Chapter 1
The Strategic Approach to Human Resource Management
True/False
1. Human resources management has authority regarding several functions and can
advise line managers in other departments.
Answer: True Page: 9 Moderate
2. The strategic approach is used in marketing and financing courses but not in
information systems courses.
Answer: False Page: 9 Easy
3. A strategy is a game plan for action and usually includes the formulation of a
goal and a set of action plans for accomplishment.
Answer: True Page: 9 Easy
,4. Strategy is the formulation of organizational missions, goals, and objectives as
well as action plans for achievement that explicitly recognize the competition
and impact of outside environmental forces.
Answer: True Page: 10 Easy
5. As demand for products increase, the craft system is able to keep up; craftsmen
have to hire more apprentices and the workplace becomes more like a small
factory.
Answer: False Page: 11 Moderate
6. Scientific management tried to find the one best way to do a job.
Answer: True Page: 11 Easy
7. Douglas McGregor, the father of scientific management, spent his career
collecting data and analyzing the specific motions required to perform various
jobs.
Answer: False Page: 12 Moderate
8. The Hawthorne studies found that human interaction and attention paid to the
workers caused productivity to decrease.
Answer: False Page: 12 Moderate
9. Human resource management preceded the behavioral science era.
,Answer: False Page: 12 Difficult
10. Increased government regulation changed the nature of human resource
management.
Answer: True Page: 13 Easy
11. The outside environment provides a set of opportunities and threats to the
organization.
Answer: True Page: 15 Difficult
12. Strategic human resource management’s primary focus is on labor market
conditions.
Answer: False Page: 15 Moderate
13. Strategic human resource management would not be concerned with labor
availability in a geographic area.
Answer: False Page: 15 Difficult
14. A firm’s strategy should have a long-range focus but should be adaptable and
flexible to change to environmental conditions.
Answer: True Page: 16 Difficult
, 15. Strategic human resource management is primarily concerned with hourly or
operational employees.
Answer: False Page: 16 Moderate
16. Excellent coordination and combination of the firm’s functional areas often
result in a phenomenon known as synergy.
Answer: True Page: 17 Easy
17. If a firm uses a strategic human resource approach, the vice-president of human
resources would be a member of the top-level decision-making team.
Answer: True Page: 18 Moderate
18. All human resource managers must take responsibility for efficient and effective
utilization of their subordinates.
Answer: True Page: 20 Easy
19. The strategic human resource management approach views all managers as
operative employees.
Answer: False Page: 20 Difficult
20. A firm tries to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage by analyzing
competition.
The Strategic Approach to Human Resource Management
True/False
1. Human resources management has authority regarding several functions and can
advise line managers in other departments.
Answer: True Page: 9 Moderate
2. The strategic approach is used in marketing and financing courses but not in
information systems courses.
Answer: False Page: 9 Easy
3. A strategy is a game plan for action and usually includes the formulation of a
goal and a set of action plans for accomplishment.
Answer: True Page: 9 Easy
,4. Strategy is the formulation of organizational missions, goals, and objectives as
well as action plans for achievement that explicitly recognize the competition
and impact of outside environmental forces.
Answer: True Page: 10 Easy
5. As demand for products increase, the craft system is able to keep up; craftsmen
have to hire more apprentices and the workplace becomes more like a small
factory.
Answer: False Page: 11 Moderate
6. Scientific management tried to find the one best way to do a job.
Answer: True Page: 11 Easy
7. Douglas McGregor, the father of scientific management, spent his career
collecting data and analyzing the specific motions required to perform various
jobs.
Answer: False Page: 12 Moderate
8. The Hawthorne studies found that human interaction and attention paid to the
workers caused productivity to decrease.
Answer: False Page: 12 Moderate
9. Human resource management preceded the behavioral science era.
,Answer: False Page: 12 Difficult
10. Increased government regulation changed the nature of human resource
management.
Answer: True Page: 13 Easy
11. The outside environment provides a set of opportunities and threats to the
organization.
Answer: True Page: 15 Difficult
12. Strategic human resource management’s primary focus is on labor market
conditions.
Answer: False Page: 15 Moderate
13. Strategic human resource management would not be concerned with labor
availability in a geographic area.
Answer: False Page: 15 Difficult
14. A firm’s strategy should have a long-range focus but should be adaptable and
flexible to change to environmental conditions.
Answer: True Page: 16 Difficult
, 15. Strategic human resource management is primarily concerned with hourly or
operational employees.
Answer: False Page: 16 Moderate
16. Excellent coordination and combination of the firm’s functional areas often
result in a phenomenon known as synergy.
Answer: True Page: 17 Easy
17. If a firm uses a strategic human resource approach, the vice-president of human
resources would be a member of the top-level decision-making team.
Answer: True Page: 18 Moderate
18. All human resource managers must take responsibility for efficient and effective
utilization of their subordinates.
Answer: True Page: 20 Easy
19. The strategic human resource management approach views all managers as
operative employees.
Answer: False Page: 20 Difficult
20. A firm tries to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage by analyzing
competition.
