WorksheetsChap1 Intro HRM(512)
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 45mins
___________ measures the number of employees that leave a firm within a year
performance management
redundancies
labour turnover
redeployment
The term competitive advantage stands for
the superior market position of a company in the market vis-a-vis its competitors
the organizational confidence level
the expansion of product lines in the market
None of the above
Which of the following resources is a source of competitive advantage?
physical resources
human resources
organizational resources
All of the above
Identify the managerial function out of the following functions of HR managers.
procurement
development
organizing
performance appraisal
The scope of human resource management includes
procurement
development
compensation
All of the above
The human resource management functions aim at
ensuring that the human resources possess adequate capital, tool, equipment and material to perform the job successfully
helping the organization deal with its employees in different stages of employment
improving an organization’s creditworthiness among financial institutions
None of the above
Which of the following aptly describes the role of line managers and staff advisors, namely HR professionals?
Staff advisors focus more on developing HR programmes while line managers are more involved in the implementation of those programmes.
Line managers are concerned more about developing HR programmes whereas staff advisors are more involved in implementing such programmes.
Staff advisors are solely responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating the HR programmes while line managers are not all involved in any matters concerning HR.
Line managers alone are responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating the HR programmes while staff advisors are not all involved in any matters concerning HR.
Which one of the following is not a part of the external environment of an organization?
social factors
political factors
legal factors
organizational culture
Which of the following is normally the cause of organizational change?
technological development
change in labour characteristics
mergers, acquisitions, etc
All of the above
A written statement of policies and principles that guides the behaviour of all employees is called
code of ethics
word of ethics
ethical dilemma
None of the above
Which of the following factors shapes the ethical behavior of the members of the organization?
The superiors behavior
Organizational culture
Code of ethics
All of the above
Which of the following best describes the line manager?
A line manager is a person who has direct responsibility for employees and their work.
A line manager is person who manages specific lines for special promotions.
A line manager is a person who manages a particular production line.
A line manager is a person who manages a production line.
The meaning of the acronym HRM is ________
Human Resourceful Management
Human Relation Management
Humanistic Resource Management
Human Resource Management
Which of the following is disadvantage of high labour turnover for a business
Existing workers are motivated
Competence in recruitment
High cost of recruitment and training
New blood and ideas in businesses
The ability of a business to keep its employees working for the firm, rather than to seek employment elsewhere, is known as
Recruitment
Motivation
Retention
Selection
Which of the following is NOT a task of a Human Resource Manager:
Health, safety and employee welfare
Recruitment and selection
Performance appraisal
Budgeting and cash flow
Which term means actively looking for qualified employees?
background check
recruitment
human resources management
meeting staffing needs
Which is considered a voluntary separation?
transfer
lay off
retirement
resignation
Which is the process of helping new employees adjust to a company?
training
recruitment
human resource management
orientation.
Majority of the disputes in industries are related to the problem of ________
Wages
Salaries
Benefits
All the above
Which of the following organization has relatively higher labour turnover
School
Burger King
Law firm
Government
A group of people who perform interdependent tasks to work toward accomplishing a common mission or specific objective.
Team
Creativity
Leadership
None of the above
__________ is the statistical study of population characteristics
labour turnover
external mobility
labour mobility
demography
____________ is the termination of an employee contract due to incompetence
outsourcing
redundancy
dismissal
shortlisting
___________ involves hiring from outside the organization
outsourcing
external recruitment
exduction
redeployment
_____________ is the management process of forecasting current and future needs of employees
labour turnover
retention planning
workforce planning
performance planning
_____________ is part of the recruitment process that involves investigating the components of a job
outsourcing
head-hunting
job analysis
motivation
________ refers to using external providers for certain non-core activities
offshoring
flexible work patterns
outsourcing
re-shoring
The reason for organizations’ efforts to gain competitive advantage out of HR is:
HR environment is responsible for competitive advantage as it cannot be imitated easily by the competitors.
Human resources are more important than physical resources.
It is easy to obtain competitive advantage out of HR practices.
It is easy to obtain competitive advantage out of HR practices.
