HRM 402 MIDTERM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What are the different eras of HR? - Answers - -Social Welfare Department
-Labor Relations Department
-Industrial Relations Department
-Personnel Department
-Strategic Human Resource Management
The industrial revolution resulted in... - Answers - Social Welfare Department
-help injured workers and families
-creation of unions
-worker health
The Great depression impacted HR... - Answers - Labor Relations Department
-Collective bargaining
-contact administration
World War II impacted HR.... - Answers - Industrial Relations Department:
-benefits and vacations
-testing and selection
-compensation systems
The Civil rights act impacted HR... - Answers - Personnel Department
-legal compliance
-staffing
-performance evoluation
-comp and ben
-employee relations
-safety and health
What current era of HR are we in? - Answers - Strategic HR:
-Aligining HR with business strat
-focus on human cap
-Hr analytics
What info should be included in the employee handbook? - Answers - A central
information source explaining what employees need to know about their employment
relationship:
-Welcome and purpose
-Breif history and overview of servies
-Mission/vision
-policies
, -info about recruitment, promotion, termiantion, and rehire policies
-comp info
-conduct rules
-Benefits
-disclousure statement
How do employee handbooks influence the way that employees must be treated? -
Answers - -They dont, policy mannuals do
-They cant set laws such as no discussion of wage or working ocnditions
-Make sure to have an international handbook as needed toi fit cultural norms
List the typical HR jobs in an org - Answers - -General HR Manager
-HR Specalist
-Supporting Postions
General HR Manager - Answers - HR Generalist
HR Business partner
HR Generalist - Answers - understands all busienss and how to apply to HR
HR Business partner - Answers - consults from an HR perspective
Supporting HR positions - Answers - Receptionsist, secertary, and other clerical
positons
HR Specalist - Answers - Employeent, compensation, training and development, risk
management, HR planning, benefits and servies, labor relations and equal
employement manager
What are the 3 types of roles in HR? - Answers - 1. Advisory or counseling
2. Services
3. Control
Advisory and counseling - Answers - exsits when the relationship between human
resource department and the line managers is one of providing advice and counsel and
when the authority for deciding what to do is shared
(internal consultants)
Service - Answers - Exsists when the HR department provides assistance to line
managers according to their requests (recruiting, onboarding, record keeping, and
reporting)
Control - Answers - exists when the HR department has the authority to make decisions
regarding personnel policie and procedures that line maagers are required to follow
(functional authority—establishes policies and procedures and monitors compliance
with them)
ANSWERS
What are the different eras of HR? - Answers - -Social Welfare Department
-Labor Relations Department
-Industrial Relations Department
-Personnel Department
-Strategic Human Resource Management
The industrial revolution resulted in... - Answers - Social Welfare Department
-help injured workers and families
-creation of unions
-worker health
The Great depression impacted HR... - Answers - Labor Relations Department
-Collective bargaining
-contact administration
World War II impacted HR.... - Answers - Industrial Relations Department:
-benefits and vacations
-testing and selection
-compensation systems
The Civil rights act impacted HR... - Answers - Personnel Department
-legal compliance
-staffing
-performance evoluation
-comp and ben
-employee relations
-safety and health
What current era of HR are we in? - Answers - Strategic HR:
-Aligining HR with business strat
-focus on human cap
-Hr analytics
What info should be included in the employee handbook? - Answers - A central
information source explaining what employees need to know about their employment
relationship:
-Welcome and purpose
-Breif history and overview of servies
-Mission/vision
-policies
, -info about recruitment, promotion, termiantion, and rehire policies
-comp info
-conduct rules
-Benefits
-disclousure statement
How do employee handbooks influence the way that employees must be treated? -
Answers - -They dont, policy mannuals do
-They cant set laws such as no discussion of wage or working ocnditions
-Make sure to have an international handbook as needed toi fit cultural norms
List the typical HR jobs in an org - Answers - -General HR Manager
-HR Specalist
-Supporting Postions
General HR Manager - Answers - HR Generalist
HR Business partner
HR Generalist - Answers - understands all busienss and how to apply to HR
HR Business partner - Answers - consults from an HR perspective
Supporting HR positions - Answers - Receptionsist, secertary, and other clerical
positons
HR Specalist - Answers - Employeent, compensation, training and development, risk
management, HR planning, benefits and servies, labor relations and equal
employement manager
What are the 3 types of roles in HR? - Answers - 1. Advisory or counseling
2. Services
3. Control
Advisory and counseling - Answers - exsits when the relationship between human
resource department and the line managers is one of providing advice and counsel and
when the authority for deciding what to do is shared
(internal consultants)
Service - Answers - Exsists when the HR department provides assistance to line
managers according to their requests (recruiting, onboarding, record keeping, and
reporting)
Control - Answers - exists when the HR department has the authority to make decisions
regarding personnel policie and procedures that line maagers are required to follow
(functional authority—establishes policies and procedures and monitors compliance
with them)
