HRM2602
HUMAN RESOURCE MAINTENANCE & RETENTION
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2016
Section A
1. 3 2. 4 3. 3
4. 1 5. 2 6. 2
7. 4 8. 2 9. 2
10. 2 11. 1 12. 2
13. 4 14. 3 15. 4
16. 1 17. 2 18. 4
19. 1 20. 4 21. 3
22. 1 23. 2 24. 2
25. 4 26. 1 27. 3
28. 2 29. 3 30. 1
Section B
Question 1
Themba and Mary have three children, aged 14, 12 and 10. Themba works as a financial advisor
at PMD Financial Services, and Mary works as a marketing manager at JMP Enterprises.
Themba’s position requires extensive working hours and a lot of travelling. Both parents need to
work to sustain a good standard of living and to ensure that their children receive a good
education. This situation proves to be a difficult one in their daily lives.
1.1 Organisations are faced with a large and growing number of dual-career couples. Identify and
explain the personal and organisational problems that Themba and Mary could be facing in
their current situation.
• Conflicting alternatives – this results in a crisis over whose career is more important, the
husband’s or the wife’s?
• Reluctance to approach the company – employer’s policies and procedures are seen as
rigid, and dual career couples are reluctant to approach management with problems for fear
it may harm that chances of advancement
• Possibility of a no-career couple – as downsizing continues an increasing number of
couples are both retrenched
• Family vs work – who assumes responsibility for raising the children when both mom and
dad may have to work evenings and or weekend? Who stays home with a sick child?
• Lack of experience with conflict resolution – many couples lack the skills necessary to solve
career-family crises
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HUMAN RESOURCE MAINTENANCE & RETENTION
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2016
Section A
1. 3 2. 4 3. 3
4. 1 5. 2 6. 2
7. 4 8. 2 9. 2
10. 2 11. 1 12. 2
13. 4 14. 3 15. 4
16. 1 17. 2 18. 4
19. 1 20. 4 21. 3
22. 1 23. 2 24. 2
25. 4 26. 1 27. 3
28. 2 29. 3 30. 1
Section B
Question 1
Themba and Mary have three children, aged 14, 12 and 10. Themba works as a financial advisor
at PMD Financial Services, and Mary works as a marketing manager at JMP Enterprises.
Themba’s position requires extensive working hours and a lot of travelling. Both parents need to
work to sustain a good standard of living and to ensure that their children receive a good
education. This situation proves to be a difficult one in their daily lives.
1.1 Organisations are faced with a large and growing number of dual-career couples. Identify and
explain the personal and organisational problems that Themba and Mary could be facing in
their current situation.
• Conflicting alternatives – this results in a crisis over whose career is more important, the
husband’s or the wife’s?
• Reluctance to approach the company – employer’s policies and procedures are seen as
rigid, and dual career couples are reluctant to approach management with problems for fear
it may harm that chances of advancement
• Possibility of a no-career couple – as downsizing continues an increasing number of
couples are both retrenched
• Family vs work – who assumes responsibility for raising the children when both mom and
dad may have to work evenings and or weekend? Who stays home with a sick child?
• Lack of experience with conflict resolution – many couples lack the skills necessary to solve
career-family crises
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