INTRODUCTION TO HRM

Which of the following is NOT a competitive challenge within the Human Resources Management framework?

• Changes in the marketplace

• Globalization

• Technology

• Employee rights

Knowledge workers require skills in all of the following areas except ______.

• computer programming.

• planning.

• decision-making.

• problem solving.

____ is closely related to corporate social responsibility.

• Downsizing

• Furloughing

• Sustainability

• Offshoring

____ is the process of moving jobs closer to one’s home country.

• Nearshoring

• Outsourcing

• Offshoring

• Downsizing

Which of the following is not an approach used by organizations to try to lower labor costs?

• Productivity enhancements

• Outsourcing

• Employee leasing

• Employee development

The practice of moving jobs overseas is known as _____.

• outplacement.

• contracting.

• offshoring

• nearshoring

As an employee advocate, HR managers ______.

• formulate and issue policy revisions

• listen to employees and represent their needs to management

• provide individual orientation and training to every employee

• assist employees with labor negotiations

Which of the following is NOT a general responsibility of the HR manager?

• Employee supervision

• Strategic advice and counsel

• Policy formulation and implementation

• Employee advocacy

Human capital is _____ and _____ be managed the way organizations manage jobs, products, and technologies.

• tangible, cannot

• tangible, can

• intangible, cannot

• tangible, can

Understanding the organization’s customers and economic and financial capabilities is a part of which of the following competencies required of HR managers?

• Personal credibility

• HR mastery

• Business mastery

• Change mastery