21.
Human Resource Management function does not involve:
A
Recruitment
B
Selection
C
Cost control
D
Training
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Human Resource Management function does not involve:
Recruitment
Selection
Cost control
Training
Which is the most popular method of recruiting applicants to jobs?
Radio and TV advertisement
Corporate website
Employee referral schemes
Commercial job boards
Responding to employees and involving them in decision making is referred to as:
Quality of worklife
Autonomy
Empowerment
Preaction
The amount of quality output for amount of input means
Productivity
Production
Sales increase
Increase in profits
Human resource management helps improve
Production
Productivity
Profits
Power
Quality goals require alignment with:
Production
Human Resources
Finance
Purchase
The scope of human resource management includes
Procurement
Development
Compensation
all of the above
Identify the managerial function out of the following functions of HR managers
Procurement
Development
Organizing
performance appraisal
Human resource management is normally in nature
Proactive
Reactive
Combative
none of the above
Which consulting company is associated with the concept of talent management?
Price Waterhouse Coopers
Boston Consulting Group
Deloitte
McKinsey
Strategic human resource management aims to achieve competitive advantage in the market through
Price
Product
People
Process
Strategic human resource management involves:
planning, foresight and analytical decision making
setting employment standards and policies
linking human resources with strategic objectives to improve performance
all of the above
Which of the following is an example of operative function of HR managers?
Planning
Organising
Procurement
Controlling
An array of firm resources include interpersonal relations among managers in the firm, its culture, and its reputation with its customers and suppliers. Such competitive advantages are based upon:
physical uniqueness
path dependency
social complexity
tangible resources
Which of the following is a key HR role as defined by Ulrich et al (2009)?
Personnel administrator
Business ally
Payroll adviser
Organisational geographer
Which of the following is not a limitation of SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunity, Threats) analysis?
Organisational strengths may not lead to competitive advantage
SWOT gives a one-shot view of a moving target
SWOTs focus on the external environment is too broad and integrative
SWOT overemphasises a single dimension of strategy
Which multinational bank used business sponsors to monitor international assignees?
Oman International Bank
Falcon International
HSBC
Barclays
Although firm infrastructure is quite frequently viewed only as overhead expense, it can become a source of competitive advantage. Examples include all of the following except:
negotiating and maintaining ongoing relations with regulatory bodies
marketing expertise increasing a firms revenues and enabling it to enter new markets.
effective information systems contributing significantly to a firms overall cost leadership strategy.
top management providing a key role in collaborating with important customers.
A cultural view of learning considers the values and norms of communities through:
Myths, legends and proverbs
Music, song and dance
Rituals, language and religion
Talk, practices and stories
Wide range of abilities and attributes possessed by people are called as
Management
Human Resources
Entrepreneur
Intreprenuer