Human Resource Management includes
A. Motivation, communication and team building
B. Human Resource planning
C. Employee services
D. All of the above
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Workforce diversity means organisations are become more heterogenous in terms of
A. gender
B. race
C. ethnicity
D. all of these
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Globalisation refers to
1. the process of growing interdependence among elements of global economy.
2. worldwide interdependence of resource flows, product markets and business competition.
3. interdependence of product markets only.
4. interdependence for resources only.
A. Only 4
B. Both 1 and 2
C. Only 3
D. All of these
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Which of the following is designed to provide members with experiential learning about group dynamics, leadership and inter-personal relations?
A. T group
B. Process consultation
C. Third party intervention
D. Team building
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Which of the following factors connected with working conditions?
A. Work environment
B. Security and opportunity to rise
C. Fair wages
D. All of the above
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Practitioners of organisational development need to gain clarity about the relevance of change effort to the client system in order to prevent
A. coercion
B. technical ineptness
C. misrepresentation of problem
D. value and goals conflict
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Which of the following statement is incorrect about recruitment?
A. It aims at building an inventory of eligible persons from amongst whom proper selection of the most suitable person can be made
B. It involves location of such personnel motivating them to offer their candidature
C. It is a positive action
D. It is a negative process
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Which of the following is not an advantage of quality circles?
A. Rise organisational morale
B. Promote job involvement
C. Help and provide information to determine job analysis
D. Improve communication within the organisation
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Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
1. HRD instruments : Lead to the generation of HRD process like role clarity, performance planning etc.
2. HRD outcome : These include performance appraisal, counselling, role analysis etc.
A. Both are incorrect
B. 1 is correct, 2 is incorrect
C. Both are correct
D. 1 is incorrect, 2 is correct
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Which of the following statements are true?
1. When an organisation enters the international training and development area the HR manager must consider issues of ethnocentricity
2. National culture does not have any impact on compensation strategies.
3. Effective managers use one consistent style of management in all situations.
A. Only 1
B. Both 2 and 3
C. Both 1 and 3
D. All of these
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Which is not an assumption of action-research?
A. Results enable to evaluate performance of others
B. Researchers have basic research skills to analyse data
C. Professionals need and want feedback on their performance
D. People are capable of assuming responsibility for their own professional growth
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Assertion (A): Human Resource Management is a Line Responsibility
Reason (R): Human Resource Management is a line Manager's Responsibility but a staff function.
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 not true
D. Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true
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Which of these activities are not included in the scope of human resource management?
A. Job analysis and design
B. Motivation and communication
C. Safety and health
D. Organisational structure and design
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Social attitudes, legal requirements, industrial relations, technological and environmental changes generate the need of . . . . . . . .
A. scientific management
B. social management
C. human resource development
D. infrastructure development
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Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Human resource management is a strategic management function.
2. Under HRM, employee is treated as a resource.
3. HRM is the management of employee's skills, talents and abilities.
A. Only 2
B. Both 1 and 2
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
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"Morale as a readiness to co-operate warmly in the tasks and purposes of a given group or organisation." Who gave this statement?
A. Alldrich
B. Viteles
C. Ackooff
D. Peter F. Drucker
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Which of the following is not a dimension of global strategy?
A. Standardisation
B. Integration
C. Localisation
D. Coordination and configuration
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HRM practised by multinational organisation is known by which term?
A. Domestic HRM
B. Global HRM
C. International HRM
D. Multinational HRM
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Why is job analysis so infused with organizational politics? Is it:
A. Because it is a process which could lead to contraction of employees in a department and therefore diminishing its power base
B. A result of interdepartmental rivalry
C. Because it is not an objective activity
D. Because it is a process through which companies try to shed labour
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Means by organisation used to manage demand and supply of human capital are called
A. demand management strategy
B. supply management strategy
C. human resource strategy
D. all of the above
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