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What role does the planning function of human resource management play within organizations? -
correct answer ✔✔The planning function of human resource management involves two major activities:
strategic planning, and short- and medium-range planning. Such strategic objectives may include
increasing market share, revenue growth, product or service diversity, and profit margins, as well as
planning for financial obligations and other eventualities.
What role does the staffing function of human resource management play within organizations? - correct
answer ✔✔recruiting job applicants (also known as candidates), and then selecting the most
appropriate applicants for the available jobs.
What are the types of employee compensation? - correct answer ✔✔direct and indirect compensation
What is the role of performance appraisals? - correct answer ✔✔A performance appraisal (also known
as a performance review, performance evaluation, or career development discussion) is a method by
which an employee's job performance is evaluated.
How does HRM enhance human potential? - correct answer ✔✔HRM field has seen a substantial
interest in both formal and informal training and development.
HRM's work on improving the workplace environment focuses on what two environments? - correct
answer ✔✔implementing productivity improvement programs as well as improving health and safety at
work
What must management be aware of in order to maintain effective work relationships? - correct answer
✔✔After an organization has hired the employees it needs, it must foster a positive workplace
environment. In addition to compensation and a healthy and safe environment, firms must provide
conditions that will make it attractive for employees to stay.
What impact has globalization had on HR practices? - correct answer ✔✔organizations become more
global, it is essential that organizations develop and implement HRM policies with international
applicability, also making them relevant to employees from diverse cultures and backgrounds
,What are the four implicit HR objectives? - correct answer ✔✔improve productivity, improve quality of
work life,ensure legal compliance, and foster ethical behavior.
How can HR managers make a significant contribution toward productivity improvements? - correct
answer ✔✔work organization and design
How do organizations improve the quality of work life? How have employees' attitudes regarding
involvement with their work shifted? - correct answer ✔✔most employees today desire more autonomy
and a chance to make a greater contribution to the organization. employees today prefer a greater level
of involvement with their work
Why is it important that HR mangers and personnel be familiar with the laws and regulations? - correct
answer ✔✔laws impact nearly all functions and activities with which HRM is involved, HR managers and
personnel must be familiar with regulations affecting hiring and pay decisions, promotion activities,
health and safety considerations, and labor relations.
Define the term "moral philosophy." - correct answer ✔✔refers to the principles, rules, and values that
individuals use in deciding what is right or wrong.
How can HR professionals create a culture where ethical behavior is encouraged? - correct answer
✔✔"creating a positive work environment, hiring ethical individuals, providing ethical training, labeling
and modeling ethical behavior, creating a well-defined code of ethics, establishing an open-door policy,
and providing an employee assistance program (EAP)."
Define the term "business ethics." - correct answer ✔✔the values and principles that are used to
evaluate whether the collective behavior of members of an organization is appropriate
What are the six major trends have been identified as influencing the work environment? - correct
answer ✔✔increased competition, the costs and benefits associated with HR utilization, productivity
changes (resulting from changes in technology, capital investment, the 2008-2014 recession, capital
utilization, outsourcing, and government policies), the increasing pace and complexity of social, cultural,
legal, demographic, and educational changes, the symptoms of dysfunction in the workplace, and
societal trends of the 21st century
, Internal Environment: Define "culture" and identify who shapes an organization's culture. - correct
answer ✔✔represents the organization's value system. Top management shapes a companies culture
Internal Environment: Define technology. - correct answer ✔✔generally refers to the equipment and
knowledge used to produce goods and services, and the definition of technology may vary greatly by
industry
Internal Environment: How does technology influence an organization's structure? - correct answer
✔✔with technology and computers, close supervision of employees is unnecessary. Furthermore,
technology allows work to be performed during non-traditional hours, away from physical manufacturing
plants and offices. With technology we can see a reduction in the work force.
Internal Environment: Organizational size is an important factor in determining ________________. -
correct answer ✔✔HR activities
External Environment: How does the economy influence HR activities? - correct answer ✔✔A strong
economy tends to decrease unemployment, increase wages, make recruitment more competitive, and
increase the desirability of training. On the other hand, a weak economy tends to increase
unemployment, diminish wage demands, make recruitment less competitive, and reduce the need for
training and development of current employees.
External Environment: How does international competition influence HR activities? - correct answer
✔✔Corporations forced to be more competitive, HR policies and practices change significantly
Define the term "SWOT". - correct answer ✔✔SWOT is an acronym that stands for strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
What is the purpose of a SWOT analysis? - correct answer ✔✔Used to establish a level of understanding
needed for a successful plan
What are the six HR competencies? - correct answer ✔✔provide transformational leadership,
collaborate and resolve strategic challenges within the firm, encourage real employee involvement,
empower and facilitate learning as well as change and decision-making, design process and performance
systems, maintain a global business perspective
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