HR quiz

What is the main disadvantages of off-the-job learning?

• It isn't always directly related to real organisational issues and needs

• The time needed to set up

• Long term costs

• Accessibility for those training

XYZ Corp. is centering on the objective of low- cost, high quality, on-time production by curtailing idle productive and facilities. The XYZ Corp is taking advantage of a system

• Highly mechanized

• First In, First Out (FIFO)

• Just-In-Time (JIT)

• Last In, First Out (UFO)

Why has the bureaucratic form of organisation fundamentally questioned?

• Information Technology has made it redundant.

• Organisations have grown so large that

  almost impossible to create an effective

  bureaucracy to manage them.

• Organisations are experiencing acute pressure to change and pursue innovation as a means of securing business growth.

• The pressures of globalisation have rendered it unsuitable.

In which decade did HRM originate?

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1950s

• 1990s

The balanced scorecard proposes that organisational success depends on:

• a focus on only the internal environment of the organization

• a constantly changing external environment

• the belief that it is impossible to take a rationalist view of the organisation to make optimal choices

• an ability to develop a complete list of cause and effect relationships driving a firms success

Poka-yoke is also known as

• Proofreading

• Mistake

• Mistake and proofreading

• Mistake-proofing

Who formalized the concept of Poka-yoke?

• Juran

• Crosby

• Dr. Shigeo Shingo

• Deming

Just-in-time is a strategy for implementing the policy of

• Zero defects

• Four defects

• Eight defects

• Seven defects

attainment of such age by the employee as is fixed in the contract or conditions of service as an age of retirement.

• Gratuity

• Retirement

• Superannuation

• Pension