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751.	_______ is when an employee feels that the task assigned to him is worthwhile and he cares to do so.
A.	Impact
B.	Competence
C.	Meaningfulness
D.	Choice
Answer» C. Meaningfulness

752.	The concept of Learning Organizations was introduced by:-
A.	Peter Senge
B.	Peter F Drucker
C.	Robert Owen
D.	None of the above
Answer» A. Peter Senge

753.	Which of the following is critical to the success of TQM?
A.	Training
B.	Selection
C.	Coordination
D.	Cooperation
Answer» A. Training

754.	What did the Hawthorne experiments discover?
A.	That people need to belong to a 'social group'
B.	That people need heat and good lighting to work well
C.	Money is a motivator
D.	It makes no difference how you treat people at work in relation to their behaviour
Answer» A. That people need to belong to a 'social group'

755.	Which of the following comprise the compensation function of HRM?
A.	Job evaluation
B.	Wage and salary Administration
C.	Bonus
D.	All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above

756.	HR managers are generally the _______________ managers :
A.	Line
B.	Middle
C.	Staff
D.	Top
Answer» C. Staff

757.	What could be the best approach for an organization to sustain in a dynamic environnent?
A.	Be stagnant
B.	Responsive to change
C.	Reluctant to change
D.	Merge with others
Answer» B. Responsive to change

758.	Effective HRM leads to:
A.	Organizational success
B.	Organizational failure
C.	Organizational complexity
D.	Organizational inefficiency
Answer» A. Organizational success

759.	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» D. All of the given options

760.	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» A. Business Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational Capabilities

761.	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
Answer» D. All the above

762.	______ is the simple act of comparison & learning for organisational improvement
A.	Benchmarking
B.	Feedback
C.	Ranking
D.	Job evaluation
Answer» A. Benchmarking

763.	HRD process variable include
A.	Role clarity
B.	Work planning
C.	Better communication
D.	All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above

764.	What term refers to the knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of a firm’s workers?
A.	human resources
B.	human capital
C.	intangible assets
D.	knowledge assets
Answer» B. human capital

765.	A _____ is a company’s plan for how it will balance its internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats in order to maintain a competitive advantage.
A.	SWOT analysis
B.	mission statement
C.	strategy
D.	tactic
Answer» C. strategy

766.	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
Answer» C. value creation

767.	Managers use a(n) _____ to measure the HR function’s effectiveness and efficiency in producing employee behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic goals.
A.	metric
B.	HR Scorecard
C.	benchmark
D.	high performance work system
Answer» B. HR Scorecard

768.	Effective human resource management could include all of the following responsibilities except _____.
A.	placing the right person in the right job
B.	training employees
C.	controlling labor costs
D.	all are responsibilities necessary for effective human resource management
Answer» D. all are responsibilities necessary for effective human resource management

769.	Human resource managers generally exert _____ within the human resources department and _____ outside the human resources department.
A.	line authority; implied authority
B.	staff authority; line authority
C.	line authority; staff authority
D.	functional control; authoritarian control
Answer» A. line authority; implied authority

770.	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
Answer» A. HR Function → HR System→ Employee Behaviors

771.	Which activities are not associated with human resource planning?
A.	Forward planning
B.	Scenario planning
C.	Time keeping
D.	Succession planning
Answer» C. Time keeping

772.	JA process is: -
A.	Mostly informal
B.	Specialized
C.	Highly formal
D.	Mostly technical
Answer» C. Highly formal

773.	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.
Answer» A. The process which could lead to contraction of employees in a department and therefore diminishing its power base.

774.	Reasonable balance between demand and supply of labor is necessary in: -
A.	Manpower planning
B.	JD
C.	Recruitment
D.	JA
Answer» A. Manpower planning

775.	Which of the following is not involved in manpower planning?
A.	Analysis of requirements
B.	Intuitive judgment
C.	Forecast
D.	Course of action
Answer» B. Intuitive judgment

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_______ is when an employee feels that the task assigned to him is worthwhile and he cares to do so.

The concept of Learning Organizations was introduced by:-

Which of the following is critical to the success of TQM?

What did the Hawthorne experiments discover?

Which of the following comprise the compensation function of HRM?

HR managers are generally the _______________ managers :

What could be the best approach for an organization to sustain in a dynamic environnent?

Effective HRM leads to:

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

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

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

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

HRD process variable include

What term refers to the knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of a firm’s workers?

A _____ is a company’s plan for how it will balance its internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats in order to maintain a competitive advantage.

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

Managers use a(n) _____ to measure the HR function’s effectiveness and efficiency in producing employee behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic goals.

Effective human resource management could include all of the following responsibilities except _____.

Human resource managers generally exert _____ within the human resources department and _____ outside the human resources department.

HR’s strategic architecture can be shown as: -

Which activities are not associated with human resource planning?

JA process is: -

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

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

Which of the following is not involved in manpower planning?

Forecast requirements, besides demand, essentially take into account

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

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

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

Job Enlargement means: -

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

Intelligence and memory of a person constitute______ characteristics: -

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

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

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

Which of these is the process of getting detailed information about jobs?

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

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

HRP addresses which of the following needs of the employees

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

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

An HR Plan is influenced by

A strategic plan must adopt to

The actual achievements compared with the objectives of the job is

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

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

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

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

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

Training information system included

Human resource managers generally exert _ within the human resources department and _ outside the human resources department.

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

776.	Forecast requirements, besides demand, essentially take into account
A.	Processes
B.	Consumers
C.	Supply of labor
D.	Products
Answer» C. Supply of labor

777.	Statement describing the values, objectives and goal of HR department is called ____
A.	HR vision
B.	HR strategy
C.	HR mission
D.	HR design
Answer» C. HR mission

778.	Method of data collection to back up a forecast of personnel needs ____
A.	IPS
B.	PEEP
C.	PAIR
D.	HRIS
Answer» D. HRIS

779.	Minimum acceptable qualifications required for a job are termed as: -
A.	JS
B.	JD
C.	JA
D.	Job Appraisal
Answer» A. JS

780.	Job Enlargement means: -
A.	Horizontal expansion
B.	Vertical expansion
C.	Diagonal expansion
D.	Circular
Answer» A. Horizontal expansion

781.	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
Answer» C. Job enlargement

782.	Intelligence and memory of a person constitute______ characteristics: -
A.	Psychological
B.	Physical
C.	Mental
D.	Socia
Answer» C. Mental

783.	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.
Answer» D. The right way to complete a task successfully.

784.	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
Answer» A. Observing hourly work

785.	HRM has primary responsibility for all of these implementation variables except:
A.	Task design
B.	People
C.	Reward systems
D.	Organization structure
Answer» D. Organization structure