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HRM is concerned with?

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  1. Workers

  2. Managers

  3. Field staff

  4. All employees

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Correct Option: D

Which one of the following responsibilities are specifically associated with the HR function of employee relations?

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  1. Conducting attitude surveys

  2. Work analysis

  3. HR information systems

  4. Job design

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Correct Option: A

HR Managers are generally

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  1. Staff Managers

  2. Line Manager

  3. Operational Manager

  4. Top Executive

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Correct Option: A

Strategic human resource management aims to achieve competitive advantage in the market through ______.

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  1. price

  2. product

  3. people

  4. process

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Correct Option: C

A job specification is defined as ______________.

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  1. scientific vocational selection

  2. catalogue of various qualities which a person doing a job should possess

  3. the right type of men should be put on different positions in a concern

  4. none of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

When there is a vacancy for any position in the business, the firm intends to fill this position through internal or external source of recruitment. when the employer takes out vacancy, it specifies the kind of work, qualifications, experience and other qualities required in the employee. This is known as job specification. This is made to get the best applications to choose from for the position. 

HR Department maintains ________ records.

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  1. Employee

  2. Sales

  3. Production

  4. Inventory

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Human resource department deals with effective management of the employees. It records everything about the employees, their performance, skills, kind of job performed, contribution to growth, decisions taken, etc. Evaluating these the managers decides about the salary and wages, increment and promotion, requirement of skills for the performing a task. 

Why might there be some difficulty in identifying and applying the best-practice approach to HRM in organizations?

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  1. Because the best-practice approach tends to be resource-intensive

  2. Because there are many variations in the literature and empirical research as to what constitutes best-practice

  3. Because the best-practice approach would not fit the cost-reduction driven strategies favoured by many short term economies.

  4. Because the best-practice approach does not emphasize the individual business context.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Best practice method claims that there is a certain bunch of activities that the HR performs which is universally accepted for getting a competitive advantage irrespective of the organisational settings. 

In this method common methods are followed which are used by businesses with huge resources, the capacity to arrange for and use such amount of resources is not possible for all the organisations. It works on the principle of "one size fits all" which does not fit the need of the employees and the strategies of the organisation. 

Out of these which is not a function normally performed by the HR department? 

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  1. Recruitment and selection

  2. Pay and reward

  3. Accounting

  4. Employee relations

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Correct Option: C

The human resources in an organization are best described as the ones who ______.

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  1. justify their pay and benefits

  2. design and deliver products and services to customers

  3. are hard to quantify in terms of costs and benefits

  4. usually regarded as expenses by financial managers

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Correct Option: B

The human resource approach to people management utilized a number of principles that differentiated it from other approaches. Which principles are considered the basis for the human resource approach?

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  1. Employees are investments that if effectively managed and developed can provide long term rewards to a company.

  2. Policies, programmes and practices must be created that satisfy both the economic and emotional needs of employees

  3. A working environment must be created that encourages employees to develop and utilize their skills

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D