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21.A sponsorship is a part of career support that a mentor provides to his or her protégé. True False
22.Despite no gender differences in access to job experiences involving transitions or creating change, male managers receive significantly more assignments involving high levels of responsibility than female managers of similar ability and managerial level. True False
23.The glass ceiling is likely caused by lack of access to training programs, appropriate developmental job experiences, and developmental relationships (such as mentoring). True False
24.Succession planning ensures that top-level managerial talent is available. True False
25.The 9-box grid is used to compare employees within one department, function, division, or the entire company. True False
Multiple Choice Questions
26.The acquisition of knowledge, skills, and behaviors that improve an employee’s ability to meet changes in job requirements and in client and customer demands is called _____.
A.development
B.formal training
C.job evaluation
D.knowledge management
E.job specification
27.Which of the following is true of training and development?
A.Training primarily prepares employees for future positions and jobs that do not exist as yet.
B.As training becomes more strategic, the distinction between training and development will become clearer.
C.Development focuses primarily on helping employees’ performance in their current jobs.
D.Development is critical for talent management, particularly for those with leadership potential.
E.Employees rely on training to improve the skills required for jobs in other places.
28.Training is different from development, in that:
A.development focuses on the present, while training focuses on the future.
B.training considers an employee’s work experience more than development does.
C.development aims to prepare employees for changes, while training prepares them for current jobs.
D.participation in training is voluntary, while that in development is required.
E.unlike development, training considers requirements of jobs that do not exist as yet.
29.Which of the following statements about training is correct?
A.It prepares employees primarily for changes in job requirements.
B.Participation in training programs is voluntary.
C.It increases an employee’s ability to move into jobs that do not yet exist.
D.It makes very little use of the employees’ work experiences.
E.It focuses on employees’ future jobs.
30.Which of the following is true of a protean career?
A.It focuses primarily on external rewards offered by an organization.
B.Managers play the central role in guiding employees with protean careers.
C.Psychological success plays a small role in protean careers.
D.It is based on employees’ self-direction.
E.It has very little implication on employee development.
