Strategic Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage 2nd Canadian Edition Test Bank
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Name___________________________________
TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Companies have historically looked at HRM as a means to contribute to profitability,
quality, and other business goals through enhancing and supporting business operations.
1) _______
2) The human resource department is most likely to collaborate with other company
functions on outplacement, labour law compliance, testing, and unemployment
compensation.
2) _______
3) The three product lines of HR include a) administrative services and transactions, B)
financial services, and c) strategic partners.
3) _______
4) Competitiveness is a company's ability to maintain and gain market share in its industry. 4) _______
5) The amount of time that the HRM function devotes to administrative tasks is decreasing,
and its roles as a strategic business partner, change agent, and employee advocate are
increasing.
5) _______
6) Evidence-based HR provides managers with data to make decisions, instead of just
relying on intuition.
6) _______
7) Stakeholders of a company are shareholders, the community, customers, employees, and
all of the other parties that have an interest in seeing that the company succeeds.
7) _______
8) A university degree is held by the vast majority of HRM professionals, many of whom
also have completed postgraduate work.
8) _______
9) Companies are now more and more interested in using intangible assets and human
capital as a way to gain an advantage over competitors.
9) _______
10) The psychological contract describes what an employee expects to contribute and what
the company will provide to the employee in return for these contributions.
10) ______
11) The use of alternative work arrangements, which include independent contractors,
on-call workers, temporary workers, and contract company workers, is shrinking.
11) ______
12) To be effective, balanced scorecards must be customized by companies to fit different
market situations, products, and competitive environments.
12) ______
13) The balanced scorecard should not be used to link the company's human resource
management activities to the company's business strategy.
13) ______
14) Corporate cultures within companies that successfully implement TQM typically
emphasize individualism, hierarchy, accountability, and profits.
14) ______
15) The skills and motivation of a company's internal labor force determine the need for
training and development practices and the effectiveness of the company's compensation
and reward systems.
15) ______
16) As the workforce is predicted to become more uniform in terms of age, ethnicity, and racial
Name___________________________________
TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Companies have historically looked at HRM as a means to contribute to profitability,
quality, and other business goals through enhancing and supporting business operations.
1) _______
2) The human resource department is most likely to collaborate with other company
functions on outplacement, labour law compliance, testing, and unemployment
compensation.
2) _______
3) The three product lines of HR include a) administrative services and transactions, B)
financial services, and c) strategic partners.
3) _______
4) Competitiveness is a company's ability to maintain and gain market share in its industry. 4) _______
5) The amount of time that the HRM function devotes to administrative tasks is decreasing,
and its roles as a strategic business partner, change agent, and employee advocate are
increasing.
5) _______
6) Evidence-based HR provides managers with data to make decisions, instead of just
relying on intuition.
6) _______
7) Stakeholders of a company are shareholders, the community, customers, employees, and
all of the other parties that have an interest in seeing that the company succeeds.
7) _______
8) A university degree is held by the vast majority of HRM professionals, many of whom
also have completed postgraduate work.
8) _______
9) Companies are now more and more interested in using intangible assets and human
capital as a way to gain an advantage over competitors.
9) _______
10) The psychological contract describes what an employee expects to contribute and what
the company will provide to the employee in return for these contributions.
10) ______
11) The use of alternative work arrangements, which include independent contractors,
on-call workers, temporary workers, and contract company workers, is shrinking.
11) ______
12) To be effective, balanced scorecards must be customized by companies to fit different
market situations, products, and competitive environments.
12) ______
13) The balanced scorecard should not be used to link the company's human resource
management activities to the company's business strategy.
13) ______
14) Corporate cultures within companies that successfully implement TQM typically
emphasize individualism, hierarchy, accountability, and profits.
14) ______
15) The skills and motivation of a company's internal labor force determine the need for
training and development practices and the effectiveness of the company's compensation
and reward systems.
15) ______
16) As the workforce is predicted to become more uniform in terms of age, ethnicity, and racial
backgro
und, it is
likely
that one
set of
values
will
characte
rize all
employe
es.
16) ___
___
17) Cultural diversity can provide a company competitive advantage regarding
problem-solving.
17) ______
18) Every business must be prepared to deal with the global economy. 18) ______
19) Initially, offshoring involved complex manufacturing jobs with little direction in how the
work was to be completed.
19) ______
20) Smaller entrepreneurial companies are finding that offshoring helps them expand their
business.
20) ______
21) One of the disadvantages of technology is that it does not allow older workers to
postpone retirement.
21) ______
22) Many companies are taking steps to reduce the amount of flexible work schedules. 22) ______
23) E-HRM is more applicable to practices associated with recruiting and training than those
associated with analysis and design work, selection, and compensation and benefits.
23) ______
24) Most HR Executives have recognized the need to make the function's major role into one
that is much more strategic.
24) ______
25) As the role of HRM in administration has increased, other roles such as practice
development and strategic business partnering have decreased.
25) ______
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
26) As far back as 2004, a Management Issues Survey conducted by the CME revealed that
42 percent of respondents believed limited availability of skilled and experienced
personnel would be a strategic issue changing fundamental business practices over the
next five years. All survey respondents agreed that the core competencies required of the
manufacturing workforce would change substantially, and by the year 2020 would
include all the following key skills except:
26) ______
A) Multilingual and multicultural skills, as business operations expand on a more
global basis.
B) A mix of creative problem-solving capabilities, technical know-how, and business
skills, as well as an ability to interact with colleagues and customers.
C) A high degree of skilled workers that can be applied to all areas of business as they
will have a more well-rounded business education.
D) A higher degree of technical and technological expertise as production systems
und, it is
likely
that one
set of
values
will
characte
rize all
employe
es.
16) ___
___
17) Cultural diversity can provide a company competitive advantage regarding
problem-solving.
17) ______
18) Every business must be prepared to deal with the global economy. 18) ______
19) Initially, offshoring involved complex manufacturing jobs with little direction in how the
work was to be completed.
19) ______
20) Smaller entrepreneurial companies are finding that offshoring helps them expand their
business.
20) ______
21) One of the disadvantages of technology is that it does not allow older workers to
postpone retirement.
21) ______
22) Many companies are taking steps to reduce the amount of flexible work schedules. 22) ______
23) E-HRM is more applicable to practices associated with recruiting and training than those
associated with analysis and design work, selection, and compensation and benefits.
23) ______
24) Most HR Executives have recognized the need to make the function's major role into one
that is much more strategic.
24) ______
25) As the role of HRM in administration has increased, other roles such as practice
development and strategic business partnering have decreased.
25) ______
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
26) As far back as 2004, a Management Issues Survey conducted by the CME revealed that
42 percent of respondents believed limited availability of skilled and experienced
personnel would be a strategic issue changing fundamental business practices over the
next five years. All survey respondents agreed that the core competencies required of the
manufacturing workforce would change substantially, and by the year 2020 would
include all the following key skills except:
26) ______
A) Multilingual and multicultural skills, as business operations expand on a more
global basis.
B) A mix of creative problem-solving capabilities, technical know-how, and business
skills, as well as an ability to interact with colleagues and customers.
C) A high degree of skilled workers that can be applied to all areas of business as they
will have a more well-rounded business education.
D) A higher degree of technical and technological expertise as production systems
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