HR chapter 1

What is the process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees, and attending to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns?

• Industrial psychology 

• Labor relations 

• Human resource management 

• Behavioral management 

• Organizational health and safety management

Personnel activities associated with human resource management most likely includes all of the following EXCEPT ________.

• providing incentives and benefits

• orienting and training new employees

• appraising employee performance

• building employee commitment

• developing customer relationships

In most organizations, human resource managers are categorized as ________, who assist and advise ________ in areas like recruiting, hiring, and compensation.

A line manager's human resource responsibilities most likely include all of the following EXCEPT ________.

• maintaining department morale

• training employees in new positions

• controlling labor costs

• protecting employees' health

• marketing new products and services

All of the following are examples of human resource specialties EXCEPT ________.

• recruiter

• job analyst

• financial advisor

• compensation manager

• labor relations specialist

Which term refers to using external vendors to perform HR jobs that were once handled by a firm internally?

• managing

• freelancing

• outsourcing

• rightsizing

• warehousing

Strategic human resource management refers to ________.

• formulating and executing human resource policies and practices that produce the employee competencies and behaviors the company needs to achieve strategic aims

• planning the balance of internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats to maintain competitive advantage

• fostering a culture of teamwork and collaboration within the organization

• extending a firm's sales, ownership, and manufacturing to new markets

• managing a firm's insurance benefits administration process

Evidence-based human resource management relies on all of the following types of evidence EXCEPT ________.

• actual measurements

• existing data

• research studies

• qualitative opinions

All of the following are ethical issues that must be considered by human resource managers EXCEPT ________.

• comparable work

• workplace safety

• affirmative action

• Environmental sustainability

• employee privacy rights

Which activity involves creating a system for evaluating employees' job performance and providing feedback?

• Recruiting

• Benefits

• Performance Appraisal

• Incentives