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Terms in this set (71)1) Human resources management refers to:
E. THE MANAGEMENT OF PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATIONS 2) The knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of a firmʹs workers is known as: D. HUMAN CAPITAL 3) Human resources practices that support strategy include: E. PRODUCTION SCHEDULING 4) A company utilizes a system to measure the impact of Human Resources which balances D. BALANCED SCORECARD 5) You have been tasked with building employee engagement at the firm you work for. Strategic B. EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 6) HR department staff members are traditionally involved in key operational responsibilities. Which C. COLLECTING METRICS 7) Being completely familiar with employment legislation, HR policies and procedures, collective C. OFFERING ADVICE 8) The practice of contracting with outside vendors to handle specified functions on a permanent D. OUTSOURCING 9) The companyʹs plan for how it will balance its internal strengths and weaknesses with external D. STRATEGY 10) Rita is the HR Director of a
manufacturing company. She recently undertook research to identify A. ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING 11) The HR manager of Smith & Yu company was heavily involved in a downsizing exercise of the C. EXECUTING STRATEGY 12) The core values, beliefs, and assumptions that are widely shared by members of an organization B. ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE 13) As the HR consultant of a newly formed company, Arun has planned a presentation for the line B. FOSTERING EMPLOYEE LOYALTY AND COMMITMENT AND PROVIDING EMPLOYEES WITH A SENSE OF DIRECTION 14) The prevailing atmosphere or ʹʹinternal weatherʺ that exists in an organization and its impact on A. ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE 15) Revlex Inc. has decided to allow its front line workers to make decisions regarding the ordering of B. EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT 16) Joe Brown was hired by a manufacturing firm as a supervisor. During his first few weeks as a A. EMPOWERING HIS STAFF 17) Economic downturns are generally associated with: D. AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF JOB APPLICANTS FOR VACANCIES 18) The ratio of an organizationʹs outputs to its inputs is known as: C. PRODUCTIVITY 19) External
environmental influences having a direct or indirect influence on HRM include which of A. LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS 20) The ratio of an organizationʹs outputs such as goods and its inputs such as capital is which of
the A. PRODUCTIVITY 21) When unemployment rates fall: A. TRAINING AND RETENTION STRATEGIES INCREASE IN IMPORTANCE 22) Mortgage Financial needs to recruit 10 employees for a period of three months to assist its team of B. USE CONTINGENT EMPLOYEES 23) The characteristics of the work force are known as: C. DEMOGRAPHICS 24) The single most important factor governing the size and composition of the labour force is: B. POPULATION GROWTH 25) Any attribute that humans are likely to use to tell
them, ʺthat person is different from me,ʺ and D. DIVERSITY 26) Baby boomers: E. WERE BORN BETWEEN 1946 AND 1965 27) Characteristics of Generation X employees include: C. A DESIRE FOR WORK/LIFE BALANCE 28) The Sandwich Generation refers to: C. INDIVIDUALS WITH RESPONSIBILITIES FOR YOUNG DEPENDENTS AND ELDERLY RELATIVES 29) If you were the HR advisor of a company where the majority of the workforce consisted of C. EMPOWERMENT AND CHALLENGING WORK 30) If you were the HR advisor of a company where the majority of the workforce consisted of D. ELDERCARE AND PENSION BENEFITS 31) Canadians who are functionally illiterate are: A. EXACTING A TOLL ON ORGANIZATIONS' PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS 32) Approximately ________ percent of the Canadian population could be members of visible A. 20 33) Which of the following statements is true? B. ETHNIC DIVERSITY IS INCREASING. CURRENTLY, MORE THAN 200 DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS ARE REPRESENTED AMONG CANADIAN RESIDENTS 34) Technological advances in manufacturing have: C. ELIMINATED MANY BLUE-COLLAR JOBS 35) Which of the following jobs are likely to increase in the market as a result of technological B. PROFESSIONAL JOBS AND MANAGERIAL POSITIONS 36) Questions
concerning ________ are at the core of a growing controversy brought about by the new A. DATA CONTROL, ACCURACY, RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND ETHICS 37) You are the Director of Human Resources at a real
estate development company based in Toronto. D. AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM 38) You are the HR generalist of a national
railway. Which employment legislation would you refer to A. FEDERAL 39) Which of the following apply to employers and employees across Canada? C. EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND CANADA/QUEBEC PENSION PLAN 40) The tendency of firms to extend their sales or manufacturing to new markets abroad is known as: B. GLOBALIZATION 41) The globalization of markets and manufacturing has vastly increased: E. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 42) The process
