Question

Jacob, the CEO at Einstein Inc., learns that his company is perceived as low-value by customers. He plans to combat this by hiring highly skilled and knowledgeable employees in order to improve Einstein's competitive standing. In this scenario, Jacob will most likely be hiring
A. employees with a core competency.
B. employees with a college degree.
C. offshored employees.
D. temporary workers.
E. outsourced employees.

Answer 1

Answer:Option A

Explanation:

It can be learnt from the above case that Einstein inc requires highly qualified employees to take over the operations to increase the company's value.While hiring Jacob has to consider the employees with core competencies. Organisations should have employees with core competency to bring efficiency and productivity in their company.

Core competencies can be classified based on the technical knowledge and behavioral characteristics. Technical know how helps to perform the job right away while behavioral traits helps in adopting to the company and create a valuable organizational culture.