HRM Theoretical Base Quiz

According to the AMO theory, what is the formula for employees performance?

• Ability + Motivation + Opportunity to Progress

• Attitude + Motivation + Opportunity to Perform

• Ability + Management + Opportunity to Perform

• Ability + Motivation + Opportunity to Perform

Which theory explains that HRM practices are dependent on the organization's environment and circumstances?

• AMO theory

• Motivation theory

• Human capital theory

• Contingency theory

According to human capital theory, what does it focus on in an organization?

• Human resources

• Technological resources

• Financial resources

• Physical resources

Which theory suggests that social beings feel obliged to return favours?

• Contingency theory

• Human capital theory

• Social exchange theory

• Stakeholder theory

According to stakeholder theory, who are the stakeholders in organizations?

• various groups excluding employees, customers and the public

• employees

• managers

• goverment

• students

What does the Resource-Based View theory state is necessary for achieving competitive advantage?

• Non-essential and replaceable resources

• Inexpensive and abundant resources

• Common and easily imitable resources

• Valuable, rare and costly to imitate resources

The total number of people who are currently employed plus the number of people who are unemployed and seeking employment

• Human capital

• Labor force

• Human resources

• Social capital

•     Organisational capital

Name elements of IKEA's organisational capital in terms of HRM?

• Teambuilding

• Recruitment and selection

• Employee satisfaction

• Training and development infrastructure

• individual employee’s abilities

What does the relationship between line managers and employees at IKEA increase?

• Employee turnover

• Employee absenteeism

• Employee satisfaction

• Social capital

Line managers at IKEA spend time working on the shop floor on a yearly basis in order to ...

• Spend time on the shop floor

• Increase the social capital

• Take breaks

• Increase the organizational capital