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HRM Self test questions with correct answers K1: Outline the two competing defenitions og human resource management. - Answer-1. The contemporary teem used tondescribe all activities associated with the management of people. 2. A novel approach to people management based on the view that people...

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HRM Self test questions with correct answers


K1: Outline the two competing defenitions og human resource management. - Answer✔✔-1.

The contemporary teem used tondescribe all activities associated with the management of

people.


2. A novel approach to people management based on the view that people represent a key

strategic asset to organizations and should be managed as such.


K1: What are the characteristics of high-commitment HRM that differentiate it from traditional

approaches to personnel management? - Answer✔✔-Also known as best practice HRM, the

main concern is to design and operationalise integrated systems of HR policies and practices.


K1: What are the differences between hard and soft variants of HRM? - Answer✔✔-Hard:

Emphasizes the use of Human Resources in an instrumental manner and is often associated

with low pay, low job security and poor terms and conditions of work


Soft: Emphasizes the positive treatment of workers in order to develop employee commitment.


K1: What changes in environmental context contributed to the emergence of HRM in the

1980s? - Answer✔✔-The patterns of innovative forms of people management began to emerge

that held more strategic ambitions. Instead of being traditionally constituted as a support

function with relatively low operational status.




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& ---> both the trade union and government regulation of the employment relationship in the

country were declining.


K1: What are the central issues concerning ethics in HRM? - Answer✔✔-Equality, equity and

fairness of treatment, flexibility of employment and reward systems.


K1: What are the causes and implications of the individualization of the employment

relationship? - Answer✔✔-It represents the contemporary models of HRM and is the response

of the declining involvement of trade unions in managing the collective workforce


K1: What specific roles do HR professionals fulfill according to Ulrich and Brockbank's (2005)

typology? - Answer✔✔-They are: Strategic partner, Functional expert, Employee advocate,

Human capital developer and Leader


K1: What trends have led some commentators to suggest increasing fragmentation of the HR

function? - Answer✔✔-The outsourcing of the HR administrations and the personnel functions


K2: What are the key dimensions of the employment relationship and how does each contribute

to an understanding of the role of HRM in managing the relationship? - Answer✔✔-Economic:

The wage-effort bargain.


Socio-political: The power and authority - resides with the employer


Legal/contractual: Refers to the legal status of the employment contract as binding on both

parties.




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