Cambridge A Level Chapter 16: HRM Strategy

Two approaches to human resource management strategy are:

• A. Rough and gentle HRM

• B. Hard and soft HRM

• C. Strong and mild HRM

• D. Fast and slow HRM

"A contract is only offered for a fixed period of time, such as six month. The contract can be renewed, but the employer does not have to do this" is the meaning for the term:

• A. Part-time contract

• B. Zero-hour contract

• C. Temporary contract

• D. Flexible contract

Definition of gig economy is . . .

• A. An employment contract mix in which temporary, flexible jobs are common and workers are hired as independent contractors or freelance employees (also called contract labor).

• B. The contract is only offered for a fixed period of time, such as six months. The contract can be renewed, but the employer does not have to do this.
  
  

• C. Workers are only contracted to work for certain number of hours each week (less than the full-time working week).

• D. An employment contract that does not guarantee a minimum number of hours per week, but the worker is expected to be available for work when called by the employer.
  
  

The benefits of shift work are, except:

• A. It increases the output of the business.

• B. It ensures expensive capital equipment is fully used.

• C. It is more flexible for business.

• D. Employees can cover for each other in case of illness.

The indicators that HRM can use to assess the level of employees performance are:

• A. Accountability and absenteeism

• B. Accountability and labour productivity

• C. Absenteeism and employer productivity

• D. Absenteeism and labour productivity

Recent IT applications in HRM are used for, except:

• A. Training and development

• B. Research and development

• C. Recruitment

• D. Employee performance management

Three components of the term 'shamrock organisation' by Charles Handy are, except:

• A. Peripheral workers

• B. Core workers

• C. Flexible workers

• D. Outsourced work

An approach to managing employees that focuses on cutting costs is the definition of the term:

• A. Hard HRM

• B. Hard strategy

• C. Soft HRM

• D. Soft strategy

Absenteeism is commonly measured by this formula:

• A. (Number of days of employee presence : total number of workdays) x 100

• B. (Number of days of employee absence : total number of workdays) x 100

• C. (Number of days of employee absence : 100) x total number of workdays

• D. (Number of workdays : total number of days of employee absence) x 100

The reasons why labour productivity might increase over time, except:

• A. Better employee training

• B. Improved operations efficiency

• C. Increased worker involvement in decision-making

• D. Improved employee motivation and higher levels of effort