HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT EXAM 1
PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY SHEET
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
●● Recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, training and
development, performance appraisals, and legal compliance are all
major areas of _______________
Answer: HR management
●● The late 1800's was the birth of _________ management.
Answer: scientific
●● The 1920's was the era of ___________
Answer: human relations
●● 1930's through 1970's was the __________ management era
Answer: personnel
●● During the ________ there was a growth of professionalism, hiring
trained professionals, and Universities began offering degrees in HR
management.
Answer: 1980's
,●● During the ________ HR professionals became much more sought
after, CHRO are often VPs of companies, growth of professionalism,
hiring trained professionals, and Universities began offering degrees in
HR management.
Answer: 2000's
●● _____________- the comprehensive set of managerial activities and
tasks concerned with developing and maintaining a qualified workforce.
Answer: Human resource management
●● The contemporary HRM perspective recognizes the importance of
people as a source of _____________
Answer: competitive advantage
●● When hiring, rewarding, and managing people it must be within the
limits of the law. Must comply with all _____, _______, and _______
employment laws.
Answer: federal, state, and local
●● __________- responsible for carrying out HR functions in effort to
achieve organizational goals and objectives
Answer: Professional HR managers
,●● _______- manage employees who are directly responsible for the
production of goods or services
Answer: Line managers
●● Who were the early pioneers of Scientific management?
Answer: Frederick Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
●● _______________: recognized that human behavior played an
important role in organizations.
Believed that if managers made employees satisfied and happy then they
would work harder and be more productive.
Answer: The Human relations era
●● ____________: Created stand alone departments to handle the hiring
of employees and administering pay and benefits. Primarily concerned
with first line employees.
Answer: Personnel Management
●● Its important for HR management to facilitate organizational
_________.
Answer: Competitiveness
●● Its important for HR management to enhance _________ and
_________
, Answer: productivity and quality
●● Its important for HR management to promote individual ______ and
_______.
Answer: growth and development
●● 1920-1945 is known as__________
Answer: the greatest generation
●● 1945 to mid 1960's were known as ______
Answer: baby boomers
●● Mid 1960's to early 1980's is known as _________
Answer: generation x
●● early 1980's to early 2000s is known as ____________
Answer: generation y
●● Outsourcing, Increased stress in the workplace, and managing
knowledge workers are all current issues in ______
Answer: HR
PRACTICE SOLUTION STUDY SHEET
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED ANSWERS
●● Recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, training and
development, performance appraisals, and legal compliance are all
major areas of _______________
Answer: HR management
●● The late 1800's was the birth of _________ management.
Answer: scientific
●● The 1920's was the era of ___________
Answer: human relations
●● 1930's through 1970's was the __________ management era
Answer: personnel
●● During the ________ there was a growth of professionalism, hiring
trained professionals, and Universities began offering degrees in HR
management.
Answer: 1980's
,●● During the ________ HR professionals became much more sought
after, CHRO are often VPs of companies, growth of professionalism,
hiring trained professionals, and Universities began offering degrees in
HR management.
Answer: 2000's
●● _____________- the comprehensive set of managerial activities and
tasks concerned with developing and maintaining a qualified workforce.
Answer: Human resource management
●● The contemporary HRM perspective recognizes the importance of
people as a source of _____________
Answer: competitive advantage
●● When hiring, rewarding, and managing people it must be within the
limits of the law. Must comply with all _____, _______, and _______
employment laws.
Answer: federal, state, and local
●● __________- responsible for carrying out HR functions in effort to
achieve organizational goals and objectives
Answer: Professional HR managers
,●● _______- manage employees who are directly responsible for the
production of goods or services
Answer: Line managers
●● Who were the early pioneers of Scientific management?
Answer: Frederick Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
●● _______________: recognized that human behavior played an
important role in organizations.
Believed that if managers made employees satisfied and happy then they
would work harder and be more productive.
Answer: The Human relations era
●● ____________: Created stand alone departments to handle the hiring
of employees and administering pay and benefits. Primarily concerned
with first line employees.
Answer: Personnel Management
●● Its important for HR management to facilitate organizational
_________.
Answer: Competitiveness
●● Its important for HR management to enhance _________ and
_________
, Answer: productivity and quality
●● Its important for HR management to promote individual ______ and
_______.
Answer: growth and development
●● 1920-1945 is known as__________
Answer: the greatest generation
●● 1945 to mid 1960's were known as ______
Answer: baby boomers
●● Mid 1960's to early 1980's is known as _________
Answer: generation x
●● early 1980's to early 2000s is known as ____________
Answer: generation y
●● Outsourcing, Increased stress in the workplace, and managing
knowledge workers are all current issues in ______
Answer: HR
