HRM Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

HRM MCQ Questions for Practice

16. Which of the stages below are part of the Systematic Training Cycle?

Analyse operating conditions
Design training
Deliver on timeEvaluate customer feedback

17. The term emotional labour is associated with which author?

Arlie Hochschild
Stephen Fineman
David Sims
Yiannis Gabriel

18. Which one is not the specific goal of human resource management?

Attracting applicants
Separating employees
Retaining employees
Motivating employees

19. Why is job analysis so infused with organisational politics?

Because it is a process which could lead to contraction of employees in a department and therefore diminishing its power base
A result of interdepartmental rivalry
Because it is not an objective activity
Because it is a process through which companies try to shed labour

20. In strategic human resource management, HR strategies are generally aligned with:

business strategy
marketing strategies
finance strategy
economic strategy

21. How can HRM help to build successful cross-border alliances?

By ensuring that organisations spend 25% of their budgets on cross-border alliances
By ensuring that a strategy is in place before embarking on a cross-border alliance
By ensuring that organisations export their ideas to other societies and cultures
By ensuring that international joint ventures are staffed by high-quality managers

22. People cast in the role of contributors to production are called …………….

Capitalist
Land owners
Human Resources
Consumers

23. Management function arises as a result of:

Consumer preferences
Abundance of capital
Expansion of industry
Shortage of labour

24. To achieve goals organisations require employees:

Control
Direction
Commitment
Cooperation

25. Quality- oriented organisation primary concern centers around ………………

Coordination
Communication
Human Resources
Discipline

26. Boundary crossing is an activity that

Creates internal organisational conflict between different departments as they compete togenerate new practices
Occurs when organisations advance into new areas of the market
Undermines the integration of an organisation through the breakdown of the departmental boundaries.Is focused upon achieving internal organisational integration between various organisational roles and units in order to generate creativity and synergy

27. organisation relies on the following sources of capital

cultural, human and system capital
social, cultural and human capital
cultural, human and source capital
none of the above

28. The critical role of the SHRM Application Tool is to:

develop a better strategic management process to deal with the dynamic changing environment todays organisations face
identify if the organisation has enough staff, if the staff need 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
outline techniques, frameworks, and six steps that must be followed to effectively implement change in an organization

29. Procedures provide for an important element of consistency in managerial?

Direction
Strategy
Recruitment
Decision-making

30. What measures are typically involved in the rationalising of businesses?

Downsizing and Layering
Expanding and Layering
Downsizing and Delayering
Expanding and Delayering

HRM Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

HRM MCQ Questions for Practice

16. Which of the stages below are part of the Systematic Training Cycle?

17. The term emotional labour is associated with which author?

18. Which one is not the specific goal of human resource management?

19. Why is job analysis so infused with organisational politics?

20. In strategic human resource management, HR strategies are generally aligned with:

21. How can HRM help to build successful cross-border alliances?

22. People cast in the role of contributors to production are called …………….

23. Management function arises as a result of:

24. To achieve goals organisations require employees:

25. Quality- oriented organisation primary concern centers around ………………

26. Boundary crossing is an activity that

27. organisation relies on the following sources of capital

28. The critical role of the SHRM Application Tool is to:

29. Procedures provide for an important element of consistency in managerial?

30. What measures are typically involved in the rationalising of businesses?

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