Human Resource Management
Test Bank and Solutions for
CanadianHuman Resource
Management 12th Edition 12ce by
Schwind
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,Human Resource Management
Chapter
01Strategic Human Resource
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Management
True/ False Questions
1. People are the common element in all social organizations.
TRUE
2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term outcomes
that humanresource management aims to support and enable.
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TRUE
3. The field of human resource management is unrelated to key organizational goals, product-
market plans, technology, and innovation.
FALSE
4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations
have a dedicated human resource department.
ty
FALSE
5. A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur perform
HR relatedtasks.
TRUE
6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major
ty
business activity,and employee.
FALSE
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7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expenses
in manyorganizations.
FALSE
8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market, competing
on thebasis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
TRUE
9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly consider
theiremployees, such as a strategy to become one of Canada's "Top 50 Best Managed
Companies."
TRUE
10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way same across
thecountry.
FALSE
11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business, including
historical trends, global trade forces, and the force to increase one's own competitiveness
andproductivity levels.
ty
FALSE
12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location
and multiculturalpopulation.
ty
FALSE
13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes
throughorganizations like the International Association for Six Sigma Certification.
FALSE
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14. Recruiting or developing innovative staff to create a culture of innovation
within theorganization is an example of a progressive human resource strategy.
TRUE
15. Firms with nonroutine production processes (such as advertising firms), benefit
more from flexible human resource practices that nurture creativity, innovation, and
ty
entrepreneurship than those that focus on predicting employee performance.
TRUE
16. Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more
effective knowledgemanagement.
TRUE
17. Primary and extractive industries currently account for most of the national
wealth inCanada.
FALSE
18. The recent shift in employment from extractive industries to service
industries has increased the need for innovative thinking within organizations.
ty
TRUE
19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed
only inNorth America.
ty ty
FALSE
20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also start to
facechallenges associated with employees hiding and withholding knowledge.
TRUE
21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular job.
FALSE
22. Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy.
FALSE
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Test Bank and Solutions for
CanadianHuman Resource
Management 12th Edition 12ce by
Schwind
1-1
,Human Resource Management
Chapter
01Strategic Human Resource
ty
Management
True/ False Questions
1. People are the common element in all social organizations.
TRUE
2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term outcomes
that humanresource management aims to support and enable.
ty
TRUE
3. The field of human resource management is unrelated to key organizational goals, product-
market plans, technology, and innovation.
FALSE
4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations
have a dedicated human resource department.
ty
FALSE
5. A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur perform
HR relatedtasks.
TRUE
6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major
ty
business activity,and employee.
FALSE
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7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expenses
in manyorganizations.
FALSE
8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market, competing
on thebasis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
TRUE
9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly consider
theiremployees, such as a strategy to become one of Canada's "Top 50 Best Managed
Companies."
TRUE
10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way same across
thecountry.
FALSE
11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business, including
historical trends, global trade forces, and the force to increase one's own competitiveness
andproductivity levels.
ty
FALSE
12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location
and multiculturalpopulation.
ty
FALSE
13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes
throughorganizations like the International Association for Six Sigma Certification.
FALSE
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14. Recruiting or developing innovative staff to create a culture of innovation
within theorganization is an example of a progressive human resource strategy.
TRUE
15. Firms with nonroutine production processes (such as advertising firms), benefit
more from flexible human resource practices that nurture creativity, innovation, and
ty
entrepreneurship than those that focus on predicting employee performance.
TRUE
16. Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more
effective knowledgemanagement.
TRUE
17. Primary and extractive industries currently account for most of the national
wealth inCanada.
FALSE
18. The recent shift in employment from extractive industries to service
industries has increased the need for innovative thinking within organizations.
ty
TRUE
19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed
only inNorth America.
ty ty
FALSE
20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also start to
facechallenges associated with employees hiding and withholding knowledge.
TRUE
21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular job.
FALSE
22. Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy.
FALSE
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