WorksheetsSHRM
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
What is the starting point of Strategic Intent?
Goal
Objective
Vision
Mission
Hierarchy of Strategic Intent:
Vision > Mission > Goals > Objectives > Plans
Mission > Vision > Goals > Objectives > Plans
Plans > Vision > Mission > Goals > Objectives
Goals > Vision > Mission > Objectives > Plans
SWOT stands for
Services worldwide optimization and transport
Special weapons for operations for timeless
Strength weakness opportunities and threats
Strength worldwide overcome threats
Which of the following is not a major element of the strategic management process?
Formulation strategy
Implementing strategy
Evaluating strategy
Assigning administrative tasks
Competitive advantage can be best described as
Increased efficiency
What sets an organisation apart
a strength and the organisations
Intangible resources
An organisation strategy ___
Remains set in place longer than the mission and objectives
Generally forms over a period of time as events unfold
Trends to be formed at the same time the mission is developed
None of the above
The three organisational levels are
Corporate level, business level, functional level
Corporate level, business unit level, functional level
Corporate strategy level, business unit level, functional level
None of the above.
Divestment is what kind of strategy?
An asset-reduction strategy
A weakness-reduction strategy
A product-reduction strategy
A cost-reduction strategy
When does horizontal integration occur?
When a firm acquires or merges with a major competitor
When a firm acquires or merges with a an unrelated business
When a firm acquires or merges with a distributor
When a firm acquires or merges with a supplier firm
SHRM Considers people as a strategic resource for attaining
Organizational Goal
Organizational Objectives
Competitive advantage
Top Position in the market
SHRM is the linkage between the human resource strategy and ______
Organizational Goal
corporate-level strategies
Organizational Policies
All of the above
SHRM develop an organizational culture that fosters
innovation
flexibility
competitive advantage
All of the above
Which of the following is not a component of SHRM
Process
Pattern
Procedure
People
___ are the resources that provide utility value to all other resources.
Finance
Men
Machine
Capital
advantages of Outsourcing doesn’t include
Avoid over staffing
Avoid difference in HRM
Reduce cost
none of the above
The primary source of competitive advantage in SHRM is
people
pattern
technology
Process
SHRM was first time evolved in the year
1964
1974
1984
1994
Perception of human assets as higher risk investment is a barrier to
HRM
SHRM
HRP
Economy
SHRM goal of the human resource in such a way to attain the
Profit
Organizational goal
Individual goal
Market Share
The primary focus of strategic management is
Strategic analysis
The total organisation
Strategy formulation
None of the above
The corporate level is where top management directs
All employees for orientation
Its efforts to stabilise recruitment needs
Overall strategy for the entire organisation
Overall sales projections
What are the guides to decision making?
Rules
Procedures
Goals
Policies
Low cost, Differentiation and Focus are examples of
Corporate strategies
Operational strategies
Business strategies
Functional strategies
Which environment can create new markets and new business segments?
Political environment
Economic environment
Socio cultural environment
Technological environment
The word tactics is most likely to be associated with
Business strategy
Corporate strategy
Operational strategy
All of the above
Strategic Management handles
External issues
Administrational issues
Internal issues
Management issues
Strategic fit in SHRM mainly refers to
Matching employee salaries with market rates
Aligning HR capabilities with environmental opportunities
Coordinating departmental activities
Improving operational efficiency only
Vertical fit in SHRM emphasizes alignment between
HR practices and external environment
HR practices and employee satisfaction
HR practices and business strategy
HR practices and organizational culture
Which of the following best describes SHRM?
Administrative management of employees
Short-term workforce planning
Integration of HR practices with long-term organizational strategy
Payroll and compliance management
A leading IT company realises that rapid technological changes require continuous upskilling of employees. The HR department aligns recruitment, training, and performance appraisal with the company’s long-term innovation strategy.- This situation best represents:
Traditional HRM
Operational HR planning
Strategic Human Resource Management
Personnel management
A retail firm adopts a cost-leadership strategy. To support this, HR focuses on workforce efficiency, lean staffing, performance-based pay, and standardized training programs.-The HR approach followed here reflects
Horizontal fit in SHRM
Vertical fit in SHRM
Administrative HRM
Behavioral control
A manufacturing company invests heavily in employee training and skill development, believing that human resources cannot be easily imitated by competitors.
- According to SHRM, employees are viewed as:
Operational costs
Reproducible resources
Strategic assets
Administrative inputs
A multinational company faces employee resistance while implementing a new performance management system aligned with its global strategy.
- The resistance faced by the HR department is best described as:
Strategic flexibility
Barrier to SHRM
Strategic fit
Environmental uncertainty
Top management defines the organization’s long-term direction, while HR translates this into manpower planning, training, and succession planning.- This indicates HR’s role as:
Administrative supporter
Strategic partner
Compliance officer
Operational controller
Skill inventory and competency mapping are mainly used in which step of SHRM?
Forecasting HR needs
Evaluating existing HR capabilities
Implementing HR strategy
Corrective action
One major disadvantage of SHRM is
Poor employee motivation
Overemphasis on short-term goals
Difficulty in measuring outcomes
Lack of organizational goals
According to Price (1997), the principle that emphasizes openness and clarity is
Principle of competence
Principle of credibility
Principle of communication
Principle of control
Supplying adequate resources to strategy-essential activities is part of
Strategy formulation
Strategy evaluation
Strategy implementation
Environmental scanning
The main role of top management in achieving strategic fit is
Supervising daily operations
Aligning internal competencies with external opportunities
Designing compensation plans
Handling employee grievances
Supplying adequate resources to strategy-essential activities is part of
Strategy formulation
Strategy evaluation
Strategy implementation
Environmental scanning
