,TEST BANK FOR
Human Resource Management 6CE Sandra Steen, Raymond Andrew Noe,
John R. Hollenbeck, Barry Gerhart, Patrick M. Wright
Chapter 1-11Answers are at the Eand of Each Chapter
Chapter 1
Student name:
1)Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource
management as a source of value to their organizations.
⊚true
⊚false
2)The concept of "human resource management" implies that employees are
interchangeable, easily replaced assets that should be managed like any
other physical asset.
⊚true
⊚false
3)No two human resource departments will have precisely the same roles
and responsibilities. ⊚true
⊚false
4)Recruitment refers to the process by which an organization selects
applicants with the right knowledge, skills, and abilities to help the
organization achieve its goals.
⊚true
⊚false
5)Performance management requires that employee activities and
outputs match the individual's goals.
⊚true
⊚false
, 6)Important decisions in planning pay and benefits include how much to
offer employees in salary or wages, as opposed to bonuses,
commissions, and other performance-related pay.
⊚true
⊚false
7)The shift to self-service requires HR to spend more time on day-to-day
transactional tasks. ⊚true
⊚false
8)Compliance with laws and regulations is not an HR responsibility, but
rather the sole responsibility of managers within the organization.
⊚true
⊚false
9)HR is increasingly becoming a purely administrative
function. ⊚true
⊚false
10)As part of its strategic role, one of the key contributions HR can
make is to engage in evidence-based HRM.
⊚true
⊚false
11)Canada underperforms the United States with respect
to productivity. ⊚true
⊚false
12)HRM should have a significant role in carrying out a merger
or acquisition. ⊚true
⊚false