HROB2290 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

HROB2290 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS A good definition of human resources management would be: - Answer- the management of people in organizations to drive successful organizational performance and achievement of the organizations strategic goals The company's strategic situation is impacted by: - Answer- the company's competitive environment an employee who has high levels of education and experience would be perceived as having __________ for their role in the company - Answer- high levels of human capital the collective functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling are known as ________ - Answer- the management process approximately __ percent of the top HR managers in fortune 100 firms moved to their role from a non-HR functional area - Answer- 33% in the 1800s, who was most likely to complete HR tasks such as attracting, selecting, training, and motivating workers? - Answer- managers what types of advancements in the 1980s and 1990s resulted in the outsourcing of many operational HR activities? - Answer- technology in what type of team would HR provide specialized support in day-to-day HR activities - Answer- transactional HR teams on what type of team would HR generalists be assigned to functional departments such as sales and production? - Answer- embedded HR teams what metric indicates the strength of the organizations employment brand in the marketplace and directly affects the quality of the workforce? - Answer- allyship the current HR designation in Canada outside of Ontario is known as: - Answer- chartered professionals in human resources what are the three levels of designation (in order of lowest to highest) in Ontario? - Answer- certified human resources professional (CHRP), certified human resources leader (CHRL), and certified human resources executive (CHRE) roughly how many HR professionals say they have been coerced into doing something morally or legally ambiguous at least once in their careers? - Answer- 3/4 how can managers create an ethical environment? - Answer- reduce job-related stress by launching green initiatives and supporting workers who are involved in community activities, mountain equipment (MEC) is demonstrating: - Answer- social responsibility which of the following is NOT a key characteristic of members of generation Y? - Answer- technologically advanced roughly what proportion of persons working in Canada are self-employed? - Answer- 12% what does productivity refer to? - Answer- the ratio of an organizations outputs to inputs a legislated increase in minimum wage falls into which category of external environmental influences on HR? - Answer- government which groups are identified as protected groups in Canada? - Answer- women, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, and visible minorities the company's plan for how it will balance internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats to maintain a competitive advantage is known as: - Answer- strategy the growing integration of the world economy into a single, huge marketplace is increasing the intensity of competition and leading most organizations to expand their operations around the world is known as: - Answer- globalization which of the following demographic groups is most likely to be optim