1. Which of the following is the most important step when outsourcing the sert up of a new HRIS (human resource information system)?

A) Select the best HRIS system with extensive capabilities
B) Prepare a detailed request for proposal (RFP) defininf desired specifications
C) Analyze the organization - s needs for building a HRIS system
D) Develop a complaint procedure for all work disputes



2. Which of the following decribes an employee - s motivational potential, according to the job characteristics mode?

A) Ability to implement, responses, feedback
B) Motivation factors and incentives
C) Skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomu, feedback
D) job analysis, task significance



3. A company decides to pursue an international assogment program to fill a new position in is new office in Beijing, China. With the assistance of the human professional, the management team has finalized a list of job-specific selection crieria of the ideal candidate for the role.During the interviewing process, the key selection tool utilized was role-playing. Role-playing was done entirely in Mandarin bases around common business and family situations an expatriate may face. In addition , role-playing was utilized to show how the candidate had successfully protrayedidentified success factors in past behavior. Which of the following selection methods was NOT utilized in this scenario?

A) Work sample
B) Situational assessments
C) Self-assessment
D) Interview



4. Which of the following leadership theories believes that leadership styles should correspond to the maturity of the employees?

A) Contingency theories
B) Situational theories
C) Behavioral theories
D) Trait theories



5. A .U. S. based Engineering Manager was sent to England for a short-term six-month assignment to recruit and build a team. He is almost dome with the assignmrnt and describes the entire opportunity as being exciting and challenging. He wants to stay in Europe further and hopes to go on future international assignments. According to Black and Mendenhall, which of the following stages of the cross-cultural adjustment cycle is the manager in?

A) Culture shock
B) Mastery
C) Adjustment
D) Honeymoon