting candidates suitable for interview is called the?
Final allocation
Candidate file
Short list
Appraisal score
An increase in labour productivity would allow a business to:
Increase fixed costs and/or fixed assets
Reduced wages and/or bonuses
Lower prices and/or increase profits
Lower production capacity
A business which has trouble retaining its staff is said to have:
Low morale
High staff loyalty
Low staff retention
High absenteeism
What is induction training?
Training for new directors
Training for new employees
Off-the job training for part-timers
On-the-job training for managers
A problem of profit-sharing rewards is that of "free-riders". What is a free-rider?
A worker who puts in less effort but shares reward of others
A worker who earns the biggest profit share
A worker that works longer hours than the rest
A worker who refuses to work for nothing
Motivating workers by delegating responsibility is known as
Mediation
Empowerment
Appraisal
Consultation
A retailer schedules staff so that they perform a variety of tasks each day. This is:
Job rotation
Job flexibility
Job extension
Job enrichment
Providing employees with discounted travel tickets and health insurance is an example of:
Fringe benefits
Performance-related pay
Job empowerment
Profit-sharing
According to Taylor, workers are mainly motivated by:
Hygienic facilities
Money
Promotion opportunities
Job satisfaction
An advantage of an "empowered" employee is that he/she...
makes more decisions without supervision
is less likely to want a profit share
fits better into a tall hierarchy
is more likely to join a competitor
Motivating staff by giving them additional responsibility is known as:
Delayering
Delegation
