Apps for Apples, a technology company that produces educational applications for Macs and other Apple products, allows employees to work on a flextime schedule. All employees must be at work from 10:00 a. m. to 2:00 p. m. to attend meetings, but other than that, employees have the flexibility to choose which hours they work. All of the following are benefits of this type of scheduling EXCEPT it

serves customers better by allowing more coverage of customers over longer hours.

reduces driving in rush-hour traffic.

reduces the total number of hours that employees work.

uses workstations and facilities better by staggering employee use.

is associated with healthier lifestyle choices.

A manufacturer is in the process of selecting a new supervisor from a pool of potential candidates. All of the following would be part of this selection process EXCEPT

posting an ad for the position on LinkedIn.

reading the applications to get acquainted with the applicants and to weed out unqualified candidates.

interviewing the applicants to obtain information about their publishing experience and skills, reasons for changing jobs, attitudes toward the job, and an idea of whether they would fit in with the company.

asking applicants to complete a sample project to demonstrate their content development and project management abilities.

checking the applicants' references to verify educational background and previous work experience.

Bella has been an editorial assistant at a large trade publisher for two years. When an associate editor position opens up on her team, she applies for the position and gets it. What is one issue the company may have as a result of promoting Bella into this new position?

The company will have to deal with the higher costs of hiring a current employee to fill this new position.

The company will have to deal with lowered employee morale among the other editorial assistants.

The company will have to train Bella on the company processes more than they would have to train a more qualified external candidate.

The company will be forced to create more associate editor openings to motivate the remaining editorial assistants.

The company will have to fill Bella's vacant editorial assistant position.

Orientation is the human resources function that

includes building tours, introductions, and socialization.

provides on-the-job training to employees.

appraises employees subjectively.

teaches employees to do specific job tasks.

occurs after the employee is on the job for several months.