Quiz chapter 7

What is the primary focus of strategic HRM?

• Day-to-day administrative tasks

• Solving short-term employee complaints

• Linking HR with long-term strategic business goals

• Strictly ensuring legal compliance

According to the comparison chart, who holds accountability in a traditional HR?

• All employees

• Line managers

• CEO

• HR specialist

In the 5P Model, "Policies" are described as:

• The company's core business values and culture

• The specific step-by-step way activities are carried out

• Guidelines for action on people-related business issues

• Coordinated efforts to address major business issues

The primary goal of strategic HR is to increase employee productivity by

• focusing on internal HR issues

• solving business obstacles that occur outside of HR

• reducing the number of employees

• strictly enforcing company rules

Why is communication between HR and top management considered "vital" for SHRM?

• Top management needs to approve all minor HR paperwork

• HR needs to inform management about which employees are on leave

• SHRM is a partnership, and HR cannot align with business goals without active cooperation

• Communication is only important for legal compliance reasons

A key feature of SHRM is that much of the responsibility for managing people is

• kept entirely within the HR department

• outsourced to external consultants

• devolved down the line to managers

• handled exclusively by the CEO

If a company's main strategy is to become the most innovative company in its industry, which SHRM activity would be most critical?

• A compensation program focused only on rewarding years of service

• A recruitment and training program focused on attracting creative talent and fostering experimentation

• A strict compliance policy that punishes any deviation from the rules

• A plan to reduce the workforce to cut costs

A company notices its best employees are leaving to join a competitor. A traditional HR manager might react by simply hiring replacements faster. What would a strategic HR manager likely do first?

• Immediately give everyone a raise without investigation

• Blame the managers for being poor leaders

• Analyze the root cause of the problem and develop a long-term retention program

• Ignore the problem and assume it is a temporary trend

Strategic HR nature is best described as having a

• short-term focus

• long-term focus

• purely internal focus

• focus separate from strategy

What is the "status quo approach" of employees?

• They are overly ambitious

• They resist change and prefer current routines

• They lack proper legal work status

• They demand promotions constantly