Canadian Human Resource Management 11th Edition Test Bank

Canadian Human Resource Management 11th Edition Test Bank offers practice exams, quiz answers, and insights to help you succeed.

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1. People are the common element in all social organizations.
True False
2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term goals that human resource management
aims to support and enable.
True False
3. The field of human resource management is not related to key organizational goals, product-market plans,
technology, and innovation.
True False
4. Human resource management is central to all organizations and all organizations have a dedicated human
resource department.
True False
5. A new venture or micro-business would initially have the entrepreneur perform HR related tasks.
True False
6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major business activity, and
employee.
True False
7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expenses in many organizations.
True False
8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market. The firm may compete on the
basis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
True False
9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly consider their employees, such as a
strategy to become one of Canada's "Top 50 Best Managed Companies."
True False
10. Boom and bust economic cycles are experienced the same across the country.
True False
11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business, including historical trends,
global trade forces, and the force to increase one's own competitiveness and productivity levels.
True False
12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location and multi-cultural
population.
True False
13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes through organizations like the
International Association for Six Sigma Certification.
True False
14. Recruiting or developing innovative staff to create a culture of innovation within the organization is an
example of a progressive human resource strategy.
True False
15. In firms with non-routine production processes (such as advertising firms or software developers),
flexible human resource practices that nurture creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship may add more
value.
True False
16. Knowledge Management is an outcome of digital information systems.
True False
17. All service industries combined currently account for more than 75% of the gross domestic product
(GDP) in Canada.
True False
18. The move towards extractive industries increases the need for innovation and creates an environment
that requires not only knowledge workers, but individuals who bring innovative thinking to their
organization.
True False
19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed only in North
America.
True False
20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also start to face challenges associated
with employees hiding and withholding knowledge.
True False
21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular job.
True False
22. Educational attainment is not keeping pace with the growing knowledge based economy.
True False
23. The foundation skills for employability in the future as identified by the Corporate Council on Education
are: basic academic skills, personal management skills, and team work skills.
True False
24. The impact of population aging is the same, regardless of geographical location.
True False
25. The growing youth population-those under age 25-entering the workforce has implications for Canada on
a global scale.
True False
26. In today's workplace, leaders may be faced with up to four generations-generation Y, generation X, baby
boomers, and traditionalists.
True False
27. Cultural forces are challenges facing a firm's decision makers because of cultural differences among
employees.
True False
28. Allophones are defined as someone whose native tongue is Albanian.
True False
29. In the discussion of ethics, there are 3 approaches to determine "Right" behaviour. The 3 approaches are:
universalistic, conformist, and subjectivist.
True False
30. The reasons most often cited by HR professionals for engaging in unethical behaviours are: a need
to follow the boss's orders, pressure to meet overly aggressive business objectives, and helping the
organization to survive.
True False

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