EDITION BY SANDRA STEEN, RAYMOND ANDREW NOE,
JOHN R. HOLLENBECK, BARRY GERHART, PATRICK M.
WRIGHT
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,Test Bank For
Human Resource Management 6ce Sandra Steen, Raymond Andrew Noe, John R. Hollenbeck, Barry
Gerhart, Patrick M. Wright
Chapter 1-11answers Are At The Eand Of Each Chapter
Chapter 1
Student Name:
1) Managers And Economists Traditionally Have Seen Human Resource Management As A Source Of
Value To Their Organizations.
⊚ True
⊚ False
2) The Concept Of "Human Resource Management" Implies That Employees Are Interchangeable,
Easily Replaced Assets That Should Be Managed Like Any Other Physical Asset.
⊚ True
⊚ False
3) No Two Human Resource Departments Will Have Precisely The Same Roles And Responsibilities.
⊚ True
⊚ False
4) Recruitment Refers To The Process By Which An Organization Selects Applicants With The Right
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities To Help The Organization Achieve Its Goals.
⊚ True
⊚ False
5) Performance Management Requires That Employee Activities And Outputs Match The
Individual's Goals.
⊚ True
⊚ False
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,6) Important Decisions In Planning Pay And Benefits Include How Much To Offer Employees In Salary
Or Wages, As Opposed To Bonuses, Commissions, And Other Performance-Related Pay.
⊚ True
⊚ False
7) The Shift To Self-Service Requires Hr To Spend More Time On Day-To-Day Transactional Tasks.
⊚ True
⊚ False
8) Compliance With Laws And Regulations Is Not An Hr Responsibility, But Rather The Sole
Responsibility Of Managers Within The Organization.
⊚ True
⊚ False
9) Hr Is Increasingly Becoming A Purely Administrative Function.
⊚ True
⊚ False
10) As Part Of Its Strategic Role, One Of The Key Contributions Hr Can Make Is To Engage In
Evidence-Based Hrm.
⊚ True
⊚ False
11) Canada Underperforms The United States With Respect To Productivity.
⊚ True
⊚ False
12) Hrm Should Have A Significant Role In Carrying Out A Merger Or Acquisition.
⊚ True
⊚ False
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, 13) Non-Traditional Workers E.G. Contractors And Temporary Workers, Currently Represent More
Than 50 Percent Of The Workforce, And This Percentage Is Expected To Increase Significantly.
⊚ True
⊚ False
14) Setting Up A Business Enterprise In Another Country (E.G. Building A Factory In China) Is Called
Outsourcing.
⊚ True
⊚ False
15) Recent Surveys Indicate That The General Public And Managers Do Not Have Positive
Perceptions Of The Ethical Conduct Of Businesses.
⊚ True
⊚ False
16) Hr Activities Are Carried Out Exclusively By Hr Specialists In Small Organizations.
⊚ True
⊚ False
17) Canada's Labour Force Is Aging.
⊚ True
⊚ False
18) Mobile Devices Are Increasingly Being Used To Access Hr Processes, Information, And
Collaborative Tools.
⊚ True
⊚ False
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