Question 1

During strategy implementation, an organization:

Accepted Answer

During strategy implementation, the organization follows through on the chosen strategy. This consists of structuring the organization, allocating resources, ensuring that the firm has skilled employees in place, and developing reward systems that align employee behavior with the organization's strategic goals.

Question 2

Which of the following analyses gives the strategic planning team all the information it needs to generate a number of strategic alternatives?

Accepted Answer

External analysis and internal analysis combined constitute what has come to be called the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats)analysis. After going through the SWOT analysis, the strategic planning team has all the information it needs to generate a number of strategic alternatives.

Question 3

In _____, a firm's strategic business planning function develops the strategic plan and then informs the HRM function of the plan.

Accepted Answer

In one-way linkage, the firm's strategic business planning function develops the strategic plan and then informs the HRM function of the plan. Many believe this level of integration constitutes strategic HRM-that is, the role of the HRM function is to design systems and/or programs that implement the strategic plan.

Question 4

Mission, goals, external analysis, internal analysis, and strategic choices are the five major components of the strategic management process that are relevant to:

Accepted Answer

Five major components of the strategic management process (mission, goals, external analysis, internal analysis, and strategic choices)are relevant to strategy formulation.

Question 5

Which is the lowest level of integration between the human resource management function and the strategic management function?

Accepted Answer

Administrative linkage is the lowest level of integration and in which the HRM function's attention is focused on day-to-day activities.

Question 6

_____ allows for consideration of human resource issues during the strategy formulation process.

Accepted Answer

Two-way linkage allows for consideration of human resource issues during the strategy formulation process. This integration occurs in three sequential steps.

Question 7

Which of the following examines the organization's operating environment to identify the strategic opportunities and threats?

Accepted Answer

External analysis consists of examining the organization's operating environment to identify the strategic opportunities and threats. An example of an opportunity is a customer market that is not being served. An example of a threat is potential labor shortage.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true of two-way linkages?

Accepted Answer

Two-way linkage allows for consideration of human resource issues during the strategy formulation process. The strategic planning function and the HRM function are interdependent in two-way linkage.

Question 9

Which of the following levels of integration often leads to strategic plans that the company cannot successfully implement?

Accepted Answer

In one-way linkage, the firm's strategic business planning function develops the strategic plan and then informs the HRM function of the plan. This level of integration often leads to strategic plans that the company cannot successfully implement.

Question 10

Which is the level of integration at which the human resource management engages in day-to-day activities unrelated to the company's core business needs?

Accepted Answer

In administrative linkage (the lowest level of integration), the HRM function's attention is focused on day-to-day activities. In such linkages, the HRM department simply engages in administrative work unrelated to the company's core business needs.

Question 11

Which of the following attempts to identify the organization's strengths and weaknesses?

Accepted Answer

Internal analysis attempts to identify the organization's strengths and weaknesses. It focuses on the quantity and quality of resources available to the organization- financial, capital, technological, and human resources.

Question 12

Which of the following is true of one-way linkage?

Accepted Answer

In one-way linkage, the firm's strategic business planning function develops the strategic plan and then informs the HRM function of the plan. Although, one-way linkage does recognize the importance of human resources in implementing the strategic plan, it precludes the company from considering human resource issues while formulating the strategic plan.

Question 13

External analysis and internal analysis combined constitute the _____.

Accepted Answer

External analysis and internal analysis combined constitute what has come to be called the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats)analysis. After going through the SWOT analysis, the strategic planning team has all the information it needs to generate a number of strategic alternatives.

Question 14

_____ focuses on the quantity and quality of resources available to the organization.

Accepted Answer

Internal analysis attempts to identify the organization's strengths and weaknesses. It focuses on the quantity and quality of resources available to the organization- financial, capital, technological, and human resources.

Question 15

In administrative linkage:

Accepted Answer

In administrative linkage (the lowest level of integration), the HRM function's attention is focused on day-to-day activities. The HRM executive has no time or opportunity to take a strategic outlook toward HRM issues.

Question 16

An organization's _____ is what it hopes to achieve in the medium- to long-term future and it reflects how an organization's reason for being is operationalized.

Accepted Answer

An organization's goals are what it hopes to achieve in the medium- to long-term future; they reflect how the mission will be operationalized.

Question 17

A firm's strategic management decision-making process usually takes place at its top levels, with a strategic planning group consisting of:

Accepted Answer

A firm's strategic management decision-making process usually takes place at its top levels, with a strategic planning group consisting of the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the president, and various vice presidents.

Question 18

_____ consists of structuring the organization, allocating resources, ensuring that the firm has skilled employees in place, and developing reward systems that align employee behavior with the organization's strategic goals.

Accepted Answer

During strategy implementation, the organization follows through on the chosen strategy. This consists of structuring the organization, allocating resources, ensuring that the firm has skilled employees in place, and developing reward systems that align employee behavior with the organization's strategic goals.

Question 19

Companies with _____ have their human resource management functions built right into the strategy formulation and implementation processes.

Accepted Answer

In most cases the HRM executive is an integral member of the senior management team. Rather than an iterative process of information exchange companies with integrative linkage have their HRM functions built right into the strategy formulation and implementation processes.

Question 20

_____ is a statement of the organization's reason for being that usually specifies the customers served, the needs satisfied and/or the values received by the customers, and the technology used.

Accepted Answer

The mission is a statement of the organization's reason for being; it usually specifies the customers served, the needs satisfied and/or the values received by the customers, and the technology used. The mission statement is often accompanied by a statement of a company's vision and/or values.

Quiz 2: Strategic Human Resource Management

During strategy implementation, an organization:

Which of the following analyses gives the strategic planning team all the information it needs to generate a number of strategic alternatives?

In _____, a firm's strategic business planning function develops the strategic plan and then informs the HRM function of the plan.

Mission, goals, external analysis, internal analysis, and strategic choices are the five major components of the strategic management process that are relevant to:

Which is the lowest level of integration between the human resource management function and the strategic management function?

_____ allows for consideration of human resource issues during the strategy formulation process.

Which of the following examines the organization's operating environment to identify the strategic opportunities and threats?

Which of the following statements is true of two-way linkages?

Which of the following levels of integration often leads to strategic plans that the company cannot successfully implement?

Which is the level of integration at which the human resource management engages in day-to-day activities unrelated to the company's core business needs?

Which of the following attempts to identify the organization's strengths and weaknesses?

Which of the following is true of one-way linkage?

External analysis and internal analysis combined constitute the _____.

_____ focuses on the quantity and quality of resources available to the organization.

In administrative linkage:

An organization's _____ is what it hopes to achieve in the medium- to long-term future and it reflects how an organization's reason for being is operationalized.

A firm's strategic management decision-making process usually takes place at its top levels, with a strategic planning group consisting of:

_____ consists of structuring the organization, allocating resources, ensuring that the firm has skilled employees in place, and developing reward systems that align employee behavior with the organization's strategic goals.

Companies with _____ have their human resource management functions built right into the strategy formulation and implementation processes.

_____ is a statement of the organization's reason for being that usually specifies the customers served, the needs satisfied and/or the values received by the customers, and the technology used.