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Florida Institute of Technology EMG3331 Chapter 9 1)Automated talent management systems have grown in importance since in the last recession; firms sometimes laid off too many talented people

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2. Succession planning should be done for all key jobs in the organization, even if they are low in the hierarchy.

 

3. In most closely held family firms formal succession plans are not needed because succession is passed on through succeeding generations.

 

4. A plateaued employee who is meeting performance expectations is a good candidate for a lateral move. TRUE An individual’s career will typically cycle between periods of stability and less-stable periods of transition, including stretches of unemployment.

 

5. Phased retirement is generally used as a means of allowing older employees with outdated skills to gradually leave the organization.

 

6. Psychological testing can furnish useful information to employers about an employee’s intelligence, mathematical reasoning ability, leadership style, and interpersonal response traits.

 

7. If an organization limits its intensive talent management efforts to its high-potential employees, employees not selected may be resentful that their career opportunities have been limited.

 

8. Because of the rapidly changing economic and technological environment, the traditional career__________

 

9. models no longer apply. It is difficult to discern any general patterns in the careers of workers.

 

10. Since development is not tied to the employee’s current job requirements, and the organization’s environment changes rapidly, it is unwise to tie development activities too closely to current organizational strategy.