Test Bank for Human Resource Management 16th Edition

Test Bank For Human Resource Management
Chapter 01 Human Resource Management in Organizations

CHAPTER 01 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONS
1. Which of the following statements is true of human resource management?

a. It refers to auditing the finances of an organization.
b. It involves generating business by identifying potential customers and ensuring customer satisfaction.
c. It involves evaluating the external competition impacting an organization.
*d. It refers to designing formal systems in an organization to manage human talent for accomplishing organizational goals.

2. Binkers Inc. is a start-up that believes in hiring only the best talent. The company has about 100 highly efficient and motivated employees. Given this information, it can be said that Binkers most likely understands the importance of _____.

*a. human capital
b. benchmarking
c. contingency planning d. job enlargement

3. Unit labor cost is computed by dividing:

a. the total cost of workers by their average levels of output.
b. the total level of output by the total cost of workers.
c. the average level of output by the average cost of workers. *d. the average cost of workers by their average levels of output.

4. Big Drop Inc. plans to increase employee productivity by eliminating some layers of management and changing reporting relationships. The senior managers of the company decide to downsize the company and lay off some employees. This is an example of _____.

*a. organizational restructuring b. benchmarking
c. aligning HR activities
d. onboarding

5. _____ is a method to increase employee productivity by making changes to the way work gets done by focusing on the characteristics of jobs and altering how tasks are structured and coordinated.

a. Organizational restructuring b. Benchmarking
c. Onboarding
*d. Redesigning work

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Test Bank For Human Resource Management
Chapter 01 Human Resource Management in Organizations

6. _____ is a method to increase employee productivity by ensuring that HR efforts and practices are consistent with organizational efforts to improve productivity and satisfy strategic goals.

a. HR auditing
b. Benchmarking
*c. Aligning HR activities
d. Organizational restructuring

7. In the context of improving employee productivity, which of the following activities is involved in organizational restructuring?

*a. Cutting staff through layoffs
b. Implementing job enrichment programs c. Providing feedback to employees
d. Providing training to new recruits

8. In the context of improving employee productivity, which of the following activities is involved in redesigning work?

*a. Reshaping jobs because of technology changes b. Revising organizational structures
c. Training, developing, and evaluating employees d. Outsourcing operations internationally

9. In the context of improving employee productivity, which of the following activities is involved in aligning HR activities?

a. Changing workloads and combining jobs
b. Revising organizational structures
c. Using domestic vendors instead of employees *d. Training, developing, and evaluating employees

10. In the context of improving employee productivity, which of the following activities is involved in outsourcing analyses?

a. Revising organizational structure
*b. Using domestic vendors instead of employees c. Changing workloads and combining jobs
d. Attracting and retaining employees