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hrm chapters 1-71. Human resource development is the HR function that is concerned with designing and
implementing compensation and benefit systems for all employees.
a) True
b) False
b
1. The primary Function of a human resource department is to provide support to operating
managers on all human resource matters.
a) True
b) False
a
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1. Downsizing involves laying off large numbers of managerial and other employees.
a) True
b) False
a
1. It is desirable for human resource managers to become well-rounded businesspeople.
a) True
b) False
a
1. One of the human resource functions is to provide assistance to employees with personal
problems that influence their work performance.
a) True
b) False
a
1. Human resource management (HRM) encompasses those activities designed to provide
for and coordinate the human resources of an organization.
a) True
b) False
a
,1. Talent management involves identifying and developing outstanding performers only in the
middle management.
a) True
b) False
b
1. Today human resource management (HRM) is clearly isolated from both the management
and the strategic planning process of an organization and occupies a purely administrative
role.
a) True
b) False
b
1. A human resource department normally acts in an advisory capacity and does not have
authority over operating managers.
a) True
b) False
a
1. Fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic
improvements in cost, quality, service, and speed is known as outsourcing.
a) True
b) False
b
1. Metrics refers to:
a) any set of qualitative measures used to evaluate employees' productivity.
b) any set of quantitative measures used to assess workforce performance.
c) psychological tests used to evaluate the skills of an employee.
d) behavioral measures used to assess workforce knowledge.
b
12. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of an older workforce?
a) Experience
b) Reliability
c) Stability
d) Adaptability
d
12. Fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic
improvements in cost, quality, service, and speed is known as
, a) reengineering
b) Rightsizing
a
12. In the majority of Fortune 500 companies, the head of the human resource department,
usually a vice president, answers to the chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. In
many companies, the head of the human resource department sits on the board of directors,
the planning committee, or both.
These trends are indicative of how human resource managers are:
a) expected to become more specialized in their specific area of function
b) constantly dealing with a shrinking role in most organizations today.
c) required to possess competencies that are far less sophisticated than their predecessors.
d) increasingly involved in their organization's strategic and policy-making activities.
d
12. Which of the following major human resource functions within an organization would
include designing discipline and grievance handling systems?
a) Employee and labor relations
b) Compensation and benefits
c) Human resource development
d) Human resource planning, recruitment,
and selection
a
12. Refers to the broad spectrum of human resource activities involved in obtaining and
managing an organization's human resources.
a) Supply chain management
b) Talent management
c) Social audit
d) Enterprise resource planning
b
12. Which of the following is a disadvantage of increasing organizational diversity?
a) Additional time required to deal with special interest groups
b) Lack of responsiveness to diverse groups of customers
c) Reduced creativity among employees
d) Increased intolerance toward wider views
a
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