A Competency consists of . . . . . . . .
A. The specific tasks a person must do
B. Skills and behaviours
C. A list of tests that will measure cognitive ability
D. Communications and behaviour
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. . . . . . . . techniques uses historical rates of promotions, transfer and turnover to estimate future availabilities in the workforce.
A. Trend analysis
B. Markov analysis
C. Staffing table
D. None of the above
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Which of the following is not true of the activity known as job analysis?
A. The rate of pay for the job is fixed
B. The job elements are rated in terms such as frequency of use or amount of time involved
C. It aims to describe the purpose of a job and the conditions under which it is performed
D. Jobs are broken into elements such as information required or relations with other people
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Which of the following is not considered modern method of performance appraisal . . . . . . . .
A. Classification method
B. Behaviorally Anchored Rank Scale
C. 360° performance appraisal
D. Human Resource accounting method
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Which of the following relates to training workers?
A. Job rotation
B. Induction
C. Vestibule
D. Task
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Which of the following is not an advantage of using a private employment agency?
A. It may be faster than in-house recruiting
B. It does not require internal recruitment specialists
C. Screening may not be as thorough
D. It may be better for attracting minority candidates
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Activities associated with organization development
A. Require universal agreement that change must take place
B. Require interventions into the social processes of an organization
C. Naturally occur through a shared sense of purpose and a strong organizational culture
D. Results from the effect of Greiner's life cycle model
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Which of the following phrases explains concentrated marketing?
A. The company produces one product for a number of different market segments
B. The company introduces several versions of the product aimed at several market segments
C. The company produces one product for a mass market
D. The company produces one product for a single segment of the marketplace
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Which of the following role a manager performs as a Resource allocator?
A. Interpersonal role
B. Decisional role
C. Informational role
D. Supportive role
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Arrange the following steps involved in training programmes in correct order.
1. Presentation of operations and knowledge
2. Getting ready for the job
3. Follow-up
4. Performance try out
5. Preparation of the learner
6. Discovering training needs
A. 6, 2, 5, 1, 4, 3
B. 3, 1, 5, 6, 4, 2
C. 6, 1, 5, 2, 3, 4
D. 1, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6
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Assertion (A): Human resource accounting is the measurement of the cost and value of people to the organization.
Reason (R): Human resource accounting involves measuring costs incurred by the organizations to recruit, select, hire, train, and develop employees and judge their economic value to the organization.
A. (A) and (R) are correct, and (R) is the right explanation of (A)
B. (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) is not the right explanation of (A)
C. (A) is correct, but (R) is incorrect
D. (A) and (R) are incorrect
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Why might there be some difficulty in identifying and applying the best-practice approach to HRM in organisations?
A. Because the best-practice approach tends to be resource-intensive
B. Because there is much variation in the literature and empirical research as to what constitutes best practice
C. Because the best-practice approach would not fit the cost-reduction driven strategies favoured by many in short-termist economies
D. Because the best-practice approach does not emphasize the individual business context
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Ultimately, selection decisions are based on
A. turnover potential
B. human resource plans
C. performance issues
D. None of these
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The best way of recruiting is always
A. walk-ins
B. advertisement
C. variable
D. renewals
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Planned organizational change is most commonly triggered by the need to respond to new threats or opportunities presented by
A. Organization's culture
B. Developments in the external environment
C. Internal environment
D. Action by the organization's management
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. . . . . . . . is a statement which shows a maximum acceptable human qualities necessary to perform a job satisfactorily.
A. Job evaluation
B. Job description
C. Job specification
D. None of these
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Firing the non-performing employees, HR manager is said to perform the:
A. Interpersonal role
B. Informational role
C. Supportive role
D. Decisional role
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Increasing the number and variety of tasks assigned to a job is called . . . . . . . .
A. Job rotation
B. Job enlargement
C. Job enrichment
D. Both A and C
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Which of the following statement is correct?
A. The managerial functions and operating functions of human resource management are perfouned in conjunction with each other
B. Operating function provides medical aid to employees
C. Bonus can be given to an employer also
D. All of the above
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The system of ranking jobs in a firm on the basis of the relevant characteristics, duties, and responsibilities is known as:
A. Job evaluation
B. Job design
C. Job specification
D. Job description
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