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,TEST BANK Human Resource Management 6th Canadian Edition
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Chapter 1: Strategies, Trends, and Challenges in Human Resource Management
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1) Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a source
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of value to their organizations.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
2) The concept of "human resource management" implies that employees are interchangeabl
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e, easily replaced assets that should be managed like any other physical asset.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
3) No two human resource departments will have precisely the same roles and responsibilities.
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⊚ 2 p true
⊚ 2 p false
4) Recruitment refers to the process by which an organization selects applicants with the rig
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ht knowledge, skills, and abilities to help the organization achieve its goals.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
5) Performance management requires that employee activities and outputs match th
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e individual's goals.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
6) Important decisions in planning pay and benefits include how much to offer employees
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in salary or wages, as opposed to bonuses, commissions, and other performance-
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related pay. 2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
7) The shift to self-service requires HR to spend more time on day-to-day transactional tasks.
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⊚ 2 p true
⊚ 2 p false
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,8) Compliance with laws and regulations is not an HR responsibility, but rather the so
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le responsibility of managers within the organization.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
9) HR is increasingly becoming a purely administrative function.
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⊚2 p true
⊚2 p false
10) As part of its strategic role, one of the key contributions HR can make is to engage
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in evidence-based HRM.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
11) Canada underperforms the United States with respect to productivity.
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⊚2 p true
⊚2 p false
12) HRM should have a significant role in carrying out a merger or acquisition.
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⊚2 p true
⊚2 p false
13) Non-
traditional workers e.g. contractors and temporary workers, currently represent more th
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an 50 percent of the workforce, and this percentage is expected to increase significantly.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
14) Setting up a business enterprise in another country (e.g. building a factory in China) is call
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ed outsourcing.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
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, 15) Recent surveys indicate that the general public and managers do not have positi
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ve perceptions of the ethical conduct of businesses.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
16) HR activities are carried out exclusively by HR specialists in small organizations.
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⊚ 2 p true
⊚ 2 p false
17) Canada's labour force is aging.
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⊚ 2 p true
⊚ 2 p false
18) Mobile devices are increasingly being used to access HR processes, information, a
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nd collaborative tools.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
19) As a type of resource, human capital refers to:
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A) the wages, benefits, and other costs incurred in support of HR functions within
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an organization.
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B) executive talent within an organization.
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C) the tax-deferred value of an employee's pension plan.
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D) employee characteristics that can add economic value to the organization.
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E) substitutes for physical assets. 2p 2p 2p
20) Human capital refers to an organization's employees described in terms of all of t
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he following, EXCEPT?
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A) Profitability
B) Training
C) Relationships
D) Intelligence
E) Experience
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,TEST BANK Human Resource Management 6th Canadian Edition
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
Chapter 1: Strategies, Trends, and Challenges in Human Resource Management
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
1) Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a source
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of value to their organizations.
2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
2) The concept of "human resource management" implies that employees are interchangeabl
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
e, easily replaced assets that should be managed like any other physical asset.
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
3) No two human resource departments will have precisely the same roles and responsibilities.
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚ 2 p true
⊚ 2 p false
4) Recruitment refers to the process by which an organization selects applicants with the rig
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ht knowledge, skills, and abilities to help the organization achieve its goals.
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
5) Performance management requires that employee activities and outputs match th
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
e individual's goals.
2p 2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
6) Important decisions in planning pay and benefits include how much to offer employees
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
in salary or wages, as opposed to bonuses, commissions, and other performance-
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
related pay. 2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
7) The shift to self-service requires HR to spend more time on day-to-day transactional tasks.
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚ 2 p true
⊚ 2 p false
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,8) Compliance with laws and regulations is not an HR responsibility, but rather the so
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le responsibility of managers within the organization.
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
9) HR is increasingly becoming a purely administrative function.
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚2 p true
⊚2 p false
10) As part of its strategic role, one of the key contributions HR can make is to engage
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
in evidence-based HRM.
2p 2p 2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
11) Canada underperforms the United States with respect to productivity.
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚2 p true
⊚2 p false
12) HRM should have a significant role in carrying out a merger or acquisition.
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚2 p true
⊚2 p false
13) Non-
traditional workers e.g. contractors and temporary workers, currently represent more th
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an 50 percent of the workforce, and this percentage is expected to increase significantly.
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
14) Setting up a business enterprise in another country (e.g. building a factory in China) is call
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
ed outsourcing.
2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
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, 15) Recent surveys indicate that the general public and managers do not have positi
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
ve perceptions of the ethical conduct of businesses.
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⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
16) HR activities are carried out exclusively by HR specialists in small organizations.
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
⊚ 2 p true
⊚ 2 p false
17) Canada's labour force is aging.
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⊚ 2 p true
⊚ 2 p false
18) Mobile devices are increasingly being used to access HR processes, information, a
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
nd collaborative tools.
2p 2p
⊚ true 2 p
⊚ false 2 p
19) As a type of resource, human capital refers to:
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A) the wages, benefits, and other costs incurred in support of HR functions within
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
an organization.
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B) executive talent within an organization.
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C) the tax-deferred value of an employee's pension plan.
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D) employee characteristics that can add economic value to the organization.
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E) substitutes for physical assets. 2p 2p 2p
20) Human capital refers to an organization's employees described in terms of all of t
2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p 2p
he following, EXCEPT?
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A) Profitability
B) Training
C) Relationships
D) Intelligence
E) Experience
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