Which of the following is not a characteristic of culture according to Hofstede?
A. Power distance
B. Person's relationship with natural world
C. Masculinity and femininity
D. Individualism vs collectivism
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Arrange the following steps of training and development process in the right sequence.
1. Need analysis
2. Validation
3. Evaluation
4. Implement the programme
5. Instructional design
A. 1, 5, 4, 3, 2
B. 1, 5, 3, 2, 4
C. 1, 5, 2, 4, 3
D. 1, 2, 5, 3, 4
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Which of the following is not an important characteristic of an effective trainer?
A. Having good diagnostic skills
B. Having good physical features
C. Having good range of technical skills
D. Having good interpersonal and judgemental skills
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The process of grouping of similar types of works together is known as
A. job classification
B. job design
C. job evaluation
D. job description
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Which one is/are the functions(s) of HRM?
A. Building working culture
B. Raising morale of employees
C. Minimising dissatisfaction
D. All of the above
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Sometimes the employee is aggrieved not because of any valid or legitimate reason but because of wrong perception, wrong attitude and wrong information. The form of Grievance is/are
A. Factual Grievance
B. Imaginary Grievance
C. Disguised Grievances
D. All of these
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Job enlargement expands the number of related tasks in the
A. Job
B. Identity
C. Work
D. Range
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Which of the following is a source of formulating Human Resource Management Policies?
A. Organisational policies
B. Existing practices and experiences in other organisations of the same nature or in the same geographical area or in the entire nation
C. Past experience of the organisation
D. All of the above
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Match the following.
List-I (Methods of Wage Payment)
List-II (Factor/Base)
a. Time wage
1. Hours
b. Piece wage
2. Bonus
c. Balance wage
3. Production
d. Incentive wage plans
4. Minimum wage
e. Self-realisation needs
5. Penalty
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-1, b-3, c-4, d-2
C. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
D. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
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Which of the following are the trends in International Industrial Relations System?
1. MNCs try to cultivate centralised ethnocentric approach to the extent of pressurising the National Governments to bring out unprecedented economic and labour reforms.
2. MNCs aspire for hassle free business climate and for this, adopt the practice of replacing expensive labour with cheap labour through outsourcing.
3. MNCs promote individual centric human resource policies to keep trade unions at bay.
4. MNCs act like 'octopus' . Nations, trade unions and other actors of industrial relations only grapple with the unfathomable strength of MNCs.
A. 1 and 3
B. 2, 3 and 4
C. 1, 3 and 4
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Most organisations for talent management
A. will have the same skills requirements for jobs in the future as jobs do not change much
B. experience a more disengaging workforce who are less loyal
C. are effective is measuring performance and productivity
D. have effective and proactive talent management strategies
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According to which of the following techniques of job analysis, the analysis reduces all jobs to 194 elements?
A. PAQ
B. Critical incident technique
C. Functional job analysis
D. Job element approach
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Manpower planning can also be called as
A. human resource planning
B. human resource management
C. human resource information system
D. succession planning
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Match the following.
List-I (Component of Human Resource Planning)
List-II (Their Qualities)
a. Demographics
1. Community attitudes also affect the nature of the labour market
b. Community attitudes
2. The list likely replacements for each job and indicate their relative strengths and weaknesses
c. Replacement summaries
3. Demographic trends are another long-term development that affects the availability of external supply
d. Human resource planning
4. The Planning requires considerable time, staff and financial resources
A. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
B. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
C. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-4
D. a-4, b-3, c-2, d-1
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The written statement of the findings of job analysis is called
A. job design
B. job classification
C. job description
D. job evaluation
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Items for bargaining, that are not allowed to deal by law are classified as
A. voluntary bargaining items
B. permissible bargaining items
C. illegal bargaining items
D. mandatory bargaining items
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A major difference between international HRM and domestic HRM is
A. ease with which employee adjust to new cultures
B. total number of employees covered by HR policies
C. foreign HR policies, practices
D. effective cross border management styles
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Which of the following is matched incorrectly?
A. Job posting ⟺ Done within the organisation
B. Transfers ⟺ Vertical movements with rise in authority
C. Rehiring ⟺ Former employees
D. Lateral transfers ⟺ No change in position
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Consider the following statements with reference to 'employee referral' as a recruiting option by a company
1. referrals tend to generate lower yield ratio (hires/applicants).
2. current employees usually provide accurate information about the job applicants they are referring.
3. relying on referrals might be discriminatory.
4. the new employees join with a. more realistic picture of what the company is like.
Indicate the correct option.
A. Statements 1 and 2 are true, others are false
B. Statements 2 and 3 are true, others are false
C. Statements 2, 3 and 4 are true, but Statement 1 is false
D. All the statements are true
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Which of the selection steps is the most critical?
A. Physical examination
B. Selection decision
C. Reference and background checks
D. Employment interviews
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