Diversity planning | HR Management
True / False Questions
1. Companies often prefer internal hiring because it gives them a large labor market to recruit from.
True False
2. Employing organizations usually have a lot of control over the quality of the flexible workforce.
True False
3. A flexible workforce can be obtained by using staffing firms or independent contractors.
True False
4. Outsourcing is a more drastic step than using independent contractors or temporary employees.
True False
5. Outsourcing is confined almost exclusively to manufacturing work.
True False
6. One reason organizations outsource is because specialized vendors can achieve economies of scale for routine tasks that would be performed across many organizations.
True False
7. Organizations need to take diversity into account because the workforce has become more diverse.
True False
8. Despite popular press to the contrary, there hasn’t really been an increase in the number of Latinos and Asians in the American workforce.
True False
9. Active diversity planning occurs when the organization encourages underrepresented minorities to apply for positions, actively recruits from a variety of sources, and provides additional training and mentoring to underrepresented groups.
True False
10. Evidence suggests that demographically diverse teams are far more effective than homogeneous teams.
True False
11. Studies show that women and minorities are largely indifferent to whether an organization has a commitment to diversity in their recruiting efforts.
True False
12. Many organizations do not take demographic shifts in the workplace into account when developing staffing plans.
True False
13. Targeted recruitment, inclusion of women and African-Americans on top management teams, work family accommodations, and affirmative action plans increase the racial and gender diversity of the organization’s managerial workforce.
True False
14. AAPs are organization-specific plans that have a legal origin and basis.
True False
15. The components of AAPs are enforced by the Department of Workforce Diversity (DWD).
True False
16. Federal contractors are legally required to have AAPs in place.
True False
17. A general rule of thumb is that if the ratio of incumbency percentage for a group to their availability is less than 80%, the organization should establish a placement goal to increase minority representation.
True False
18. Replacement goals from AAPs are often legally termed “quotas” for minorities and women in an organization.
True False
19. Some states have banned the use of AAPs for government contractors and educational institutions.
True False
