Name: Romaisa Khan
ID: 13007054013
Program: BBIS
Course: Managing Human Capital
Section: B
Assignment: 4
Carter Cleaning Company
Submitted to: Prof. Imran Akbar Saifi
Date: 18th march, 2016
University of Management and technology
Q. What would be the advantages and disadvantages to Jennifer’s company of routinely
administering honest tests to all its employees?
Advantages Disadvantages
Honesty tests have been reliable and Honesty test is controversial.
valid.
This kind of test doesn’t require This test cannot measure how the person is
administrating skills. maybe he or she will not write exactly
about their personality.
It focuses on behavior of employee. It is time consuming.
This test would be a positive It doesn’t show that person going to steal
management procedure. or not.
It would help to reduce the hiring cost, It is not the exact science so it doesn’t
promotion and training that need skills. show how the person is.
Q. Specifically, what other screening techniques could the company use to screen out theft-
prone employees? How exactly could these techniques be used?
Through pre screening tools honesty test have been shown to eliminate theft and reduce
turnover. Most of the organizations handover this problem to security agency to solve this out.
The company can ensure that if savings from reduced theft would make up for the cost of an
outside agency. As the job preview, they must communicate that the jobs they are offering in
their company are worth keeping and dishonesty and theft will not be tolerated. And they have to
give their employee bonuses to reduce turnover. Further organization approaches in regards to
theft should be clearly communicated to new employees.
Q. How should her company terminate employees caught stealing and what kind of
procedure should be set up for handling reference calls about these employees when they
go to other companies looking for jobs?
The way they should handle workers that are found stealing will terminate instantly and include
the proper authorities and it should only be done when they have valid proof of theft. This kind
of action will also send message to other employees in the company. While many employers are
unwilling to act against employees for theft, developing evidence from police and through the courts
can be beneficial for the individual with honest and accurate information.