0% 0 HRM Quiz 4 1 / 50 Which of the following is not an advantage of using a private employment agency? screening may not be as thorough it may be better for attracting minority candidates it may be faster than in-house recruiting it does not require internal recruitment specialists 2 / 50 Motivating the employees is classified as___________? Informational role Conceptual role Interpersonal role Decisional role 3 / 50 Which of the following act represents a situation in which employment decisions are NOT affected by illegal discrimination? Fair employment Litigation Process Legal compliance Affirmative action 4 / 50 The primary aim of recruitment and selection process is to___________? Hire the best individuals at optimum cost Ensure the availability of surplus in the case of sickness and absence Meet the high labour turnover Hire Excess manpower for the future 5 / 50 Which of the following term best represents the individuals who have interests in an Organisation and are influenced by it? Stakeholders Stockholders Customers Workforce 6 / 50 The field of HRM was founded on the idea that the competitive advantage of the organisation relies on the following sources of capital: social, cultural and human capital organisation relies on the ,following sources of capital cultural, human and source capital cultural, human and system capital 7 / 50 If one were to think of HR as a business, which of the following ?product lines? involves developing effective HR systems that help the Organisation meet its goals for attracting, keeping and developing people with the skills it needs? Product quality audit Business partner services Strategic partner Administrative services 8 / 50 The sixth step of the SHRM application tool is to evaluate the plan against success criteria. During this stage it is important to note:___________? the failures that resulted from the implementation of the plan the positive & negative effect of the actions implemented the positive effects of the actions implemented the negative effects of the actions implemented 9 / 50 The process of grouping of similar types of works together is known as____________? Job description Job classification Job design Job evaluation 10 / 50 The Statement which best describes the function of Human Resources Planning is___________? The process of effectively and efficiently managing your assets. The formal process of familiarizing new employees with the Organisation,new job, work units and culture values, beliefs and accepted behaviour. The? process of ensuring that people required running the company are being used as effectively as possible especially in fulfilling developmental needs in order to accomplish the organisation?s goals. An integrated set of processes, programs and systems in an Organisation that focuses on maximizing employee contribution in order to achieve Qrganisational success 11 / 50 The Michigan Model emphasis the following functions and their interrelates. selection, recruitment, induction and promotions selection, recruitment, rewards and promotion appraisal, rewards, promotions and retention selection, appraisal, rewards and human resource development 12 / 50 Moving employees from? one job to another in a predetermined way is called ____________? Job rotation Job enrichment Work mapping Job re-engineering 13 / 50 The degree to which interviews, tests, and other selection procedures yield comparable data over time and alternative measures is best define by__________? Organisational culture Job sampling Validity Reliability 14 / 50 The following are some of the ways that human resources can benefit through electronic systems, except:_________? working online can reduce the resistance sometimes experienced from employees online retirement planning can help employees map out their future while reducing questions and paperwork for HR online recruiting can eliminate paperwork and speed up the hiring process online learning can slash travel costs and make training available anytime anywhere 15 / 50 The Job Characteristics Model is one of the most influential attempts to____________? design jobs with increased motivational properties assign jobs with proper motivational properties describe jobs with increase motivation for proper jobs analyse jobs with increase and proper motivation 16 / 50 A written statement of policies and principles that guides the behaviour of all employees is called__________? Training Manual word of ethics code of ethics ethics/ dilemma 17 / 50 A practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside provider rather than completing it internally is termed as: Planning Restructuring Decentralization Outsourcing 18 / 50 High job satisfaction is the outcome of which of the following core dimensions described by the Job Characteristics Model? Task significance Task identity Autonomy Feedback 19 / 50 When an interviewer prepares a list of questions in advance and asks those question to the candidate to obtain the information from him; it is called ___________? a systematic type interview none of the above a well-organized interview a structured interview 20 / 50 Which of the following act represents a situation in which employment decisions are NOT affected by illegal-discrimination? Affirmative action Fair employment Legal compliance Litigation Process 21 / 50 E-operations cover Web-based initiatives that: improve the creation of existing products improve ways to address an identified set of customer needs improve the marketing of existing products improve the selling process 22 / 50 The Scope of human resource management includes:___________? Inventory management Production Training & Development Marketing 23 / 50 Which of the following aptly describes the role of line managers and staff advisors namely HR professionals? Staff advisors are solely responsible for developing, implementIng and evaluating the HR programmes while line managers are not all involved in any matters concerning HR Staff advisers focus more on developing HR programmes while line managers are more involved in the implementation of those programmes Line managers alo~e are responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating the HR programmes while staff advisors are not all involved in any matters concerning HR. Line managers are concerned more about develop.ing HR programmes whereas staff advisors are more involved in implementing such programmes 24 / 50 E-recruiting methods include____________? employer websites internet job boards All career websites 25 / 50 A