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42. Which of the following options for reducing an expected labor surplus is a slower option and is lowon human suffering?A. DownsizingB. DemotionsC. Early retirementD. TransfersE. Temporary employees
43. Which of the following options for reducing an expected labor surplus is a faster option but resultsin high human suffering?
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44. Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage has the benefit of being afast solution with high revocability?
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45. Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage is a slow solution and haslow revocability?
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46. _____ is an option for avoiding an expected labor shortage that is slow and has high revocability.A. Natural attritionB. Retrained transfersC. OutsourcingD. OvertimeE. Technological innovation
47. Your company's primary concern is to reduce an expected labor surplus fast; its secondary concernis to minimize human suffering. The option that would best address the company's concerns (in thepriority indicated) is:
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8)Which of the following options for reducing an expected labour surplus is a relatively slow solution,but hasthe benefit of being low in suffering caused?A)DemotionsB)Natural attritionC)DownsizingD)TransfersE)Pay reductionsAnswer:B
9)Which of the following options for reducing an expected labour surplus has the benefit of being arelatively fast solution and is NOT high in human suffering?
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10)Which of the following options for avoiding a labour shortage is slow in achieving results andprovides a low ability to change later?
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11)Your company's primary concern is to reduce an expected labour surplus fast; its secondary concernis tominimize human suffering. The options that would best address the company's concerns (in thepriorityindicated) are:
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D)downsizing and pay reductions.E)early retirement and retraining.Answer: A12)Forecasting indicates your company needs to reduce its white-collar workforce in order to avoid alaboursurplus in the next three to five years. Consistent with the corporate culture it wants tomaintain, yourcompany places a higher priority on minimizing human suffering than on achievingthe labour reductionquickly. The options that are most consistent with these priorities are:A)early retirement and retraining.B)pay reductions and transfers.C)demotions and transfers.D)transfers and reducing hours.E)natural attrition and transfers.Answer:A
13)Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labour shortage has the benefit of being arelatively fast solution while maintaining the ability to change later?
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14)A small company that manufactures special-order wood furniture has kept its employees busy on a40-hour-a-week schedule for the past two years. The company just received the largest contract inits historyfrom a European company opening offices in the area. There is no expectation of repeatbusiness from theEuropean company. In order to complete the contract in the required threemonths, additional skilled woodworking employees are needed. Under these circumstances, to avoidanexpected labour shortage, the best option would be:
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