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Budhwar, Davis
ISBN: 9781529600674
Human Resource Management (4th)
ISBN 9781529600674 | Chapter 1
Total Questions: 10
Multiple Choice (10)
Q1. [Multiple Choice]
Which of the below statements is NOT an assumption of HRM:
a) HRM is a strategic perspective on people management
b) That an organization’s sustained competitive advantage will only be secured by an investment in your people
c) It is essential to secure a highly skilled and committed workforce
d) It is essentially the same as personnel management ✓ correct
Q2. [Multiple Choice]
Ulrich and Brockbank’s (2005) HR Leader Model proposes the following roles for HRM:
a) Strategic Partner, Human Capital Developer, Employee Advocate and Functional Expert ✓ correct
b) Conformist Innovator, Deviant Innovator, Problem Solver and Change Agent
c) Regulator, Handmaiden, Advisor and Change Maker
d) Adapter, Consultant, Synergist and Champion
Q3. [Multiple Choice]
‘Hard HRM’ refers to HR policies and practices that:
a) Focus on gaining the commitment and engagement of employees
b) Focus on setting targets and measuring employees’ performance ✓ correct
c) Are difficult for employers to initiate
d) Help develop a robust and tenacious workforce
Q4. [Multiple Choice]
‘Soft HRM’ refers to HR policies and practices that:
a) Focus on the control and coordination of employees’ work
b) Emphasize employees’ compliance with organizational rules and regulations
c) Focus on developing employees’ intrinsic motivation at work ✓ correct
d) Promote a weak and feeble workforce
Q5. [Multiple Choice]
Scientific Management proposes that greater workplace efficiency will be promoted by:
a) Mechanizing the workplace, simplifying and routinising work and closely aligning pay with individual productivity outputs ✓ correct
b) Mechanizing the workplace, simplifying and routinizing work and closely aligning pay with team-based productivity outputs
c) Developing cross-functional teams and providing employees with greater decision-making responsibility and ownership
d) Providing a greater role for research and development in organizations
Q6. [Multiple Choice]
Critical perspectives on HRM suggest that:
a) HRM is an essential function for organizational performance
b) HRM is principally about gaining the control and compliance of employees against the strategic goals of the organization ✓ correct
c) There is strong evidence for the impact of HRM on organizational performance
d) The main role for HRM is as an employee advocate
Q7. [Multiple Choice]
HR outsourcing:
a) Is about setting up your HR function in a foreign country
b) Is about reducing the costs of the HR function
c) Is an HR organizing model that seeks to support both the strategic and operational roles of HRM ✓ correct
d) Is more common in larger multinational organizations
Q8. [Multiple Choice]
PESTEL refers to the:
a) Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Educational and Legal environment factors that affect a business and its HR policies and practices
b) Political, External, Social, Technological, Educational and Legal environmental factors that affect a business and its HR policies and practices
c) Political, Economic, Scientific, Technological, Educational and Legal environmental factors that affect a business and its HR policies and practices
d) Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal factors that affect a business and its HR policies and practices ✓ correct
Q9. [Multiple Choice]
The ‘triple bottom line’ refers to an organization’s:
a) Economic, HR and CSR performance
b) Economic, social and environmental performance ✓ correct
c) Business, HR and environmental performance
d) Social, environmental and sustainability performance
Q10. [Multiple Choice]
The CIPD suggest that HR professionals require the following skills/traits to be a successful HR practitioner:
a) Curious, decisive, collaborative, credible ✓ correct
b) Autocratic, egoistic, autonomous, risk taking
c) Affable, generous, easy going, caring
d) Risk averse, introverted, conforming, agreeable