Test you understanding of key chapter concepts by working through this quiz. You can check your answer by clicking on the arrow to the right or on what you think the correct answer is. The correct answer will then be revealed to you for that question. Show 1. Which of the following statements is not true about strategic human resource management?
Answer: C 2. Accordingto your textbook, a limitation with the “strategic” aspect of HRM is .
Answer: D 3. create value by solving clients’ problems through the direct application of expert knowledge.
Answer: C 4. Which of the following is an example of diversity?
Answer: C 5. Which one of the following is an example of discrimination?
Answer: D 6. Which of the following is not true of affirmative action (positive discrimination)?
Answer: A 7. Biofeedback, lie detection, the Big-Five personality factor, IQ, and tests of cognitive ability are all .
Answer: C 8. An association of wage-earning employees, organized and mobilized in order to represent its constituents, is commonly referred to as .
Answer: C 9. Fill in the blank: represent the belief in the market mechanism, neo-liberalism, and self-interest in the employer/employee contract.
Answer: B 10. Which one of the following is NOT a core practice and process of human resource management?
Answer: D 11. The idea that staff simply want to be told what is required of them, given the resources and training to achieve these requirements, and be remunerated if they go beyond those requirements is central to what ‘school’ of human resource management
Answer: D 12. An organization that relies mainly on the experience, knowledge and expertise of its professional staff is know as a _________?
Answer: C 13. According to Alvesson (2004) the employment of talent and the advantage that the organization derives from that talent is know as __________.
Answer: B 14. According to Alvesson (2004) _______ refers to highly evolved processes that are difficult to imitate, such as systems of cross-departmental cooperation, executive development, and so on. Which of the following statements about human resource development is not true?Human resource blocks economic changes in the economy statement is not true. Explanation: Sources of Human Capital Formation.
Which of the following is not a human resource development?Religion is not a determinant of human resource. Education, sex and age are the determining factors of human resource.
Which of the following is not true in case of HRM?Answer: Option (d) Treating employees as tools is the correct option.
Which of the following statement is correct about human resource management?Human resource management or HRM is a very important factor in any business organisation. HRM means effective and efficient management of the employees working in the company.
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