HRM Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

51. Identify the top most goal of human resource management?

1. Legal compliance
2. Competitive edge
3. Work force adaptability
4. Productivity

52. Which items below are forms of perceptual errors made during the selection process?

1. Like-me judgements
2. A candidates time-keeping
3. The interview setting
4. The time of day

53. Chases study (1997) identified what issue as being the biggest obstacle to creating aknowledgecreating company?

1. Limited resources for training and development
2. Organisational culture
3. Failure of management
4. Inability to access learning material

54. A companys ability to meet its short-term financial obligations is measured by which of the following categories?

1. Liquidity ratios
2. Profitability ratios
3. Activity ratios
4. Leverage ratios

55. The balanced scorecard supplies top managers with a ………………. view of the business

1. longterm financial
2. detailed and complex
3. simple and routine
4. fast but comprehensive

56. The focus of Human Resource Management revolves around

1. Machined.
2. Motivation
3. Money
4. Men

57. Wide range of abilities and attributes possessed by people are called as

1. Management
2. Human Resources
3. Entrepreneur
4. Intreprenuer

58. A cultural view of learning considers the values and norms of communities through:

1. Myths, legends and proverbs
2. Music, song and dance
3. Rituals, language and religion
4. Talk, practices and stories

59. Although firm infrastructure is quite frequently viewed only as overhead expense, it can become a source of competitive advantage. Examples include all of the following except:

1. negotiating and maintaining ongoing relations with regulatory bodies
2. marketing expertise increasing a firms revenues and enabling it to enter new markets.
3. effective information systems contributing significantly to a firms overall cost leadership strategy.
4. top management providing a key role in collaborating with important customers.

60. Which multinational bank used business sponsors to monitor international assignees?

1. Oman International Bank
2. Falcon International
3. HSBC
4. Barclays