HRM201c FINAL EXAM 2024.
B - ANSWER True or false: managers cannot be leaders, and leaders cannot be managers.
A.True
B.False
B - ANSWER Why is job analysis an important process?
A.Because it provides a performance rating for each employee that serves as the basis for compensation and re...
HRM201c FINAL EXAM 2024.
B - ANSWER True or false: managers cannot be leaders, and leaders cannot be managers.
A.True
B.False
B - ANSWER Why is job analysis an important process?
A.Because it provides a performance rating for each employee that serves as the basis for compensation
and rewards.
B.Because it puts work tasks together into sensible jobs and identifies job requirements that serve as the
basis for hiring employees.
C.Because it reveals the strengths and weaknesses of employees that serve as the basis for training employees and establishing developmental goals.
D - ANSWER Which best describes the foundational assumptions of Taylorism, also known as scientific management?
A.To manage workers effectively, managers need to pay attention to psychological and social conditions,
not just technical conditions.
B..Business owners are industrious, ambitious, thrifty, and sober; workers are not.
c.Workers are diverse so they need to be managed in ways tailored to their own goals and values.
D.Workers want to earn income in the most efficient way possible, but it is managers who best know how to structure work tasks to fulfill this goal.
A - ANSWER An HR strategy that focuses on minimizing labor costs and strictly supervising workers is commonly called a ____ road strategy.
A.low
B - ANSWER An HR strategy that emphasizes employee engagement and discretion can be summed up by which phrase?
A."If you don't like it, quit." B."If you don't like it, let's talk about it."
C - ANSWER An organization's strategy for managing people is determined...
A.Solely by internal factors (such as business strategy).
B.Solely by organizational choices and values without paying any attention to external or internal factors.
C.Partly by a combination of external factors (such as competition), internal factors (such as business strategy), but not completely because organizations have choices about how to manage people.
D.Solely by various external factors (such as competition).
A - ANSWER True or false: In selecting a personal managerial style, managers should only pay attention to their own strengths and weakness, not the situation or the needs of employees.
A.False
B.True
G - ANSWER Which is the single-best personal managerial style?
A.Coercive.
B.Authoritative
C.Affiliative
D.Democratic
E.Pacesetting
F.Coaching
G.None of the above because there is no single-best style that fits with all situations.
A - ANSWER Economists say that labor is a derived demand. Why is this concept important for managers
to understand?
A.Because whatever affects demand for an organization's product or service can affect strategies, policies, and tactics for managing people.
B.Because what employees demand can affect strategies, policies, and tactics for managing people.
C.Because strategies, policies, and tactics for managing people are derived from a country's legal regulations. A C D - ANSWER Which of the following statements are true? (you must correctly check all that apply)
A.An organizational strategy based on unique goods or services is typically supported by an HR strategy that tries to develop, reward, and engage workers.
B.An organization's business strategy and its HR strategy should be unrelated to each other.
C.An organizational strategy based on low-cost leadership is typically supported by an HR strategy that tries to contain labor expenses and drive workers.
D.An organizational strategy does not completely determine an organization's HR strategy. In other words, organizations with any type of business strategy can choose an HR strategy that develops, rewards, and engages employees.
A - ANSWER Which of the following beliefs underlies high-road human resources strategies?
A.The interests of an organization and its employees can be aligned.
B.The employment relationship is characterized by some important conflicts of interest between an organization and its employees.
C.Labor markets work reasonably well in allocating and rewarding workers.
A - ANSWER Which of the following beliefs typically underlies low-road human resources strategies?
A.A business serves society best by satisfying market demand for its goods and services and providing high financial returns for shareholders.
b.Corporations are a part of society and should serve not just shareholders and customers, but other stakeholders, too.
A B - ANSWER Most individuals in modern societies need to work for pay in order to survive. So this means that which of the following are important for managers? (you must check all that apply)
A.Financial stress can take on extra meaning in the workplace.
B.Work can seem like a curse (the way it's always been, the way it will always be).
C.People only work for money (that is, money is the sole motivator for all workers). B - ANSWER Economic theorizing sees work as both a pain cost and an opportunity cost. This is useful for
managers because...
A....this means that there are never any psychological rewards from working.
B....this means that managers have to compensate workers for these costs in order to get them to work hard.
C....this means workers will never want to work hard.
A C D - ANSWER Marginal analysis from economics teaches managers... (you must check all that apply)
A...that what it takes to hire or retain the last needed worker strongly influences compensation and other elements of the job for everyone in that position.
B.Work is a lousy activity tolerated to earn income.
C....that it's particular challenging to motivate someone when the last extra hour that you want someone to work is right on the edge of whether they want to work more or not.
D....to think about the additional benefit compared to the additional cost of a possible managerial decision.
A - ANSWER Economic theory predicts that if an employer pays a fixed wage or salary rather than performance-based pay, workers will...
A.shirk
B.quit
C.complain
D.work hard
C - ANSWER Which of the following is needed for an economic contest or tournament to be an effective incentive mechanism that motivates high work effort?
A.A clear pay-for-performance program that rewards each worker's effort.
B.Insurance against excessive income loss.
C.A known prize that is large enough to compensate for extra effort.
A C E F - ANSWER Which of the following are possible unintended consequences using financial incentives to motivate workers? (you must check all that apply)
A."What gets measured gets done"
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