Deck 24: HRM and Organizational Success: Strategies, Planning, and Responsibilities

Question 1

Effective HRM leads to:

A)Organizational success
B)Organizational failure
C)Organizational complexity
D)Organizational inefficiency

Answer 1

Organizational success

Question 2

Which of the following is the main responsibility of an HR department?

A)Attracting candidates for job
B)Ensure staff development
C)Keep employees motivated
D)All of the given options

Answer 2

All of the given options

Question 3

The three important components in aligning business strategy with HR practice:

A)Business Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational Capabilities
B)Marketing Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational Capabilities
C)Business Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational structure
D)Marketing Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational structure

Answer 3

Business Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational Capabilities

Question 4

The following are the factors which come under 'Work planning' that is component systems of HRD

A)Contextual analysis
B)Role analysis
C)Performance appraisal
D)All the above

Question 5

______ is the simple act of comparison & learning for organisational improvement

A)Benchmarking
B)Feedback
C)Ranking
D)Job evaluation

Question 6

HRD process variable include

A)Role clarity
B)Work planning
C)Better communication
D)All of the above

Question 7

The term _____ means contributing in a measurable way to achieving the company's strategic goals.

A)competitive advantage
B)achievement success
C)value creation
D)success metric

Question 8

HR's strategic architecture can be shown as: -

A)HR Function ? HR System? Employee Behaviors
B)HR System? HR Function ? Employee Behaviors
C)HR Function ? Employee Behaviors ? HR System
D)HR System ? Employee Behaviors ? HR Function

Question 9

Which activities are not associated with human resource planning?

A)Forward planning
B)Scenario planning
C)Time keeping
D)Succession planning

Question 10

JA process is: -

A)Mostly informal
B)Specialized
C)Highly formal
D)Mostly technical

Question 11

Why is job analysis so infused with organizational politics? Is it:

A)The process which could lead to contraction of employees in a department and therefore diminishing its power base.
B)A result of interdepartmental rivalry.
C)Because it is not an objective activity.
D)The process through which companies try to shed labour.

Question 12

Reasonable balance between demand and supply of labor is necessary in: -

A)Manpower planning
B)JD
C)Recruitment
D)JA

Question 13

Which of the following is not involved in manpower planning?

A)Analysis of requirements
B)Intuitive judgment
C)Forecast
D)Course of action

Question 14

Forecast requirements, besides demand, essentially take into account

A)Processes
B)Consumers
C)Supply of labor
D)Products

Question 15

Statement describing the values, objectives and goal of HR department is called ____

A)HR vision
B)HR strategy
C)HR mission
D)HR design

Question 16

Method of data collection to back up a forecast of personnel needs ____

A)IPS
B)PEEP
C)PAIR
D)HRIS

Question 17

Minimum acceptable qualifications required for a job are termed as: -

A)JS
B)JD
C)JA
D)Job Appraisal

Question 18

Job Enlargement means: -

A)Horizontal expansion
B)Vertical expansion
C)Diagonal expansion
D)Circular

Question 19

That which adds more of the same type of duties requiring same skills is: -

A)Job progression
B)Job enrichment
C)Job enlargement
D)Job relatedness

Question 20

Intelligence and memory of a person constitute______ characteristics: -

A)Psychological
B)Physical
C)Mental
D)Socia

Question 21

The use of process criteria in job selection means that the individual is being assessed on _____.

A)The number of tasks they can process simultaneously.
B)A methodological approach to task completion.
C)How many tasks can be processed in a set amount of time.
D)The right way to complete a task successfully.

Question 22

Job analysis can be performed in all of the following ways except:

A)Observing hourly work
B)Reviewing interviews conducted with departing employees
C)Studying diaries or daily journals that manager kept over a three-month period
D)Giving workers checklists to indicate which tasks on the list are performed

Question 23

HRM has primary responsibility for all of these implementation variables except:

A)Task design
B)People
C)Reward systems
D)Organization structure

Question 24

In which of these steps, the HR manager attempts to ascertain the supply of and demand for various types of human resources?

A)Forecasting
B)Program implementation
C)Evaluation
D)Goal setting

Question 25

To anticipate the human resource needs of the organization based on some previous data or managerial judgment is known as;

A)Demand forecasting
B)Supplies forecasting
C)Financial forecasting
D)Sales forecasting

Question 26

HRP addresses which of the following needs of the employees

A)Social
B)Development
C)Economic
D)All of the above

Question 27

Manpower planning is more important if the organization's goals include

A)Rapid expansion
B)Stable growth
C)Identifying the marketing mix
D)All of the above

Question 28

Certain jobs require planning activities projecting 1 or 2 even more years in future. These jobs are:

A)Unskilled jobs
B)Semi skilled jobs
C)High skilled jobs
D)All of the above

Question 29

An HR Plan is influenced by

A)Goals of the organization
B)Government policies
C)Types of employees and tasks they perform
D)All of the above

Question 30

A strategic plan must adopt to

A)Social Structure
B)Economic Policies
C)Environmental Circumstances
D)All of the above

Question 31

The actual achievements compared with the objectives of the job is

A)Job performance
B)Job evaluation
C)Job description
D)None of the above

Question 32

The following is (are) concerned with developing a pool of candidates in line with the human resources plan

A)Development
B)Training
C)Recruitment
D)All the above

Question 33

The following type of recruitment process is said to be a costly affair.

A)Internal recruitment
B)External recruitment
C)Cost remains same for both types
D)none

Question 34

_______ can be defined as a written record of the duties, responsibilities and conditions of job.

A)Job description
B)Job specification
C)Job profile
D)None of the above

Question 35

What is that describes the duties of the job, authority relationship, skills requirement, conditions of work etc.

A)Job analysis
B)Job enlargement
C)Job enrichment
D)Job evaluation

Question 36

Arrange the following staffing procedure in the correct sequence
(i) Determining sources of personnel supply
(ii) Preparing personnel specifications
(iii) Selection of personnel
(iv) Determining Personnel Characteristics

A)(ii), (i), (iv) and (iii)
B)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
C)(ii), (i), (iii) and (iv)
D)(ii), (iii), (i) and (iv)

Question 37

Training information system included

A)Training aids
B)Internal and external faculty
C)Training resources
D)Training needs

Question 38

_______ is the process of estimating the quantity and quality of people required to meet future needs of the organisation.

A)Demand forecasting
B)Supply forecasting
C)Environmental forecasting
D)None of the above

Question 39

Which of the below given options are the forecasting techniques used?
(a) Ration Trend Analysis
(b) Delphi Technique
(c) Staffing projections

A)A & C
B)B & C
C)A, B & C
D)A & B

Question 40

The process of determining the tasks that make-up a job and the skills, abilities and responsibilities needed to perform the job is called

A)Job Analysis
B)Job Description
C)Job Enrichment
D)All of the above

Question 41

Selection is concerned with___________________

A)The activity to select a suitable pool of candidates.
B)Always stimulating by the departure of an employee.
C)Always ascertaining a candidate's personality to ensure a suitable fit.
D)Applying appropriate techniques and methods to select a candidate.

Question 42

Career planning involves determination of path of movement of an individual over-time

A)Lateral
B)Upward
C)Downward
D)Stationary

Question 43

Some of the most popular methods of attracting applicants include:

A)Radio and TV advertisement
B)Press advertising
C)Employee referral schemes
D)Commercial job boards

Question 44

Selection methods can include:

A)Interviews
B)Ability tests
C)References
D)A trial periods