Test Bank for Canadian Human Resource Management 13ce 13th Canadian Edition by Hermann Schwind, Krista Uggerslev, Terry Wagar, Neil Fassina. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 13
PART 1: THE STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MODEL
CHAPTER 1: Strategic Human Resource Managem...
Chap 01 13ce Schwind
1) People are the core of all social organizations.
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2) Organizational goals are the organization's short- and long-term outcomes that human
resource management aims to support and enable.
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3) The field of human resource management is unrelated to key organizational goals, product-
market plans, technology, and innovation.
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4) All organizations have a dedicated human resource department.
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5) A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur perform HR related
tasks.
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6) Human resource management operates separately from the framework of an organization.
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7) Employee salaries account for a maximum of 30% of organizational operating expenses.
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,8) A single HR strategy can accomplish different corporate strategies.
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9) Many organizations now include organizational strategies that directly consider their
employees.
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10) Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the same way across the country.
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11) The economic forces facing Canadian organizations include big data trends.
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12) Canada's international trade advantage is due to its large population.
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13) HR professionals can directly contribute to improved productivity by improving the quality
of work life for employees.
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14) Recruiting innovative staff to create a culture of innovation within the organization is an
example of a progressive human resource strategy.
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,15) Firms with nonroutine production processes (such as advertising firms), benefit more from
flexible human resource practices than those that focus on predicting employee performance.
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16) Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more effective knowledge
management.
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17) Extractive industries (e.g., mining, fishing, oil and gas) currently account for most of the
national wealth in Canada.
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18) The recent shift away from employment in extractive industries has increased the need for
innovative thinking within organizations.
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19) The move towards a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed only in North America.
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20) Employees are hiding and withholding knowledge now that organizations rely more on
knowledge workers.
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21) Educational attainment is defined as "the average academic level required to work at a
particular job."
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, 22) Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy.
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23) Personal management skills were identified by the Corporate Council on Education as
foundational for employability in the future.
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24) The aging population impacts human resource management the same way across all
geographical locations.
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25) There is a growing population of youth workers entering the Canadian workforce.
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26) In today's workplace, leaders may be faced with up to five generations of workers.
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27) Sociocultural forces are defined as "challenges facing a firm's decision makers because of
cultural differences among employees or changes in core cultural or social values occurring
at the societal level."
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28) Canada continues to be a two-language nation, where the majority of Canadians have either
English or French as their mother tongue.
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