number of benefits can be derived from using E-recruiting, these include: it increases recruitment costs, it decreases and streamlines the administrative process cycle times it decreases the effectiveness of the recruitment process by reaching larger numbers of qualified people it increases the effectiveness of the recruitment process by reaching larger numbers of qualified people it does not al!ow the company to evaluate the success of its recruitment strategy 26 / 50 The system of ranking jobs in a firm on the basis of the relevant characteristics, duties, and responsibilities is known as__________? Job evaluation Job specification Job description Job design 27 / 50 systematic and orderly process of determining the worth of a job in relation to other jobs is ____________? worth job specification job identification job description job evaluation 28 / 50 Which of the following have/has proven to be a particularly good predictor for jobs that include cognitively complex tasks? integrity evaluations work samplingD) drug tests intelligence tests E. behavioral assessment 29 / 50 Which of the following factors is one of the environmental factors affecting job description: Autonomy and feedback Culture and diversity Workflow and culture Employee availability and abilities 30 / 50 The mental process to interpret environment as? per one?s own understanding is known as:__________? Ability Perception Attitude Personality 31 / 50 Low absenteeism and turnover is the outcome of which of the following core dimensions described by the Job Characteristics Model Task Significance Task Identity Autonomy Feedback 32 / 50 The critical role of the SHRM Application Tool is to:_____________? Develop a better strategic management process to deal with the dynamic changing environment today?s organisations face. Outline techniques, frameworks, and six steps that must be followed to effectively implement change in an organisation. identify if the organisation ?has enough staff, if the staff heed training, if the compensation practices are appropriate, and if jobs are designed correctly Identify and assess a narrow group of actions and plan how the organisation can overcome resistance to change. 33 / 50 __________ is the process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill? Interviewing Selection Personnel Planning Recruitment 34 / 50 The Mental Process to interpret environment as? per one?s own understanding is known as:____________? Ability Attitude Perception Personality 35 / 50 A broad, general and written statement of a specific job based on the findings of an analysis is called as __________? Specific Job Design Specific Particular Analysis Job Description Job Identification 36 / 50 Strategic human resource management involves____________? Financing project marketing related programming Project planning setting employment standards and policies linking human resources with strategic objectives to improve performance 37 / 50 When an interviewer asks the questions to the candidate according to the response received from him and the questions asked are not pre-determined in such an interview, it is called ___________? unconditional interview none of the above unstructured interview unprepared type of interview 38 / 50 A general statement or understanding which provides guidelines for decision-making to H.R. managers in respect of various H.R. functions and activities is known as ____________? H.R. Philosophy H.R. Policy H.R. Mission statement H.R. Vision statement 39 / 50 Which of the following is not an elements of traditional job design? Formal Organisation charts Well-defined mobility (promotion and transfer) paths Employee number chart Clear and precise job descriptions 40 / 50 The last step in the e-selection process is __________? consider how the various new stakeholders and clients will use the system draw-up a flow chart of the current assessment process draft the desired flow process that will result from the E-selection process train the employees that will be responsible for the administration of the process 41 / 50 Identify the managerial function? out of the following functions of HR managers? Procurement Organizing Development performance appraisal 42 / 50 The term procurement stands for__________? training and development recruitment and selection pay and benefits health and safety 43 / 50 The Integrated system model is also known as ___________? Integrated Model Warwick System Model Michigan Model Harvard Model 44 / 50 HR managers are generally the___________managers? Staff Line Middle Top 45 / 50 Job identification is one of the components of _____________? job specification job design job evaluation job description 46 / 50 To address the challenges and opportunities they face organisations engage in a process of strategic management. Strategic management is: short-term focused and composed of organisational strategy, including strategy formulation and implementation short-term focused and composed of the organisation?s mission, vision and value statements long-term focused and composed of the organisation?s mission, vision and value statements long-term focused and composed of organisational strategy, including strategy formulation and implementation 47 / 50 The first step in the e-selection process is____________? train the employees that will be responsible for the administration of the process draft the desired flow process that will result from the E-selection process consider how the various new stakeholders and clients will use the system draw-up a flow chart of the current assessment process 48 / 50 The one of the following is the best reason for the reduced use of written tests is____________? They give very little information They are hard to construct They are difficult to validate They are expensive to adminis 49 / 50 A broad statement of the purpose, scope, duties and responsibilities of a particular job is___________? job analysis job specification job description job design 50 / 50 Human resource management is the formal part of an organization responsible for all of the following aspects of the management of human resources except: management of the Organisation?s finances policy making, implementation, and enforcement strategy development and analysis systems, processes, and procedures Provide Your Information Your score is The average score is 0% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 0% Restart quiz Send feedback Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on whatsapp WhatsApp PrevHRM Quiz 3
