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Business Studies · 2025 · 6 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q31
(a) Explain the following steps in the process of selection: (i) Preliminary Screening (ii) Selection Tests (iii) Employment Interview (iv) Reference…
(a)
Explain the following steps in the process of
selection:
(i)
Preliminary Screening
(ii)
Selection Tests
(iii)
Employment Interview
(iv)
Reference and Background Checks
OR
(b)
Explain the following non-financial incentives:
(i)
Status
(ii)
Organisational climate
(iii)
Job Enrichment
(iv)
Employee participation
Marking-scheme solution
(i)
Preliminary Screening
Preliminary screening helps the manager eliminate unqualified
or unfit job seekers based on the information supplied in the
application forms.
Preliminary interviews help reject misfits for reasons, which
did not appear in the application forms.
(ii)
Selection Tests
An employment test is a mechanism
(either a paper and pencil test or an exercise) that attempts to measure certain
characteristics of individuals.
These characteristics range from aptitudes, such as manual
dexterity, to intelligence to personality. For this, various tests
are used which may be Intelligence tests, Aptitude tests,
Personality tests etc.
(iii)
Employment Interview
Interview is a formal, in-depth conversation conducted to
evaluate the applicant’s suitability for the job.
The role of the interviewer is to seek information and that of
the interviewee is to provide the same.
(iv)
Reference and Background Checks
Many employers request names, addresses, and telephone
numbers of references for the purpose of verifying information
and, gaining additional information on an applicant.
Previous employers, known persons, teachers and university
professors can act as references.
(i)
Status
§ Status means ranking of positions in the organisation.
§ The authority, responsibility, rewards, recognition,
perquisites and prestige of job indicate the status given to a
person holding a managerial position.
(ii)
Organisational climate
§ It indicates the characteristics which describe an
organisation and distinguish one organisation from the
other.
§ Individual autonomy, reward orientation, consideration to
employees, risk-taking, etc. are the characteristics which
help in developing better organisational climate.
(iii)
Job Enrichment
§ It is concerned with designing jobs that include a greater
variety of work content, require higher level of knowledge
and skill, gives workers more autonomy and responsibility
and provides opportunity for personal growth.
§ If jobs are enriched and made interesting, the job itself
becomes a source of motivation to the individual.
(iv)
Employee participation
§ It refers to involving employees in decision-making of the
issues related to them.
§ It may be in the form of joint management committees,
work committees etc.
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