Human Resource Management, 6th Canadian Edition 2024 TEST BANK by Sandra Steen, Verified Chapters 1 - 11, Complete Newest Version

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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 o
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f value to their organizations.
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2) The concept of "human resource management" implies that employees are interchangeable
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, easily replaced assets that should be managed like any other physical asset.
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3) No two human resource departments will have precisely the same roles and responsibilities.
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4) Recruitment refers to the process by which an organization selects applicants with the righ
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t knowledge, skills, and abilities to help the organization achieve its goals.
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5) Performance management requires that employee activities and outputs match th
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e individual's goals.
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6) Important decisions in planning pay and benefits include how much to offer employees i
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n salary or wages, as opposed to bonuses, commissions, and other performance-
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7) The shift to self-service requires HR to spend more time on day-to-day transactional tasks.
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,8) Compliance with laws and regulations is not an HR responsibility, but rather the sol
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e responsibility of managers within the organization.
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9) HR is increasingly becoming a purely administrative function.
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10) As part of its strategic role, one of the key contributions HR can make is to engage i
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n evidence-based HRM.
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11) Canada underperforms the United States with respect to productivity.
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12) HRM should have a significant role in carrying out a merger or acquisition.
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13) Non-
traditional workers e.g. contractors and temporary workers, currently represent more tha
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n 50 percent of the workforce, and this percentage is expected to increase significantly.
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14) Setting up a business enterprise in another country (e.g. building a factory in China) is calle
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d outsourcing.
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, 15) Recent surveys indicate that the general public and managers do not have positiv
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e perceptions of the ethical conduct of businesses.
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16) HR activities are carried out exclusively by HR specialists in small organizations.
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17) Canada's labour force is aging.
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18) Mobile devices are increasingly being used to access HR processes, information, an
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d collaborative tools.
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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 a
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n organization.
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B) executive talent within an organization. sx sx sx sx


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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20) Human capital refers to an organization's employees described in terms of all of th
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e following, EXCEPT?
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A) Profitability
B) Training
C) Relationships
D) Intelligence
E) Experience




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