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  • A. unfreezing stage
  • B. moving stage
  • C. refreezing stage
  • D. all of above

Explanation: Unfreezing creates dissatisfaction with the present situation and a sense of urgency, preparing employees to accept change.

Correct answer: unfreezing stage
  • A. need analysis competency model
  • B. task analysis
  • C. competency model
  • D. Both A and C

Explanation: Task analysis identifies the duties, activities, and specific skills required for a particular job.

Correct answer: task analysis
  • A. human process intervention
  • B. techno structural interventions
  • C. strategic intervention
  • D. HRM interventionsPhysical Asset Management

Explanation: Self-designing organizations involve major changes in an organization’s strategy, structure, and relationship with its environment, so…

Correct answer: strategic intervention
  • A. all of above
  • B. moving stage
  • C. refreezing stage
  • D. unfreezing stage

Explanation: Lewin’s three-stage model is unfreezing, moving or changing, and refreezing. Therefore, all three listed stages are included.

Correct answer: all of above
  • A. negligent training
  • B. training
  • C. both A and B
  • D. learningPakMcqs App Subscription

Explanation: Training is the planned teaching of knowledge and skills that enables current employees to perform their jobs effectively.

Correct answer: training
  • A. personal competencies
  • B. business management
  • C. interpersonal competencies
  • D. both A and C

Explanation: Communicating leadership requires interaction, influence, listening, and relationship-building, so it is an interpersonal competency.

Correct answer: interpersonal competencies
  • A. mobilize commitment
  • B. consolidation of gains
  • C. creating guiding coalition
  • D. reinforcement of new programsHuman Resources

Explanation: New appraisal systems and incentives reinforce the desired behaviours and help sustain the change.

Correct answer: reinforcement of new programsHuman Resources
  • A. communicating company's higher-level goals
  • B. staff authority
  • C. communicating line authority
  • D. communicating future HR policies

Explanation: Direction sharing means communicating the organisation's broad or higher-level goals so employees understand what the company is trying to…

Correct answer: communicating company's higher-level goals
  • A. graphic rating scale method
  • B. paired comparison methodCareer Resources & Planning
  • C. alternation ranking method
  • D. management by objectives

Explanation: Paired comparison evaluates employees by comparing each person directly with every other person on the selected trait.

Correct answer: paired comparison methodCareer Resources & Planning
  • A. halo effect
  • B. bias
  • C. difficult to develop
  • D. central tendency

Explanation: BARS requires detailed job analysis and the development of specific behavioural examples for each rating level, making it difficult and…

Correct answer: difficult to develop
  • A. lenient/strict tendency
  • B. biasing tendency
  • C. central tendency
  • D. different tendencies

Explanation: Rating nearly everyone high reflects leniency, while rating nearly everyone low reflects strictness, together called lenient or strict…

Correct answer: lenient/strict tendency
  • A. difficult to develop
  • B. ranking is based on employer's cutoff points
  • C. time consuming
  • D. cause of disagreements

Explanation: Forced distribution depends on predetermined proportions or cutoff points for each performance category, which can make the results seem…

Correct answer: ranking is based on employer's cutoff points
  • A. satisfactory-promotable interview
  • B. satisfactory-not promotable interview
  • C. unsatisfactory-correctable interview
  • D. unsatisfactory-uncorrectable interview

Explanation: An unsatisfactory-correctable interview is used when performance is below standard but improvement is considered possible through…

Correct answer: unsatisfactory-correctable interview
  • A. avoids central tendency and biases
  • B. avoids central tendency and biases
  • C. provides behavioral anchors
  • D. ongoing basis evaluation

Explanation: The critical incident method records notable examples of effective and ineffective behaviour throughout the evaluation period, so it…

Correct answer: ongoing basis evaluation
  • A. continuous re-evaluating
  • B. continuous evaluating
  • C. never evaluating performances
  • D. evaluating for salary purposes

Explanation: Performance management is a continuous cycle in which performance is monitored and re-evaluated rather than judged only once a year.

Correct answer: continuous re-evaluating
  • A. graphic rating scale method
  • B. forced distribution method
  • C. alternation ranking method
  • D. paired comparison method

Explanation: The forced distribution method assigns employees to fixed performance categories using predetermined percentages, such as top, average…

Correct answer: forced distribution method
  • A. halo effect
  • B. bias
  • C. central tendency
  • D. all of above

Explanation: Graphic rating scales can suffer from halo effect, rater bias, and central tendency, where ratings cluster around the middle.

Correct answer: all of above
  • A. ongoing performance monitoring
  • B. goal alignment
  • C. direction sharing
  • D. ongoing feedbackPhysical Asset Management

Explanation: Ongoing performance monitoring uses a system to track current performance continuously and may generate electronic reports for managers.

Correct answer: ongoing performance monitoring
  • A. 3
  • B. 4
  • C. 5
  • D. 6

Explanation: The commonly identified building blocks of performance management are six, including goal alignment, performance monitoring, feedback…

Correct answer: 6
  • A. rank someone
  • B. avoid central tendency and biases
  • C. employee development
  • D. hire the employee

Explanation: Feedback is mainly used to identify strengths and deficiencies so that an employee can improve through learning, coaching, or development.

Correct answer: employee development