Strategic HR - 4

LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Match The Following
Question Correct Answer Your Answer

HR Agenda --Retention of Talents

HR Practitioners --Mentor

HR Strategists --Embedded practices

Responsibilities of HR-- Recruitment


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question Who, in the past expected periodic unemployment over their careers?
Correct Answer Blue collar workers
Your Answer Administrative staff

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question When top managers lay off technical & professional workers, they must assess the impact of such lay off on :-
Correct Answer The remaining corps of employees
Your Answer The remaining corps of employees

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question IT sector employers are looking for :-
Correct Answer Specific skills , Experience , High market value
Your Answer Specific skills , Experience

True/False
Question HR partner will probably be involved in some way with the implementation of the solution.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question What is the general obsevation / importance in ensuring excellent candidates can be seen at times which are possible for them, rather than to a fixed interview schedule?
Correct Answer Flexibility
Your Answer Flexibility

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Question The organization's ________ must be conducive to productivity and quality improvement.
Correct Answer Culture
Your Answer Culture

Match The Following
Question Correct Answer Your Answer

Classic consultancy cycle --Gaining Entry

Technology-- Working Practices

Dave Ulrich --Appropriate risks

Gareth Morgan-- Formal Authority


True/False
Question The interest in recent years in emotional & other forms of intelligence is starting to percolate through into western management vocabulary.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Quality of life consists of :-
Correct Answer Trade off between family , Leisure , Career
Your Answer Leisure , Career

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Question The adult learning process does not include :-
Correct Answer Continuous professional development
Your Answer Continuous professional development

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Question ________ responsibility is to keep up to date & keep up with the information flow.
Correct Answer Knowledge owner's
Your Answer Knowledge manager's

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Question Given the current emphasis on individualism the obvious route might seem to be the ________.
Correct Answer Sophisticated human relations mode
Your Answer Sophisticated human relations mode

True/False
Question The only real measure of the quality of a product and service is whether it delivers customer satisfaction.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True

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Question Let go of unnecessary routine tasks means ________.
Correct Answer Bebureaucratize
Your Answer Centralize

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Communication is :-
Correct Answer About relationship building , Is obvious area for active collaboration between human resource professionals and the line , Considered a key component of change management
Your Answer About relationship building , Is obvious area for active collaboration between human resource professionals and the line , Considered a key component of change management

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Question HR Scorecard stands alone but fits into the ________ scorecard.
Correct Answer Balance
Your Answer Corporate

True/False
Question Time is not a major constraint as the organization works at full capacity throughout the year.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer True

True/False
Question If mergers are handled `professionally they can never backfire.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False

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Question The majority of respondents commented on the negative features of working in a political environment, including the adverse effects on job ________.
Correct Answer Satisfaction
Your Answer Satisfaction

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question The CIPD research also highlighted the predictive nature of the employee satisfaction for business :-
Correct Answer Results
Your Answer Policies

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question The unfairness issues are associated with :-
Correct Answer Comparisons with other organizations , Feelings that other classes of employees in the same organization are more favorably treated
Your Answer Comparisons with other organizations , Feelings that other classes of employees in the same organization are more favorably treated

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question The QWL program provides a framework for co-ordinating what in order to produce improvements in QWL outcomes?
Correct Answer The introduction , Maintenance , Improvement
Your Answer The introduction , Maintenance , Improvement

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Question ________ performance does not occur in a vaccum.
Correct Answer High
Your Answer Individual

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Question Individual level where people are usually motivated to close the gap between their current and desired ________.
Correct Answer Capabilities
Your Answer Skills

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Outcomes of business strategy :-
Correct Answer Financial projections , Company positioning , Mission statement
Your Answer Mission statement , Financial projections , Company positioning

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Some prerequisites of HR team include :-
Correct Answer Interpersonal and consultancy skills , Planning and implementation skills , Willingness to learn from other organisation
Your Answer Interpersonal and consultancy skills , Planning and implementation skills , Willingness to learn from other organisation

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question Today what has become more salient in lay off procedures?
Correct Answer Interpersonal dimensions
Your Answer Seniority

True/False
Question Mission can provide a steering force for organization improvement.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer True

True/False
Question Flatter structures can reinforce the desire to hoard information.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question According to whom there is a much wider caliber of people applying for jobs than in years gone by?
Correct Answer Head hunters
Your Answer Recruiters

True/False
Question The technical changes will trigger a set of political issues.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question The 100 day plan addresses most of the integration issues at the level of :-
Correct Answer Human resource matters , Systems , Processes
Your Answer Systems , Processes , Top management

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Question The generalists should develop ________.
Correct Answer At least one area of expertise
Your Answer At least one area of expertise

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Question The employees are sensitive to the differences which affect them most especially if they perceive the acquisition to be :-
Correct Answer Hostile
Your Answer Hostile

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Question Which is HR's most precious asset?
Correct Answer Credibility
Your Answer Credibility

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Forms of employee participation in idea generation are :-
Correct Answer Suggestion schemes , Quality circles , Problem-solving groups
Your Answer Suggestion schemes , Quality circles , Assessment centers

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Question In Roffey park's survey, electronic mail is used by ________ percent of respondents.
Correct Answer 78
Your Answer 78

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Right people are being :-
Correct Answer Hired , Promoted , Transferred
Your Answer Hired , Promoted , Retained

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question If there is too much stability the organization can become :-
Correct Answer Internally focused
Your Answer Internally focused

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Critical success factors consist of :-
Correct Answer People , Financial performance , Market share
Your Answer People , Financial perspective

True/False
Question Perhaps the biggest obstacle to shared learning is a blame culture when things go wrong.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True

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Question Human Resource Management in the multidivisional company - The authors of this book is ________.
Correct Answer Purcell and Ahlstrand
Your Answer Purcell and Ahlstrand

True/False
Question Professor Robert B. Reich has identified six 'social glues' of the company of the future.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Strategies for securing commitment to change :-
Correct Answer Preparation , Acceptance , Commitment
Your Answer Preparation , Acceptance , Motivation

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question The first task is for the human resource function to clarify its own :-
Correct Answer Priorities
Your Answer Commitment

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question Cross-boundary working is where employees of different corporate cultures are required to work :-
Correct Answer Closely together
Your Answer Closely together