1. Which is a primary advantage of using local training experts to help in designing and developing new programs?
A) Local audiences will have more input into program content.
B) Translation into local languages will be more accurate.
C) Development costs are significantly decreased for the organization.
D) Activities and delivery can be adjusted to local preferences.
2. Career Development An organization has been analyzing annual employee surveys?ÿto understand how to better retain workers given career development trends?ÿshowing that?ÿmore and more employees expect to change careers multiple times. Which would be the best program to incentivize employees interested in future career changes to stay with the organization for a longer period of time?
A) Apprenticeships
B) Job enrichment
C) Dual career ladders
D) Job rotation
3. Which option is an example of what leaders should do?ÿto establish a culture that fosters career development?
A) Incentivize hiring from internal sources regardless of whether internal candidates are the most qualified for the job.
B) Place value on and reward managers and supervisors who help employees with career planning.
C) View career development as an aspect of employee engagement and retention and fund it accordingly.
D) Publicize their own individual development plan?ÿto show employees how important?ÿcareer development is.
4. What are three characteristics of formal mentoring that distinguish it from informal mentoring?
A) Deliberate pairing of mentors and mentees, established goals, expert training and support
B) Connection to organizational strategies, self-selection of mentors and mentees, long-term engagements
C) Self-selection of mentors and mentees, unspecified goals, no training and support
D) Unlimited employee access to the program,?ÿmix of individual and large-group sessions, unspecified outcomes
5. The HR director of a relatively small organization is looking into the possibility of implementing a dual career ladder in order to enhance the internal mobility of employees. Which disadvantage?ÿof dual career ladders should the HR director consider before deciding whether or not to implement the program?
A) Resistance from employees?ÿover added management responsibilities
B) Low-performing managers being sheltered by the program
C) Resentment from employees who are not chosen for the program
D) Potential effectiveness of the program due to the organization's size
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