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Which of the following best defines an organization's job structure?


A) It consists of the relative pay for different jobs within the organization.
B) It is the average amount an organization pays for a particular job.
C) It comprises the characteristics of jobs that the organization values and chooses to pay.
D) It comprises regular pay, overtime pay, and bonuses.
E) It refers to the standard amount that employers must pay under federal and state law.

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Although labor and product markets limit organizations' choices about pay levels,there is a range within which organizations can make decisions.The size of this range depends on the:


A) minimum and maximum wages fixed by the government.
B) pay of federal contractors.
C) organization's competitive environment.
D) quality of employees.
E) organization's global reputation.

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The job characteristics that an organization deems valuable and decides to pay for are termed as compensable factors.

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Das Work and Edge Tech are electronics manufacturing companies competing to serve the same customers.The labor-related expenses per product for Das Work is $30 higher than that for Edge Tech.However,Das Work makes more profits than Edge Tech.In this case,which of the following actions has contributed to the profits made by Das Work?


A) It produces high quality goods and charges more for these products than competitors.
B) It does not provide overtime pay to employees who work more than 40 hours in one week.
C) It has recently introduced the comparable-worth policy for employees.
D) It provides free home delivery of purchased goods.
E) It has a company website where customers can purchase goods online.

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Organizations under pressure to cut labor costs may respond by:


A) retaining staff levels.
B) providing pay increases to prevent employee turnover.
C) postponing hiring decisions.
D) requiring employees to bear less of the cost of benefits such as insurance premiums.
E) avoiding automation of routine tasks.

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The equity of executive pay has a limited effect on other employees.

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Define hourly wage,piecework rate,and salary.

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An organization's pay structure should r...

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Which of the following statements is true about a product market?


A) The cost of labor does not affect the product market because it is an insignificant part of an organization's costs.
B) Product-market considerations are of particular concern to a company when its customers place greater importance on product rather than price.
C) Organizations in a product market are competing to serve the same customers.
D) Product markets typically place a lower limit on the pay an organization will offer its employees.
E) Organizations in a product market must increase the cost of labor every quarter.

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A compa-ratio is 1 if actual pay is not consistent with the pay structure of an organization.

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Research on the effects of two-tier wage plans found that:


A) lower-paid employees were less satisfied on average than higher-paid employees.
B) lower-paid employees were more satisfied on average than higher-paid employees because they made comparisons with lower-paying alternatives for themselves.
C) lower-paid employees expected to be promoted into the second tier in a short time span.
D) equity theory did not come into play for either group and neither group experienced more or less job satisfaction than the other.
E) both existing employees and new employees have a similar pay rate.

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The laws governing Equal Employment Opportunity guarantee equal pay for all employees of an organization.

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SalientVision Inc.,a construction company,receives more than $2,000 in federal money.The company pays its employees at rates at least equal to the prevailing wages in the area.The calculation of prevailing rates by the company is based on 30% of the local labor force.In this case,which of the following laws does the company comply with?


A) The Lloyd-La Follette Act of 1912
B) The Smith-Connally Act of 1943
C) The Julie Jargon Act of 1940 and the Eric Morath Act of 1945
D) The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 and the Walsh-Healy Public Contracts Act of 1936
E) The Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act

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Which of the following statements is true about key jobs?


A) Organizations usually have no survey data available for key jobs.
B) These are jobs that have highly unstable content.
C) These are jobs that are unique among organizations and are rare to obtain.
D) Organizations make the process of creating a pay structure more impractical by defining key jobs.
E) A job with a higher evaluation score than a particular key job would receive higher pay than that key job.

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Instruck Inc.is a real estate firm based in Colorado.The company ensures that employees' pay is dependent on what they are capable of doing.The company also supports efforts to empower its employees by encouraging them to be independent and making decisions in various areas.This,in turn,ensures job enrichment.Based on this information,identify the pay structure being exemplified in this scenario.


A) Straight piecework plan
B) Skill-based pay systems
C) Merit pay system
D) Differential piece rates
E) Standard hour plan

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According to equity theory,employees evaluate job outcomes such as compensation in terms of outputs.

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