Q1-Q10: HCM

What are the omitted terms? Kay and Banfield (2002: 32) have supported that Human Resource Management sees people as a key organisational resource that needs to be ------------- and utilised to support the organisation’s operational and strategic ----------------.

• developed; activities

• trained; activities

• developed; objectives

• trained; objectives

Which of the following best describes the standard of “validity” for evaluating psychometric tests’ prediction?

• The test must accurately assess the work behaviours that it is meant to predict.

• The results are consistent when delivered by different assessors and are consistent across time.

• The test should not discriminate between subgroups.

• The test should be a sound investment for the organisation so that the benefits are greater than the costs.

The cash lump sums offered to new recruits are best known as:

• Golden hello
• Golden bonus

• Golden reward

• Golden benefit

The view that a distinctive set of HR practices can be applied successfully to all organisations irrespective of their setting is referred to as “Best practice human resource management approach”.

• True

• False

Personality tests best measure candidate’s performance-based qualities.

• True

• False

In the 'matching model' of HRM what is meant by 'Cost driven HRM'?

• Where a strategic planning process exists but people are viewed as a cost.

• Where a strategic planning process does not exist but people are viewed as a resource.

• Where a strategic planning process does not exist and people are viewed as a cost.

• Where a strategic planning process exists and people are viewed as a resource.

Human Resource Management can be best described as “The systematic attraction identification development engagement retention and deployment of those individuals who are of particular value to an organization either in view of their “high potential” for the future or because they are fulfilling business/operational-critical roles”.

• True

• False

Which of the following studies reveal a long-standing interest in the relationship between employees and organisational performance?

• Scientific Management

• Total Quality Management

• The Hawthorne studies

• All of the above

Which of the following statements is correct?

• In terms of employee relations, Personnel Management can be identified as pluralist and collectivist while Strategic Human Resource Management as unitarist and individualistic.

• In terms of structures and systems, Personnel Management can be identified as bureaucratic and formal while Strategic Human Resource Management as organic and devolved.

• In terms of evaluation criteria, Personnel Management can be identified as a cost minimization approach while Strategic Human Resource Management as maximum utilisation approach.

• All of the above.

According to evidence from empirical evidence studies, referrals have the lowest prediction rate.

• True

• False