Test Bank for Canadian Human Resource Management 12th Edition (Schwind) – Complete Chapters 1–13 | Updated 2025/2026

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, Chapter01
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Strategic Human Resource
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Management
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True / False Questions
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1. People are the common element in all social organizations.
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TRUE


2. Organizational goals are an organization's short- and long-term outcomes
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that human resource management aims to support and enable.
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TRUE

3. The field of human resource management is unrelated to key organizational
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goals, product- market plans, technology, and innovation.
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FALSE


4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations
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have a dedicated human resource department.
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FALSE


5. A new venture or micro-business might initially have the entrepreneur perform
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HR related tasks.
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TRUE


6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major
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business activity, and employee.
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FALSE




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,7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating
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expenses in many organizations.
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FALSE


8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market,
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competing on the basis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
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TRUE


9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly
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consider their employees, such as a strategy to become one of Canada's
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"Top 50 Best Managed Companies."
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TRUE


10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way
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same across the country.
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FALSE


11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business,
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including historical trends, global trade forces, and the force to increase one's own
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competitiveness and productivity levels.
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FALSE

12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location
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and multicultural population.
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FALSE

13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes
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through organizations like the International Association for Six Sigma
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Certification. FALSE
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, 14. Recruiting or developing innovative staff to create a culture of innovation
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within the organization is an example of a progressive human resource
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strategy.
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TRUE


15. Firms with nonroutine production processes (such as advertising firms), benefit
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more from flexible human resource practices that nurture creativity, innovation,
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and entrepreneurship than those that focus on predicting employee performance.
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TRUE

16. Integrating digital information systems has allowed for more
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effective knowledge management.
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TRUE

17. Primary and extractive industries currently account for most of the national
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wealth in Canada.
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FALSE


18. The recent shift in employment from extractive industries to service
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industries has increased the need for innovative thinking within
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organizations.
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TRUE

19. Moving from a factor-based to a knowledge-based economy is a trend witnessed
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only in North America.
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FALSE


20. With an increased reliance on knowledge workers, organizations also
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start to face challenges associated with employees hiding and withholding
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knowledge. TRUE
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21. Educational attainment is the average academic level required to work at a particular
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job.
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FALSE


22. Educational attainment is keeping pace with the growing knowledge-based economy.
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FALSE



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