Chapter 1-2 Questions
Career and Professional Development (OAD 134)
Questions from chapters 1 & 2 in your textbook
NOTE: You need to keep a copy of your answers so that you have them to study for your first test.
1. List 7 workplace trends that are changing the labor force. larger workforce older workforce increase in e-commerce more service jobs change in consumer demand more diversity in the workplace increase in education and training requirements
2. How many new jobs for office and administrative support supervisors and managers are expected to surface between 1998-2008?
313,000
3. How many new computer programmers, systems analysts, and computer specialists will be added to the labor force between 1998-2006?
870,600
4. List 5 ways that computer technology continues to change the economy. creating entirely new organizations, products, services, and markets increasing the flow of products to consumers launching an information highway increasing worker efficiency changing the type of occupations and geographical distribution of labor
5. How will trade agreements benefit the global economy? a global marketplace removes political, economic, and social walls between nations, increased amounts of goods, services, information, and technology can be traded.
6. Besides trade agreements, what is something else that affects global economy?
7. What is cross-cultural competence? it involves an understanding of the international business environment, plus the skills and subject knowledge needed to be effective in new situations.
8. List 4 major issues that arise due to a changing workplace. job discrimination equitable benefits alternatives to the traditional work environment attitudes of employers and workers to changes in the workplace
9. What is a glass ceiling? artificial barrier based on attitudinal or organizational bias that prevents qualified individuals from advancing into higher management positions.
10. What are some different types of
Questions from chapters 1 & 2 in your textbook
NOTE: You need to keep a copy of your answers so that you have them to study for your first test.
1. List 7 workplace trends that are changing the labor force. larger workforce older workforce increase in e-commerce more service jobs change in consumer demand more diversity in the workplace increase in education and training requirements
2. How many new jobs for office and administrative support supervisors and managers are expected to surface between 1998-2008?
313,000
3. How many new computer programmers, systems analysts, and computer specialists will be added to the labor force between 1998-2006?
870,600
4. List 5 ways that computer technology continues to change the economy. creating entirely new organizations, products, services, and markets increasing the flow of products to consumers launching an information highway increasing worker efficiency changing the type of occupations and geographical distribution of labor
5. How will trade agreements benefit the global economy? a global marketplace removes political, economic, and social walls between nations, increased amounts of goods, services, information, and technology can be traded.
6. Besides trade agreements, what is something else that affects global economy?
7. What is cross-cultural competence? it involves an understanding of the international business environment, plus the skills and subject knowledge needed to be effective in new situations.
8. List 4 major issues that arise due to a changing workplace. job discrimination equitable benefits alternatives to the traditional work environment attitudes of employers and workers to changes in the workplace
9. What is a glass ceiling? artificial barrier based on attitudinal or organizational bias that prevents qualified individuals from advancing into higher management positions.
10. What are some different types of