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Human Resource Management




Test Bank and Solutions for Canadian
Human Resource Management 12th
Edition 12ce by Schwind




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,Human Resource Management




Chapter 01
Strategic Human Resource Management




True / False Questions


1. People are the common element in all social organizations.
TRUE


2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term outcomes that human
resource management aims to support and enable.
TRUE

3. The field of human resource management is unrelated to key organizational goals, product-
market plans, technology, and innovation.
FALSE


4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations have a
dedicated human resource department.
FALSE


5. A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur perform HR related
tasks.
TRUE


6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major business activity,
and employee.
FALSE




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7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expenses in many
organizations.
FALSE


8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market, competing on the
basis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
TRUE


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


10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way same across the
country.
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.
FALSE

12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location and multicultural
population.
FALSE

13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes through
organizations like the International Association for Six Sigma Certification.
FALSE




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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


15. Firms with nonroutine production processes (such as advertising firms), benefit more from
flexible human resource practices that nurture creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship
than those that focus on predicting employee performance.
TRUE

16. Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more effective knowledge
management.
TRUE

17. Primary and extractive industries currently account for most of the national wealth in
Canada.
FALSE


18. The recent shift in employment from extractive industries to service industries has
increased the need for innovative thinking within organizations.
TRUE

19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed only in
North America.
FALSE


20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also start to face
challenges associated with employees hiding and withholding knowledge.
TRUE


21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular job.
FALSE


22. Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy.
FALSE




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