HRM EXAM 4 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS!!
The goal of strategic management in an organization is to deploy and allocate resources in
a way that it provides the company with a competitive advantage.
TRUE
To be maximally effective, the human resource management function of a company must
be isolated from the company's strategic management process.
FALSE
Strategic planning groups decide on a strategic direction during the strategy
implementation phase.
FALSE
In a two-way linkage, an organization is restricted from considering the human resource
issues while formulating their strategic plan.
FALSE
External analysis attempts to identify an organization's strategic opportunities and threats.
TRUE
Strategic choice describes the way an organization attempts to fulfill its mission and
achieve its long-term goals.
TRUE
Job design addresses what tasks should be grouped into a particular job.
TRUE
Training refers to a planned effort to facilitate the learning of job-related knowledge, skills,
and behavior by employees.
TRUE
, Executives who have extensive knowledge of the behaviors that lead to effective
performance tend to focus on evaluating the objective performance results of their
subordinate managers.
FALSE
Concentration strategies require that an organization bring radical change to the current
skills that exist in the organization.
FALSE
Companies engaged in a cost strategy require employees to have reduced concern for
quantity and a short-term focus.
FALSE
Employees in companies with a differentiation strategy need to have only a moderate
concern for quantity.
TRUE
Strategies emphasizing market share or operating costs are called "external growth"
strategies.
FALSE
Downsizing gives an organization the opportunity to change its culture.
TRUE
A learning organization constantly monitors its environment, assimilates information,
makes decision, and flexibly restructures itself to compete in an ever-changing
environment.
TRUE
A(n) _____ typically charts how a firm will create value for customers and how it will do so
profitably.
Business Model
ANSWERS!!
The goal of strategic management in an organization is to deploy and allocate resources in
a way that it provides the company with a competitive advantage.
TRUE
To be maximally effective, the human resource management function of a company must
be isolated from the company's strategic management process.
FALSE
Strategic planning groups decide on a strategic direction during the strategy
implementation phase.
FALSE
In a two-way linkage, an organization is restricted from considering the human resource
issues while formulating their strategic plan.
FALSE
External analysis attempts to identify an organization's strategic opportunities and threats.
TRUE
Strategic choice describes the way an organization attempts to fulfill its mission and
achieve its long-term goals.
TRUE
Job design addresses what tasks should be grouped into a particular job.
TRUE
Training refers to a planned effort to facilitate the learning of job-related knowledge, skills,
and behavior by employees.
TRUE
, Executives who have extensive knowledge of the behaviors that lead to effective
performance tend to focus on evaluating the objective performance results of their
subordinate managers.
FALSE
Concentration strategies require that an organization bring radical change to the current
skills that exist in the organization.
FALSE
Companies engaged in a cost strategy require employees to have reduced concern for
quantity and a short-term focus.
FALSE
Employees in companies with a differentiation strategy need to have only a moderate
concern for quantity.
TRUE
Strategies emphasizing market share or operating costs are called "external growth"
strategies.
FALSE
Downsizing gives an organization the opportunity to change its culture.
TRUE
A learning organization constantly monitors its environment, assimilates information,
makes decision, and flexibly restructures itself to compete in an ever-changing
environment.
TRUE
A(n) _____ typically charts how a firm will create value for customers and how it will do so
profitably.
Business Model
