Which of the following simulated task(s) is/are usually included in Management Assessment Centers?
1. In-basket exercises
2. Leaderless group discussion
3. Management games
Select the correct answer:
A. Only 1
B. Both 1 and 2
C. Both 2 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
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Sensitivity training is a part of
A. in-house development
B. behaviour modeling
C. organisational development
D. none of the above
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Match the following.
List-I (Authors)
List-II (Books)
a. James J. Bambrick
1. Guideline for Developing Workable Personnel Policies
b. Peter F. Drucker
2. The Practice of Management
c. Urwick and Bambrick
3. The Making of Scientific Management
d. Pigors and Myres
4. Personnel Administration
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
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Which one is the source of recruitment in India?
A. Employment exchange
B. College campus
C. Employee reference
D. All of these
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In which of the following aspect of HR it is very important for HR Department to depict its fairness and non-discrimination?
A. Recruitment and selection
B. Grievance and discipline
C. Reward management
D. All of the above
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The flow of management information system is
A. need dependent
B. management dependent
C. organisation dependen
D. information depend
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Which of the following option is not the factor that hinders with the HRP process?
A. Time horizons
B. Environmental uncertainties
C. Type and quality of forecasting information
D. Unite the perspective of line and staff managers
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Treating employees as a precious resource is the basis of which type of human resource management?
A. Hard HRM
B. Self HRM
C. Medium HRM
D. All of these
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Some of the indications of requirement of organisational development efforts are
A. reduced customer satisfaction
B. lack of cooperation between people
C. rapidly increasing costs
D. all of the above
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Which of the following statements are true/false?
1. Domestic HRM is restricted within the national boundaries.
2. IHRM is less complicated as it can be customised as per country's need.
3. Organisational structures of IHRM change due to constrains imposed by host government regulations and ownership equally.
4. Individualism vs collectivism refers to the level in which people in a certain country tolerate uncertainity.
A. 1 and 2 are true, 3 and 4 are false
B. 1 and 3 are true, 2 and 4 are false
C. 1 and 4 are true, 3 and 1 are false
D. 1, 2 and 3 are true, 4 are false
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The Delphi technique which is used for HR forecasting makes use of which of the following aspects?
A. Social needs
B. Personal needs
C. Emotional needs
D. All of these
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Which one of the following laws is enacted by the Central Government and enforced by the State Government.
A. The Employees State Insurance Act, 1948
B. The Employees' Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
C. Factories Act, 1948
D. The Mines Act, 1952
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Job description implies
A. identification of the qualities required in the job holder
B. performance of job in a methodical way
C. laying down systematically the duties and responsibilities of the job
D. determination of the performance standards of the job
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Match the following.
List-I (Authors)
List-II (Books)
a. Brech
1. Personnel-The management of people at work
b. RP Calhoon
2. Managing Personnel
c. Powel R
3. Management and executive needs
d. Hamblin
4. Evaluation and control of training
A. a-1, b-3, c-2, d-4
B. a-1, b-4, c-3, d-2
C. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
D. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
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Consider the following statements and state which of these are correct?
1. External sources of recruitment offer wider choice of candidate.
2. Advertisement is an external source of recruitment.
3. Transfer is an international source of recruitment.
A. Both 2 and 3
B. Only 3
C. Both 1 and 3
D. All of the above
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Assertion (A): Performance appraisal is a critical activity of personnel management
Reason (R): It goal is to provide an accurate picture of a past and future employee performance.
A. Assertion (A) and Reason (R) both are true
B. Assertion (A) and Reason (R) both are false
C. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is explanation of Assertion (A)
D. Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is not explanation of Reason (R)
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Which statement is/are correct?
A. The aim of the majority of systems of job evaluation is to establish, on an agreed logical basis, the relative values of different jobs in a given plant or industry
B. Job evaluation is a systematic procedure for measuring the relative value and importance of occupation on the basis of their common factor for the purpose of determining wage and salary differentials
C. Job evaluation may be defined as an effort to determine the relative value of every job in a plant and to determine what the four basic wage for such a job should be
D. All of the above
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Which of the following is not benefits of training and development?
A. Makes the organisation a better place to work and live is morale
B. Improve Morale
C. Improve communication between groups and individuals
D. All of the above
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Assertion (A) HRD climate of an organisation plays a very important role in ensuring the competency, motivation and development of its employees.
Reason (R) The elements of HRD climate can be grouped into OCTAPAC culture, HRD mechanism and general climate.
A. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) explains (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are correct, but (R) does not explain (A)
C. (A) is true, (R) is false
D. (A) is false, (R) is true
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In retrospect, when today's HR researcher look at the practices being followed in 1980's and 90's one finds them overly prescriptive and inflexible because
A. they were underdeveloped
B. they were not carried out by experts
C. they were very rigid and directive
D. all of the above
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