Intro to HRM Quiz

1) The basic functions of the management process include all of the following EXCEPT

________.

• A) planning

• B) organizing

• C) outsourcing

• D) leading

Which function of the management process requires a manager to establish goals and

standards and to develop rules and procedures?

• A) planning

• B) organizing

• C) staffing

• D) leading

Kiera, a manager, delegates the authority for a project to Lee, her subordinate. Consuela is

most likely involved in which function of the management process?

• A) staffing

• B) organizing

• C) motivating

• D) leading

When managers use metrics to assess performance and then develop strategies for corrective

action, they are performing the ________ function of the management process.

• A) planning

• B) leading

• C) controlling

• D) organizing

Which function of the management process includes selecting employees, setting performance

standards, and compensating employees?

• A) organizing

• B) planning

• C) motivating

• D) staffing

________ is the process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees, and

attending to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns.

• Managing

• Human resource management

• The management process

• Employee engagement

________ is the right to make decisions, to direct the work of others, and to give orders

within your company.

• Leadership

• Authority

• Management

• Responsibility

Which one of the following best defines line authority?

• management over a small staff in a public firm

• management with flexible decision-making powers

• a manager's right to advise other managers or employees

• a manager's right to issue orders to other managers or employees

Yuki works at a position in his organization where he maintains contacts within the

community and travels to search for qualified job applicants. Yuki's position is best described as

a _______

• recruiter

• compensation manager

• labor relations specialist

• job analyst

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

• A) job analyst

• B) purchasing manager

• C) compensation manager

• D) labor relations specialist