of analyzing manufacturing processes, reducing production costs, and compensating B. SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT 43) Which of the following was given emphasis in Frederick Taylorʹs theory on HRM? B. COMPENSATION TIED TO PERFORMANCE 44) Management practices in the late 1800s and early 1900s emphasized: D. TASK SIMPLIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY 45) Mary Parker Follett was a: A. BELIEVER IN SELF-MANAGEMENT 46)
The management philosophy based on the belief that attitudes and feelings of workers are A. THE HUMAN RELATIONS MOVEMENT 47) The Hawthorne Studies are closely linked with: B. THE HUMAN RELATIONS MOVEMENT 48) Which of the following statements is true of the Hawthorne Studies? A. WORKER MORALE WAS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY SUCH FACTORS AS THE SUPERVISOR'S LEADERSHIP STYLE 49) Which of the following activities was part of the the traditional role of
personnel management in E. HIRING AND FIRING EMPLOYEES 50) In the early 1900s, personnel administration, as it was then called: C. PLAYED A VERY SUBSERVIENT ROLE IN ORGANIZATIONS 51) The second phase of personnel management arrived in the 1930s with: A. MINIMUM WAGE LEGISLATION 52) If you were an HR professional in the 1940s or 1950s you would likely have had the following D. HANDLING ORIENTATION AND PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS 53) The third major phase in personnel management was a direct result of: E. THE INCREASING AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION 54) The third phase of personnel management was concerned largely with: C. CORPORATE CONTRIBUTION AND PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT 55) The fourth phase of HRM is ongoing. Current management thinking holds that: D. EMPLOYEES ARE OFTEN THE FIRM'S BEST COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 56) Characteristics of a profession include: C. MANY DIVERSE POINTS OF VIEW 57) The broad objectives of HR associations across the country include: E. ALL OF THE ABOVE 58) The Canadian national body through which all
provincial and specialist HR associations are B. CANADIAN COUNCIL OF HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATIONS 59) Payoffs associated with
properly implemented ethics programs include: E. ALL OF THE ABOVE 60) The implied, enforced, or felt obligation of managers, acting in their official capacities, to serve or C. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 61) Taking a stand on anti-animal testing, human rights protection, and environmental conservation is B. SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 62) The goal of HRM is to align people practices to organizational strategy to produce behaviours TRUE 63) HR responsibilities have shifted from operational to strategic responsibilities which involve TRUE 64) An HR professional can build employee engagement by coaching line managers to build trusting TRUE 65) Management can lose its authority and power by empowering its employees. FALSE 66) HR professionals are increasingly expected by their employers to be change agents who lead the TRUE 67) The growing emphasis on education and human capital reflects several social and economic FALSE 68) Recent research indicates that there is a strong positive relationship between employee TRUE 69) Technological advances will continue to shift employment from some occupations to others, while FALSE 70) HRM has evolved over the last few decades due to economic forces such as globalization, TRUE 71) As an HR professional in todayʹs organizations, you need to be concerned with ethical issues such TRUE Sets with similar termsHR EXAM #1 - CH. 127 terms madieskor mgt 3320 practice test 130 terms sadiewag BSAD chapters 9&1035 terms briecure Sets found in the same folderChapter 2 HRM76 terms northbay94 Chapter 4 HRM75 terms northbay94 Chapter 5 HRM94 terms northbay94 Chapter 3 HRM68 terms northbay94 Other sets by this creatorLaw 2933 terms northbay94 Law 2831 terms northbay94 Law 2733 terms northbay94 LAW 2635 terms northbay94 Other Quizlet sets1423 terms jnixo009 Exam 341 terms tessa_hanold Session 330 terms aclapp2016 BUSA 320 EXAM CH 1-424 terms shamira_shuler Related questionsQUESTION Generally speaking, when products being distributed through a supply chain are characterized as "functional", the supply chain model that firms in that supply chain should adopt is: 15 answers QUESTION A female employee, over the objections of her colleagues, continues to display a Playgirl centerfold in her office. This could lead to a charge of: 6 answers QUESTION The word hospitality comes from the word the word hospice, a French word meaning what? 2 answers QUESTION Conflict in the group causes the group's performance to improve and group members feel uncomfortable with it. 2 answers What term refers to the knowledge education training skills and expertise of a firm's workers quizlet?Human capital. The knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of a firm's workers.
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