Match the following.
List-I (HRM Models) List-II (Themes)
a. Long-term Labour Purchase Model
1. Seeks to minimise wage and benefit costs; and Employment levels within organisational boundaries. Outsourcing and externalisation of employment are encouraged.
b. Work-force Commitment Model
2. Different employment models for core and non-core work are adopted.
c. Labour Transactional Model
3. Firms would employ workers, for as long as they performed well and the company has the capacity to pay.
d. Mixed Model
4. Employers provide job security in order to elicit long term commitment and organisation can develop social and intellectual capital within the boundaries of the firm.
A. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
B. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
C. a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3
D. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1
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There are a number of criticisms against the current literature on International Human Resource Management (IHRM). Which of the following is not one of these criticisms?
A. The field is not clearly defined
B. It is influenced by a discussion of concepts and issues with little backing systematic research
C. The field should be built around a broader set of questions
D. It lacks appropriate theoretical structures
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Intelligence quotient can be calculated as
A. Acutal Age Mental Age × 100
B. 100 Acutal Age × Mental Age
C. Acutal Age 100 × Mental Age
D. Standard Age Acutal Age × 100
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Which one of the following is a facility to file anonymous complaints?
A. Juke box
B. Wide box
C. Gripe box
D. Hard box
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Group discussion is a personality testing technique which does not deal in
A. awareness
B. experience
C. leadership
D. team player ability
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The Human Resource System covers under training and development
A. Training and development
B. Recruit and Select
C. Job design and evaluation
D. All of the above
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Non-citizen employees of a country in which they are working are known as what?
A. Coordinates
B. Expatriates
C. Subordinates
D. None of these
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Financial payments, above and over a regular base pay for employees are called
A. ethnocentric allowances
B. mobility premiums
C. hardship allowances
D. foreign service premiums
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Which among the following is not a criteria for the evaluation of expatriate performance?
A. Technical skills
B. Personality
C. Work performance
D. Language proficiency
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The critical role of the SHRM application tool is to
A. develop a better strategic management process to deal with the dynamic changing environment today's organisations face
B. identify the organisation has enough staff, if the staff need training, if the compensation practices are appropriate and if jobs are designed correctly
C. identify and assess a narrow group of actions and plan how the organisation can overcome resistance to change
D. outline techniques, frame works and six steps that must be followed to effectively implement change in an organisation
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Match the following.
List-I List-II
a. Achievement Test
1. Testing about verbal comprehension, word fluency, memory reasoning etc
b. Intelligence Test
2. Testing the knowledge about his claims
c. Personality Test
3. Testing one's level of interest in particular area
d. Aptitude Test
4. Testing about his inter-personal competence, leadership confidence etc
e. Interest Test
5. Testing the ability to do a specific job
A. a-2, b-1, c-4, d-5, e-3
B. a-5, b-4, c-3, d-2, e-1
C. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4, e-5
D. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-5, e-1
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Which of the following statements are incorrect?
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Both of these
D. None of these
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What is that which creates demand for human resources in the organisations at large?
A. Expansion of industry and new ventures
B. Shifting of plant location
C. Population explosion
D. All of the above
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Why are transnational organisations becoming increasingly important?
A. They are increasing in interdependencies
B. Operations are facilitated by recent technical changes
C. Increases employment of resources
D. All of the above
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Which organisational cultural factor influences employee engagement
A. trusting culture
B. challenging job profiles
C. permit autonomy
D. all of these
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An act that provides for certain benefits to employees in case of sickness, maternity and employment mjury is
A. The Employer Liability Act, 1938
B. The Employees' Compensation Act, 1923
C. The Payment of Wages Act, 1948
D. The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
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Which of the following is an advantage of 'BARS' system in performance appraisal?
A. simple to use
B. avoids central tendency and biases
C. ends up with predetermined rating figures
D. providing behavioral anchors
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Match the items given in
List I with the items of
List II .
List-I List-II
a. Career management
1. The lifelong series of activities that contribute to a person's career exploration, establishment, success and fulfilment
b. Career development
2. The deliberate process through which someone becomes aware of personal skills, interests, knowledge, motivations and other characteristics and establishes action plans to attain specific goals.
c. Career planning
3. The process for enabling employees to better understand and develop their career skills and interests and to use these skills and interests more effectively
A. a-3, b-2, c-1
B. a-3, b-1, c-2
C. a-1, b-2, c-3
D. a-2, b-1, c-3
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Training and development refers to the total structure of on-the-job and off-the-job training systems used by the
A. organisation
B. experts
C. candidates
D. consultants
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In international human resource management, communication in geocentric organisations are . . . . . . . .
A. totally connected in a network of subsidiaries and subsidiaries with headquarters
B. little among subsidiaries and little between the subsidiary and headquarters
C. from headquarters to local subsidiaries
D. little between the subsidiary and headquarters, medium to high among subsidiaries in regions
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