QCE Business Unit 4 Topic 1 HR

The first stage of the employment cycle is:

• Maintenance

• Acquisition

• Separation

• Development

The primary focus of HR repositioning is on customers:

• True

• False

The acquisition stage of the employment cycle involves:

• Recruitment of staff

• Job analysis and design

• Selection of staff

• All of the above

Repositioning in the maintenance stage of the employment cycle involves:

• Reviewing rewards and benefits schemes

• Succession planning

• Update performance management processes

• Updating job descriptions

Which of the following are HR repositioning strategies used in the acquisition stage? (select all that apply)

• Engaging or terminating outsourced recruitment

• Updating job descriptions

• Implementing alternative selection processes

• Retraining staff

The focus for HR repositioning in the development stage is on:

• Staff redundancy

• Retraining staff based on new laws, workplace practices or technological improvements

• Analysis of staff turnover

• Review rewards and benefits schemes

The focus for HR repositioning in responding to internal environment influences is to achieve the goals of:

• efficiency and competitiveness

• effectiveness and stakeholder satisfaction

• efficiency and effectiveness

• efficiency and stakeholder satisfaction

Rewards and benefits offered to staff should be reviewed to ensure they:

• build staff morale and are not given out often

• are given out regularly no matter the cost

• are all extrinsic

• build staff morale, focus on intrinsic rewards and are efficient

The benefits of intrinsic rewards are that they: (select all that apply)

• reward staff for their commitment to the business

• are tangible such as pay rises

• are linked to job performance

• can increase productivity if executed correctly

Fringe benefits are:

• an intrinsic reward

• free haircuts

• benefits provided to an employee in addition to their wage or salary

• benefits given to an employee instead of their wage or salary