Question

The movie Moneyball (based on the book by Michael Lewis) tells the story of Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's baseball team, and how he transformed baseball using advanced statistical techniques for selecting players. Unlike rich teams like the New York Yankees, the A's have a very low payroll budget so Beane created a successful _______ strategy of talent creation.

a. buy

b. hold

c. succession

d. make

Which of the following statements is MOST consistent with current research and legislation on organizational succession planning?

a. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires corporate boards to engage in succession planning.

b. Succession planning is best managed through informal means rather than structured formal planning.

c. The CEO should play the sole role in succession planning for his or her own replacement.

d. Succession planning involves internal candidates only.

Open a new tab or window in your browser and go to the O*Net Interest Profiler website:. Take the Interest Profile and select the application below for which the Interest Profile would be most useful or relevant.

a. Kaleidoscope careers

b. Individual career planning

c. Leadership coaching

d. Succession planning

The O*Net Interest Profiler, Holland's Interest Inventory, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator help individuals answer which of the following questions in their career planning?

a. Who am I?

b. How am I viewed by others?

c. What are my options?

d. What actions will help me achieve my career goals?

Which of the following individuals best matches Ken Blanchard's description of the "disillusioned learner" in the classic book "Leadership and the One Minute Manager"?

a. Beth is starting her first "real job" after college graduation and has high hopes for her future.

b. Henry has been passed over for three promotions within his firm and is now afraid of applying for another promotion.

c. Zoey has been identified as a "Hi-Pos" employee by the senior management team in her organization.

d. Terrill loves his current job but dreams of starting his own consulting firm and being his own boss.

The "Peter Principle" is a phenomenon in which employees are advanced through an organization based on their current performance rather than on their capability for success in managerial or higher-level positions. Organizations can avoid committing problems like the Peter Principle phenomenon through the practice of ________________________.

A.removing glass ceilings

B. individual-centered career planning

C. succession planning

D. contemporary career management

Employee development should begin with a __________________ to identify one’s strengths and weaknesses as well as ways in which to build upon one’s strengths and improve upon one’s weaknesses.

A. lifelong learning chart

B. career reinvention

C. developmental needs analysis

D. performance appraisal

Employees at Intel are eligible for an 8-week paid _______________________ after they have worked for the company for 7 years.

A. vacation

B. abbatical

C. transition

D. phased retirement

Physician training for receiving a medical degree typically includes a form of _______________________ in which medical students work in a variety of different medical specialties.

A. coaching

B. committee assignment

C. sabbatical

D. job rotation

Because women and minorities tend to be under-represented in top-level organizational positions, they might be less likely to receive informal _________________________ which could be helpful to them in their career development.

A. sabbaticals

B. mentoring

C. succession planning

D. job rotation

Answer 1

1) a

He creates the buy strategy of selecting people who fit in the team's composition

2) d

Succession planning deals with internal employees

3) b

It helps individual to know about the interest and thus plan for career accordingly

4) a

It helps to know about the individual personality