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The focus of Human Resource Management revolves around
A
Machined.
B
Motivation
C
Money
D
Men
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The focus of Human Resource Management revolves around
Machined.
Motivation
Money
Men
The balanced scorecard supplies top managers with a ………………. view of the business
longterm financial
detailed and complex
simple and routine
fast but comprehensive
A companys ability to meet its short-term financial obligations is measured by which of the following categories?
Activity ratios
Leverage ratios
Liquidity ratios
Profitability ratios
Chases study (1997) identified what issue as being the biggest obstacle to creating aknowledgecreating company?
Failure of management
Inability to access learning material
Limited resources for training and development
Organisational culture
Which items below are forms of perceptual errors made during the selection process?
The interview setting
The time of day
Like-me judgements
A candidates time-keeping
Identify the top most goal of human resource management?
Work force adaptability
Productivity
Legal compliance
Competitive edge
Which one of the following becomes a creative factor in production?
Consumers
Human Resources
Land
Capital
What is the main reason employers give why employees are not fully proficient?
Lack of numeracy skills
Lack of literacy skills
Lack of experience
Over qualified
What are the ideas underpinning soft, e commitment, or high-road HRM practices?
A lack of mutuality existing between employer and employee
A disregard for unlocking discretionary effort
Labour needs to be treated as an asset to be invested in
Employees are a cost which should be minimized
What do rational processes to recruitment and selection typically ignore?
The time it takes to get to work
The use of power and micropolitics by managers
Labour market demand
Wages
XYZ Corp. is centering on the objective of low-cost, high quality, on-time production by curtailing idle productive and facilities. The XYZ Corp is taking advantage of a system
First In, First Out (FIFO)
Highly mechanized
Just-In-Time (JIT)
Last In, First Out (UFO)
What is the main disadvantage of off-the-job learning?
Accessibility for those training
Long term costs
It isnt always directly related to real organisational issues and needs
The time needed to set up
What is the major problem with the theorizing of strategic IHRM?
It tends to offer a highly idealised pe.rspective on strategy formulation
It fails to incorporate conflict
It becomes obsolete very quickly as change occurs so fast
It is biased towards western ideas
Which of the following is NOT true of the activity known as job analysis?
jobs are broken into elements such as information or relations with other people
it aims to describe the purpose of a job and the conditions under which it is performed.
the job elements are rated in terms such as frequency of use or amount of time involved c.the rate of pay for the job is fixed
Which of the following is not a recruitment technique?
psychometric testing
ability tests
Interviews
performance appraisal
Which selection method remains the most used by organisations?
References
A trial period
Interviews
Ability tests
The difference between human resource management and personnel management is:
Narrow
Wide
Insignificant
Marginal
Which of the following lists is comprised of support activities?
Human resource management, information systems, procurement, and firm infrastructure
Customer service, information systems, technology development, and procurement
Human resource management, technology development, customer service, and procurement
Human resource management, customer service, marketing and sales, and operations
Which of the following statements most accurately defines human resource management?
human resource management contributes to business strategy and plays and important role inthe implementation of business strategy
human resource management is an approach to managing people
human resource management seeks to achieve competitive advantage through the strategicdeployment of a highly committed and capable workforce, using an integrated array ofcultural, structural and personnel techniques
human resource management focuses on people as the source of competitive advantage
Deployment of which resource is difficult to master
Human
Land
Capital
Natural