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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-
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term outcomes 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 goals, product
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- market plans, technology, and innovation.
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FALSE
4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations h
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ave adedicated human resource department.
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FALSE
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5. A new venture or micro-
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business might initially have the entrepreneur perform HR relatedtasks.
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TRUE
6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major busi
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ness activity,and employee.
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FALSE
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7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expe
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nses in manyorganizations.
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FALSE
8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market, competin
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g on thebasis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
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TRUE
9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly consider th e
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iremployees, such as a strategy to become one of Canada's "Top 50 Best Manag
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e d Companies."
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TRUE
10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way sam
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e acr oss thecountry.
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FALSE
11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business, includi n
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ess andproductivity levels.
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FALSE
12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location a n
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d multiculturalpopulation.
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13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes thro
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ughorganizations like the InternationalAssociation for Six Sigma Certification. F
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ALSE
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,Human Resource Management
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Chapter
01Strategic HumanResource Manag
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ement
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-
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term outcomes 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 goals, product
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- market plans, technology, and innovation.
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FALSE
4. Since human resource management is central to all organizations, all organizations h
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ave adedicated human resource department.
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FALSE
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,Human Resource Management
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5. A new venture or micro-
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business might initially have the entrepreneur perform HR relatedtasks.
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TRUE
6. Strategies for businesses are formulated at three levels: corporate, a major busi
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ness activity,and employee.
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FALSE
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, Human Resource Management
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7. Employee salaries may account for more than 65% of the operating expe
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nses in manyorganizations.
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FALSE
8. Using the focus strategy, a firm concentrates on a segment of the market, competin
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g on thebasis of either differentiation or cost leadership.
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TRUE
9. Many organizations are now including specific strategies that directly consider th e
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iremployees, such as a strategy to become one of Canada's "Top 50 Best Manag
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e d Companies."
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TRUE
10. Economic boom and bust business cycles are experienced the way sam
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e acr oss thecountry.
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FALSE
11. Economic forces are defined as economic factors facing Canadian business, includi n
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g historical trends, global trade forces, and the force to increase one's own competitiv en
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ess andproductivity levels.
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FALSE
12. Canada's international trade advantage is due to its geographical location a n
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d multiculturalpopulation.
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FALSE
13. Companies can gain accreditation in productivity optimization processes thro
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ughorganizations like the InternationalAssociation for Six Sigma Certification. F
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ALSE
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